Lyrics

(Verse 1)
White-knuckle grip on a rusted wheel
The taste of copper and the smell of steel
Behind the eyes where the demons dwell
I’m digging out of this personal hell
The sky is bruised and the air is thick
The clock is heavy and it doesn't tick
I’ve walked the miles on a broken bone
Collecting seeds that I never sowed

​(Pre-Chorus)
No more running from the shadow man
No more hiding in the shifting sand
The reckoning is at the door!

​(Chorus)
Give me deliverance, set the spirit free
Break the shackles that are binding me
From the hollowed ground to the open sky
Let the old man fall and the new man rise
Wash the spirit in the holy fire
Pull my soul from the tangled wire
Yeah, I’m screaming for deliverance!

​(Verse 2)
The river’s rising and the current’s cold
Trading the silver for a heart of gold
I left my pride in a shallow ditch
Beside the ghost of a fever pitch
The weight is lifting, the fog is gone
The darkest hour met the break of dawn
I’m shedding skin like a diamondback
I’m never turning on the beaten track

​(Bridge)
Purge the venom!
Kill the pain!
Break the cycle!
Snap the chain!
Deliver me!

​(Guitar Solo)

​(Chorus)
Give me deliverance, set the spirit free
Break the shackles that are binding me
From the hollowed ground to the open sky
Let the old man fall and the new man rise
Wash the spirit in the holy fire
Pull my soul from the tangled wire
Yeah, I’m screaming for deliverance!

​(Outro)
I am delivered...
Through the fire!
I am delivered...
Through the mud!
Free at last!