文本歌词

Sit right down and I'll tell you a story
Ain't got much grace ain't got much glory
But I swear to God it's true although I wish it weren't
There's a world that most folks never see
And you'd best be glad 'cause it means you're free
But one family saw it on the night their Mama burnt
There's fire in the window where the nursery once stood
And it's burning gold and brighter than her hair
And the blood falls down like tears or rain
There's no man can answer or explain
The reasons why except it wasn't fair
There's not a way that this was ever fair
Well she died too soon and she died too fast
But what's done is done and what's past is past
And what matters now is the family that she left behind
There's a broken man and two motherless sons
There's a war to fight that just can't be won
And they're searching for a monster it's better if they never find
There's darkness in the places where a sane man never goes
And there's little light that any man can spare
And it's two boys raised where no light shines
It's three lives lived outside the lines
And mercy knows it simply isn't fair
There's not a way that this was ever fair
There's sons that lose their mothers and there's wives that lose their men
There's a thousand soldiers fighting in a war they'll never win
Because darkness creeps and darkness calls and in the end when darkness falls
Too many just refuse to stand and open up their eyes
You can draw your guns and give your life but darkness never dies
I guess there's not much point pretending
This tale will have a happy ending
There's too much blood been shed and too many lives lost
Now it's two boys left to hold the line
Is it bitter fate or God's design
That sets the bill so dear that only souls pay the cost
There's nothing any man can do to put the past to rest
So we burn the bones and bow our heads in prayer
And it's all just ashes in the end
And it's destiny we can't transcend
And no one ever said this would be fair
There's not a way that this was ever fair
So that's our story and that's our tale
They can never win but they don't dare fail
Because failure's not enough to get you out of the game
And I'm sorry as hell that their daddy's gone
But those wayward sons better carry on
'Cause it's more than than the past that's going up in the devil's flames
Two brothers in the darkness with no way to turn around
But they won't go gentle so evil'd best beware
When there's no redemption to be found
There are still a few who'll hold their ground
For all God knows that this was never fair
There's not a way that this was ever fair