Lyrics

I came home with empty hands
Wallet is empty, shame on my skin
Loan shark tore through my plans
Now I can’t tell my wife about my sin

The table took more than my cash
It took the pride right out of my chest
I hear my boy ask for a future
And I gave him a dad who’s a mess

Now the bills stack high on the counter
And the mail keeps coming the same
I look at her face and I feel it
I let gambling bring only shame

I’m going down, down, down
With my house on the line
I’m going down, down, down
And I’m scared of what I find
My wife, my kids, their tomorrow
I bet it all and lost the fight
I’m going down, down, down
And I can’t make this right

Mortgage due and the tank run dry
Groceries thin and the phone keeps still
I said one more hand, one more lie
Now I’m choking on the truth I kill

I see their shoes by the front door
I see the rent bill that came due
I been a fool with a fever
Chasing luck instead of being true

Now the bills stack high on the counter
And the fear sits heavy in the room
If I don’t stand up and face this
We’ll be sleeping under the moon

I’m going down, down, down
With my house on the line
I’m going down, down, down
And I’m scared of what I find
My wife, my kids, their tomorrow
I bet it all and lost the fight
I’m going down, down, down
And I can’t make this right

I hear her breathing in the dark
I hear my little one ask, “Dad?”
That sound cuts deeper than the dark
Cuts deeper than any bad hand

So take my keys, take my pride
Take every lie I carried home
I’ll work these hands till they bleed
If it means they keep a roof and a home

I’m going down, down, down
With my house on the line
I’m going down, down, down
And I’m scared of what I find
My wife, my kids, their tomorrow
I bet it all and lost the light
I’m going down, down, down
It is time I make this right

But I’m here now
No more running
I’ll crawl back up
For them, for them

(I’ll crawl back up)
(For them, for them)