[Verse 1]
Day light doesn't seem to come up as fast
When it’s you I'm haunting, you I'm calling
I need you back in my system
So many things I wish I'd known
When every night I lie, hoping you'd come through the door
My life feels wrong without you, mmm
[Pre-Chorus]
I can't be here lost and abandoned
Nobody asking, I cannot stand by you
There's days that I go off stranded
Nobody follows, nobody sees what's true
There's days that I wanted to be through
And everyday I toss and turn, my life feels wrong without you
[Chorus]
An' I took the keys to the lake
I said to God what I said
I know the folk on the road
I know they don't wanna move today
I wish I could die in the morn
Sometimes it's hard but you know I'm thankful, mmm
I know the folk on the road
I know they die for thе Lord
Sometimes ya man might go
I don't beliеve anymore, oh-oh
I wish I could die in the morn
Sometimes it's hard but ya know I'm thankful, mmm
[Verse 2]
I was tryna be something wretched
Something I saw on TV
But you were the only one who
Would come through calling
You found ways to rescue me
[Bridge]
You rescued me
[Pre-Chorus]
If I can't be here lost and abandoned
Nobody asking, I cannot stand by you
There's days that I go off stranded
Nobody follows, nobody sees what's true
There's days that I wanted to be through
And everyday I toss and turn, my life feels wrong without you
Woo
[Chorus]
Hey
An' I took the keys to the lake
I said to God what I said
I know the folk on the road
I know they don't wanna move today
I wish I could die in the morn
Sometimes it’s hard but you know I'm thankful, mmm, oh
I know the folk on the road
I know they die for the Lord
Sometimes ya man might go
I don’t believe anymore, oh-oh
I wish I could die in the morn
Sometimes it’s hard but ya know I'm thankful
Wretched was written by Bartees Strange.
Wretched was produced by Bartees Strange & Dave Cerminara & Chris Connors.
Bartees Strange released Wretched on Mon Jun 13 2022.
This song is basically a thank-you to the people who stood by me and always supported me, even when I was just kind of figuring it out and I didn’t know who I was or what I was doing. But there were always people who said to me, ‘Trust your gut—go with what you think works. Life is short, be happy.’...