[Verse 1]

I spent a year out in the desert, I spent a year out in the sea

I spend my nights under the stars just dreaming of sleep

I still question where I've been

I don't know where I will go

I just look up to the skies like there's a sign I didn't see, I didn't know

Like there's a sign I didn't know

(Lord can you bring me back home)

[Verse 2]

I know I've lived a wicked life, and I will never change my ways

And unapologetic runaway until it's my last day

Why is it so easy to light a match and watch?

We were made of dried up timber

We were made to turn to dust

[Chorus 1]

Ohh, take me on down

Ohh, at the gallows it was mercy I had found

[Verse 3]

So I went back to my home and I burned it to the ground

An angel sat beside of me, we both watched it all fall down

Till a loner of a lover, I'm a lover of my ways

So if you're here to take me back, there ain't nothing left to save

[Chorus 2]

Ohh, burned it all down

Ohh, at the gallows it was mercy I had found

Ohh, take me on down

Ohh, at the gallows it was mercy I had found

[Bridge]

I made it to the edge, there was nothing left to see

I lit one last cigarette, the angel sat beside of me

I said, "I know you've got your job"

He said, "The grace that I have brung is that your death is gonna save you from the things you're running from"

[Chorus 1]

Ohh, take me on down

Ohh, at the gallows it was mercy I had found

[Chorus 1]

Ohh, take me on down

Ohh, at the gallows it was mercy I had found

[Outro]

At the gallows it was mercy I had found

At the gallows it was mercy I had found