Ashes 2 Ashes

By Tom MacDonald

On Ghostories

Released on September 6, 2019

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[Verse 1]

This shit is rock and roll to me, there's no controlling me

I sold my soul and stole the gold from royalty

I’m locked and loaded till the motor overheats

I'll rock the boat in seas I'm not supposed to be

The Holy Ghost is in my broken bones

And Heaven only knows what being broke awoke in me

The homes of those who tried to slow my roll

And throw me to the wolves will turn up burned and smouldering

I’m filling the coffins with everything that I wanted

And then I'll drag 'em behind me so they will not be forgotten

I hit the bottle so often that when I did hit the bottom

It didn't even hurt even a bit, but now I proceed with caution

And I've been haunted by rotten bodies, the path that I've plotted

Been full of haters and demons, I burn the bridge when I cross it

I got a dollar in my pocket that I'm saving just in case

I get to where I'm headed, and I still need change


[Chorus]

I feel the ghost of rock and roll take hold of me

An overdose of I don’t care what you believe

So fuck ’em all, I'm Jimmy Page, I’m Kurt Cobain

I'm Rolling Stones, lay Guns N' Roses across my grave

Ashes to ashes, mama

Ashes to ashes, papa


[Verse 2]

This shit is blood and guts to me, it's mud and rust to me

That type of feeling when you love destructively

Its claws are stuck in me, it promised luxury

If I said I trust you, you are dumb for trusting me

Hate me publicly or wait for company

Or pray to God, your devil never summons me

Either way, you don’t have shit to say

Without a Tom MacDonald, you exist because of me

I'm fueling the fire with little beautiful liars

They burn the brightest, then I pull out every tooth with the pliers

They get a funeral suitable for the rumours that ruined

All of the truth in my music, I took the food out the fryer

I've been hell and back without a burn, my boots made of iron

I keep a cooler full of booze 'cause I'm a juvenile tyrant

I never lose, I get with Lucifer, and he knows who I am

So when you meet him, say I said, "What up?", there's zero survivors


[Chorus]

I feel the ghost of rock and roll take hold of me

An overdose of I don't care what you believe

So fuck 'em all, I'm Jimmy Page, I'm Kurt Cobain

I'm Rolling Stones, lay Guns N' Roses across my grave

Ashes to ashes, mama

Ashes to ashes, papa


[Bridge]

Bitch, I got bands

Don't want no revenge

'Cause, bitch, I got plans

All I need is my fans

With the world in my hands

I'm burning the people who said that I can't

I'm burning the churches that worship the damned

Then housing the holy wherever I stand


[Chorus]

I feel the ghost of rock and roll take hold of me

An overdose of I don't care what you believe

So fuck 'em all, I'm Jimmy Page, I'm Kurt Cobain

I'm Rolling Stones, lay Guns N' Roses across my grave

Ashes to ashes, mama

Ashes to ashes, papa