Cross to Bier (Cradle of Bones) lyrics

[Verse 1]
I'm suicidal and maniacal
To make it this far's a miracle
I wouldn't wish upon my worst enemy
From the succubus to the incubus
From the nonbelievers to the bottom-feeders
Their crosshairs focused tightly on me

[Pre-Chorus 1]
They all want a little piece of me
A little tiny piece of me
Just take it all and leave me alone
Just throw me on the pyre
Gas it up and light that sh*t on fire
And let me burn inside of my hallowed soul

[Pre-Chorus 2]
So lyrical it's criminal
So criminal I'm institutional
So institutional that I'll never escape
So, I pray the Lord my soul to keep

[Chorus]
(Tear me off)
Tear me off my cross to bier
In my coffin so cold
(Take me off)
Take me from this cross I bear
In my cradle of bones
[Verse 2]
I'm irrational and piratical
Got no patience for satirical
f*cking idiots that always strap me
I've got no trust, I'm here to bust
All the deceivers and the f*cking cheaters
My sympathy tank: bone-dry, on empty

[Pre-Chorus 1]
They'll take what they can get
They'll take every little bit
Everything that I hold dear to me
So, f*ck 'em all, the liars
String 'em up and light that sh*t on fire
Then we cut 'em down and bury 'em deep

[Pre-Chorus 2]
So lyrical it's criminal
So criminal I'm institutional
So institutional that I swallowed the key
And I pray the Lord my soul to keep

[Chorus]
(Tear me off)
Tear me off my cross to bier
In my coffin so cold
(Take me off)
Take me from this cross I bear
In my cradle of bones
[Bridge]
I'm always the one
High in the treetop
Life's hurricanes blow
But my will is a rock
So, when the bough breaks
And it all falls apart
Just carve your initials
In my blackened heart

[Guitar Solo]

[Refrain]
Carve your initials
In my blackened heart

[Pre-Chorus]
So lyrical it's criminal
So criminal I'm institutional
So institutional that I'll never escape
So let me go for Jesus' sake

[Chorus]
(Tear me off)
Tear me off my cross to bier
In my coffin so cold
Take me from this cross I bear
In my cradle of bones
(Take me off)
Rip me off my cross to bear
Buried in a shallow hole
(Take me off)
Take me from this cross I bear
In my cradle of bones