I spent a year out in the desert I spent a year out in the sea I spent my nights under the stars Just dreaming of sleep I still question where I've been I don't know where I will go I just look up to the skies Like there's a sign I didn't see, I didn't know Like there's a sign I didn't know I know I‘ve lived a wicked life I will never change my ways An unapologetic runaway Until it's my last day Why is it so easy to light a match and watch We were made of dried up timber We were made to turn to dust Oooh take me on down Oooh at the gallows it was mercy I had found So I went back to my home And I burned it to the ground An angel sat beside of me We both watched it all fall down I'm a loner of a lover I'm a lover of my ways So if you're here to take me back There ain't nothing left to save Oooh burned it all down Oooh at the gallows it was mercy I had found Oooh take me on down Oooh at the gallows it was mercy I had found I made it to the edge There was nothing left to see I lit one last cigarette The angel sat beside of me I said: I know you've got your job He said: the grace that I have brung Is that your death is gonna save you From the things you're running from Oh burned it all down Oh at the gallows it was mercy I had found Oh take me on down Oh at the gallows it was mercy I had found Is at the gallows it was mercy I had found Is at the gallows it was mercy I had found