Cheating the Grave Lyrics — R.J. Sloane

Cheating the Grave is a raw, hard-driving outlaw country song by R.J. Sloane about the moment the hunted becomes the hunter.

The storm hits without warning. The darkness circles, whispers the one word it knows will wound: quit. This is the song for everyone who has ever been stripped to bones and charged anyway.

OPENING WAIL

VERSE 1
Thunder cracks the sky
The whole earth shakes
Lightning splits my soul in two
Epic battle raging
Darkness gaining ground
You strip me to bones
Pick at my flesh
Glowing eyes circling
Stalking my every move
Whispering quit

CHORUS
Outnumbered and alone
Howl breaks from my lungs
Bullet rips through flesh
Blood rushing down
Smoke thick in the air
Head pounding
Shaky hand reloads
Spitting out blood
Cornered and wild
Cheating the grave

VERSE 2
Storm clouds gather
Sky coils tight
Rain bites my skin
Grinding forward
Legs burning
Heart pounding
Not gonna rest
Till my last breath

CHORUS
Outnumbered and alone
Howl breaks from my lungs
Bullet rips through flesh
Blood rushing down
Smoke thick in the air
Head pounding
Shaky hand reloads
Spitting out blood
Cornered and wild
Cheating the grave

BRIDGE
Fire in my bones
Scars on my hands
Every bolt striking—
Still in this fight
War ain't over
Drop my head back

FINAL CHORUS
Outnumbered and alone
Howl breaks from my lungs
Bullet rips through flesh
Blood rushing down
Smoke thick in the air
Head pounding
Shaky hand reloads
Spitting out blood
Cornered and wild
Cheating the grave

OUTRO
Cornered and wild
Cheating the grave

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