Badlands

[Verse 1]
I ride alone, the wasteland that I cross
Will take another life, we'll take another loss
I feel a dry wind, dust is in my eyes
The artic cold at night, the earth, it tells me lies

[Pre-Chorus 1]
God in heaven, my only friend
Will I live to see my journey's end?

[Chorus]
As the world awakens me so hard
My values have been changed
I make a promise to myself: Never again
A dusty godforsaken path
Endless to my dismay
I know these are the badlands
Somehow I'll find my way

[Verse 2]
No more paradise, no more soothing rain
All the sacrifice, the pain is all the same
Still, I'm pushing onward, alone I can't deny
My presence fills the desert, my spirit never dies

[Pre-Chorus 2]
Will these lonely nights ever end?
Will I live to see my journey's end?

[Chorus]
As the world awakens me so hard
My values have been changed
I make a promise to myself: Never again
A dusty godforsaken path
Endless to my dismay
I know these are the badlands
Somehow I'll find my way

[Bridge]
The vultures that circle, cloud the empty sky
Patiently waiting, they wait for me to die
Tortured and beaten, blistered by the sun
Forceful and heartless, have the badlands won?

[Instrumental Interlude]

[Pre-Chorus 3]
Still, I'm pushing onward, alone I can't deny
My presence fills the desert, my spirit never dies

[Chorus]
As the world awakens me so hard
My values have been changed
I make a promise to myself: Never again
A dusty godforsaken path
Endless to my dismay
I know these are the badlands
Somehow I'll find my way