Song Description
....how deep does your regret go??? Inspired by Johnny Cash' incredibly moving rendition of NIN classic "Hurt". If you're going to tear your heart out, friggin tear it out already!
| Song Length |
4:04 |
Genre |
Country - Alternative |
| Tempo |
Slow (71 - 90) |
Lead Vocal |
Male Vocal |
| Mood |
Poignant |
Subject |
Existence, Darkness |
| Similar Artists |
Nine Inch Nails, Johnny Cash |
Language |
English |
| Era |
2000 and later |
| |
Lyrics
DEVIL'S PROTÉGÉ
I wear a scarlet S
Tattooed on my head
Beneath my crown of shame
Dripping crimson red
My battered inner child
A festival of sin
Screaming abuse claims
My day of reckoning
CHORUS
WHAT'S THIS I'VE BECOME?
THE DEVIL'S PROTÉGÉ
LOST ALL I HAD GAINED
SOMEWHERE ALONG THE WAY
NO ACCUSER DO I FEAR
NO WITNESS DO I DREAD
NOTHING THREATENS ME
LIKE THE CONSCIENCE IN MY HEAD
I drag this weighted ball
Down streets of no return
Knowing it contains
Sins for all to burn
Is no hope to be found
Does mercy not exist
Forgiveness only from
This beast that I have kissed
CHORUS
BRIDGE
Shipwrecked far from home
I thought that joy had come
A life from good to bad
A gain of zero sum
I though my fellow man
Had Christian goals in mind
But what I found instead
Was nothing of the kind