Preacher
Cory Morrow Lyrics

The cold wind blew, the preacher grieved
The preacher was sorrowful, as the cold wind blew through his clothes.

He said 'they're comin' after me
The preacher believed that he was being chased by someone.

I ain't exactly what I seem to be'
The preacher was not the man he appeared to be.

He pulled his pistol from his side
The preacher took out his gun from its holster.

Pointed it at me and cried
The preacher aimed his gun at the artist and shouted loudly.

And then he laid a bullet deep in my chest
The preacher shot the singer in the chest.

He stood still revealin' the story
The preacher stopped moving and began to tell the truth.

That I knew was true before
The artist already knew what the preacher was going to say.

And now because of it I lay dying
The artist is dying as a result of being shot.

He claimed to run with Jesse James
The preacher said that he ran with famous outlaws like Jesse James.

William Bonnie, and they all the same
The preacher believed that he was similar to famous outlaws like William Bonnie (also known as Billy the Kid).

'I ain't no preacher man, I was born of fire'
The preacher claimed that he wasn't really a religious figure, but rather someone who was born from an intense experience.

Hey, can't you hear that train coming now?
The singer asks if the listener can hear the sound of a train approaching.

Rollin' fast down the tracks, to hell they're bound
The train is moving quickly and heading towards a bad end.

Well I'm in over my head again
The singer is overwhelmed and doesn't know what to do.

I hear those pistols layin' down
The artist can hear guns being fired.

And I have taken the lives of many men
The artist has killed many people.

Now the angel's comin' down
The singer believes that an angel of death is approaching.

I said the angel of death is coming down
The singer repeats that an angel of death is approaching.

Well, up in the horizon
In the distance, the sky looks red and bleak.

Laid the red sun, beatin' cold and dying
The sun appears red, but is fading away.

And taking with it all the lives the preacher stole
The fading sun represents the end of the preacher's destructive life and the people he hurt.

Well, you see, the preacher is not real
The preacher was not the man he claimed to be.

He clench his fists of rage and steel
The preacher was angry and had balled up his fists tightly.

And spit the fires of Satan at your soul
The preacher was so angry that he seemed to be spewing evil from within.

He beat the path to Heaven's door
The preacher tried to convince people to follow his version of religion.

The angels said they'd take no more
The divine beings refused to let the preacher enter Heaven.

Now he walks the Earth forever lone
The preacher is doomed to wander the Earth alone, without a chance of redemption.

And on the stone that marked his death
There is a grave marker commemorating where the preacher died.

When he did finally lay to rest
The preacher's body was buried in the ground.

Were the lonely words 'I'm going home'
The words on the gravestone are about the preacher going to his final resting place.