Lyrics

[Intro] Okay, "Powerline Valley," demo Wait, shit, I can't fucking see the light Okay, I had to turn the light on, okay [Verse 1] When I met you there underneath the powerlines I'd start to cry, to wash you away 'Cause I'm a goddamn fool and I knew you'd ruin my life In the fever dream of a summer haze I was nineteen, you were twenty one My mama said she loved you She wasn't the only one You lost yours back When you were fifteen You forgot softness And what the word means But I've come to know you Like you forgot you knew yourself Gave you my virginity under the overpass Static tearing up your daddy's stereo You were pouring sweat And I was bleeding out on your seats But we just laughed to death And held each other close Valleys of powerlines We drive by day and night Stretching for miles away from here We talk of runnin' Straight shot, just gunnin' Until we're out there in the clear [Chorus] And it's been hard here for you But I know, I'm trying too All alone in this town In this Alabama wild Nothing stops if not for you But I'll always love you and you know I will [Verse 2] We spent September on the backroads Shotgunnin' warm Bud Lights down a sinner's rabbit hole By the fire, taking off my dirty blouse I let your hands do things that no one needs to know And I love you like you won't ever know 'Cause you get too caught up in what they tell you to I'll never forget the night or the paper in his hand When you found your daddy there swinging from the ceiling fan By that belt you fucking hated That left the marks I don't ask about All I know is I've never seen you hurt As bad as you do right now Now you crush up pills to forget And you crush up more to sleep You crushed yourself into a ghost That I can't reach when you're inside me And I take each blow you give me And I keep it as a gift At least you can still stand to touch me And when you throw, you never miss [Chorus] It's been hard here for you But I know, I'm trying too All alone in this town In this Alabama wild Nothing stops if not for you But I'll always love you and you know I will [Bridge] You'd been gone for days when I Heard the news that you'd been found Shotgun in hand in your daddy's field Sprayed out all over the ground one last time And I wish that we'd have left while we still could But I'll do what I promised you I would And let those powerlines take me somewhere [Chorus] It's been hard here for you But I know, I'm trying too All alone in this town In this Alabama wild Nothing stops if not for you But I'll always love you and you know I will But I'll always love you and you know I will [Outro] And when I met you— (Shit) And when I met you there underneath the powerlines, I'd I'd start to cry and then I'd let you in 'Cause I'm a goddamn fool and I let you ruin my life But if I had the chance, I'd do it all again