Fire And Brimstone

Yeah, I was just seventeen
My body held up strong
But my heart did not age with me
I never knew what was right and wrong.

Had a six-string fiddle that would sing my woes
Like the hole in the middle of my goddamn soul
Not a worry in the world couldn't get to me
Yeah, I was pretty damn sure I wouldn't see eighteen.

Fire and brimstone aren't so scary
But time and getting old
Is a burden we all carry on our blackened shoulders
In a world so pure.

Yeah, I swore to God I wouldn't love no one
And I never did, but I came close once
He was young and strong and fine to see
He said he loved me, so I said to leave me be
He must've been high if he wanted me.

Fire and brimstone aren't so scary
But time and getting old
Is a burden we all carry on our crumblin' shoulders
In a world so infinite.

Nightmares from horror films
Cold, cold sweats
Better than the lonely mornings
Of gettin' up and gettin' dressed.

Yeah, I was just seventeen
And the world never really felt alive to me
So I wandered round till my shoes wore thin
But I never really found where the answer is.