​(Verse 1)

Woke up to the same old sunrise bleedin' through the blinds (Oh, yeah)

Another day, another war I gotta fight just to survive (Just to survive, Lord)

They say the good book tells a story 'bout a promise and a plan (A promise and a plan)

But a man can lose his faith when he's just doin' what he can (Oh, doin' what he can, yeah)

​(Chorus)

Yeah, the road's been long and crooked, every step a heavy stone (Oh, so heavy)

And sometimes I feel I'm just a ghost in a house I used to call my own (My own, oh-oh)

Lord, this old heart is gettin' tired, this spirit's worn and thin (So worn and thin)

Fightin' to remember what it's like to breathe and just let go again (Let go again)

​(Verse 2)

The coffee's bitter in the cup, just like the taste of my regret (Bitter, so bitter)

For all the years I spent just runnin', chasin' somethin' I ain't caught yet (Ain't caught it yet)

And every day's a photograph of a future I can't find (Can't find it)

Just a loop of memory spinnin' through the corners of my mind (Oh, my mind)

​(Chorus)

Yeah, the road's been long and crooked, every step a heavy stone (So heavy)

And sometimes I feel I'm just a ghost in a house I used to call my own (Call my own, yeah)

Lord, this old heart is gettin' tired, this spirit's worn and thin (Worn and thin)

Fightin' to remember what it's like to breathe and just let go again (Just let go, oh-oh-oh)

​(Bridge)

Some days I hear the whisper of my mama in the breeze (My sweet mama)

Tellin' me to stand up straight, get back up on my feet (Get back up, son)

But this weight I carry, son, it ain't no simple cross (Ain't no simple cross)

It's a legacy of sorrow, a lifetime of the lost (Oh, the lost)

​(Outro)

So I sing this weary song, pour my soul out to the night (Pour it out)

Prayin' for a little flicker, a single spark of light (Just a little light)

'Cause I'm still fightin' (Still fightin', yeah)

Just fightin' to stay alive (Ooh, stay alive)