Slow Burn / Coming Down Lyrics

Well, I took another nap
At 9 o'clock
Had a dream of a man
Thought the summer was too hot
Eleventh of May
A Sunday afternoon
If the end will ever come
Then it's coming up real soon

"Take your hand now off of that thing -
I can't stand to
Break another string," he said

I shook his dirty hand
And he smiled and said:
"Right about this hour
I bet you wishing you were dead."
I told him he was wrong
But he saw through my bluff
Said, "Once you had a little -
Well, you'll never have enough."

Lured into the bed of a California king
Well I knew it would itch
But how bad can this sting get

Well I closed my hand around it
And I pulled it so tight
You know barbed wire round the wrist
Well it never felt so right
Marching through the Valley
Of the Shadow of Love
Said once you're doing time -
Well, you'll never do enough

Off of the wagon, into the fire
"Rather burned by truth
Than be caught in a lie," it said

Well I rose on out of bed
Around twelve A.M.
Yeah I know you're so concerned
But I'm really OK, man...
You can never ever get
Us to admit
That I been doing time
In a bed of shit

"So you take your fingers now off of my pulse -
Know it's been a while
Since you've seen me come close," I said

Well it'll take a while
But I'm coming around
Slowly, slowly I'm
Coming on down
And it'll be a while
Before I show my face
And you can peel the mask
Of my disgrace
And you won't see it coming
But it's coming to you
When you close your eyes
And when you light the fuse
It'll all come down
In a bolt of fire
It'll all come down...