Montauk III (feat. Radiant Phaedrus)

The price of coke’s gone up and money’s running out

Pack up all my hindrance, head down to the south

I hear that work is steady and here’s a woman I could love

Truth told, I’m not a praying man, but I’ll ask the Lord above

For family, wine, and walls around the places I get stuck

Some time out on the water, a chance to teach my son

That failure is a mindset, and all the foul things that you’ve done

If you give them to the ocean, there’s a good man you might still become

So, the devil and I walked down to the tifton county line

There’s a flask inside my pocket, liquid blood, orange moonlight

I didn’t know revival could be planned and advertised

But an Easter dressed beauty walked right up and changed my mind

She said family, wine, and walls around the places we get stuck

A cool night on the back porch with a smiling newborn son

Failure is a mindset, and all the sinning that you’ve done

If you give it up to Jesus, there’s a good man you might still become

Feels like I just got here, I guess the time rolled gently by

Same preacher at the graveyard where we buried my poor wife

Couple headstones over, flag draped red, blue, and white

My baby boy at 18 to the Great War, and I feel no pride

'Cause I couldn’t keep the walls around the people that I loved

I suppose a man can never pay the weight of who he was

Failure's been my mantra, Lord, I tried to give it up

Spread my ashes on the ocean, finally forgotten

A good man to become