Moon Shine - Defeater

«If you’re always running, you ain’t no kind of man

Face up your fears kid, fight for what you take stock in

Out here on rolling hills, there ain’t no alibis

Only sweat and dirt, only that open sky

If you take nothing more than these simple words

With your head held high kid, you will have your day

You can leave hardened, I won’t think twice of it

If you got a battle back home, you got no reason to stay»

Out there on rolling hills, he thought of days back home

All the pain and hurt, his mother praying alone

Sleep never came for him, no rest for wicked men

In those starless skies, the moon shined shame on him

He found redemption in pale saints that took him in

His grey eyes, hopefulness, that only youth can feel before life sours them

«Where you from, where you been?»

the boy would ask

He could never answer, it was the truth he lacked

«I'm from nowhere kid, I’ve been to hell and back

I’m a loner kid, I got no grace and no tact»

He had nothing more than those simple words

He was a runner and a coward always losing his way

Still no sleep for him, «I ain’t no wicked man»

There would be no night like this for him ever again

He would change his fate, he would mend the breaks

He left that night with parting words to lead his way

«Don't you be like me

Don’t you be like me

Don’t you be like me»

And that moonlit sky shined praise down on him