Crossroads

Horrorcore meets the blues? LYRICS: [INTRO] Midnight. Backroad. No moon. I met a painted devil at a four-way tomb. He grinned with gold teeth, said, “Sign right here.” I said, “What’s the price?” He said, “Everything you fear.” [VERSE 1] I pulled up in the dark with a trunk full of doubt, Engine coughing smoke like it’s trying to tap out. Boots in the gravel, blood on my sleeve, Got a bad luck halo and a reason to leave. He wore clown paint cracked like old motel walls, Smelled like gasoline, grave dirt, and bar brawls. Said, “I can make you famous, make the whole crowd scream.” I said, “I’ve seen your kind in every fever dream.” He laughed real low, like a chain dragged slow, Said, “Boy, fame’s just hell with a better light show.” He held out the pen, I held up my hand, He read my scars like a treasure map brand. Wind got quiet. Sky turned green. Road signs shaking like they’d seen what I’d seen. [HOOK] Crossroads with a chainsaw, rev it up raw, Cut a deal crooked with a carnival jaw. Blues in my bloodstream, mud on my soul, Laughing while I’m sliding in a bottomless hole. Crossroads with a chainsaw, sparks in the rain, Devil want the driver but I gave him my pain. He said, “Pay me in screams,” I said, “Get in line,” I been broke, half crazy, and mean for a long damn time. [VERSE 2] He showed me visions in a chrome hubcap, Crowds yelling my name in a psych ward trap. Gold records hanging in a boarded-up church, Every cheer got a curse and a soul in the dirt. He said, “One little signature, one little slice.” I said, “You talk too pretty for a butcher’s price.” He pulled a chainsaw out a velvet case, Carved a smile in the night, tried to mirror my face. I spit on the contract, said, “Read that clause - I don’t die clean, I come back with applause.” Teeth in a grin and a halo of flies, Truth is a knife and a liar’s disguise. Knees to the gravel, stars went black, I heard my own heartbeat talking smack. [HOOK] Crossroads with a chainsaw, rev it up raw, Cut a deal crooked with a carnival jaw. Blues in my bloodstream, mud on my soul, Laughing while I’m sliding in a bottomless hole. Crossroads with a chainsaw, sparks in the rain, Devil want the driver but I gave him my pain. He said, “Pay me in screams,” I said, “Get in line,” I been broke, half crazy, and mean for a long damn time. [BRIDGE] I ain’t your puppet, ain’t your saint, I wear my sins like war-time paint. You want my soul, take a number, wait, I feed nightmares and I show up late. You brought a saw, I brought a storm, You came for a deal, I came transformed. [HOOK] Crossroads with a chainsaw, rev it up raw, Cut a deal crooked with a carnival jaw. Blues in my bloodstream, mud on my soul, Laughing while I’m sliding in a bottomless hole. Crossroads with a chainsaw, fire in my grin, If hell wants a king, tell hell check in. He said, “Kneel,” I said, “Watch me climb,” I been damned, still dancing, every damn time. [OUTRO] Sun came up mean over county line dust. Contract burned black in the mirror rust. Devil disappeared. Saw still humming. I drove off laughing. Next crossroad’s coming.