Jesús

[Instrumental Intro] (full intensity from beat one, fast heavy downtuned power chords, double kick blast, no build up, maximum volume immediately) [Verse 1] (relentless fast palm-muted riffs, thick wall of distorted guitars, pounding double kick, full intensity) He was there every morning before I turned my lights on Mowing the Hendersons' lawn, fixing the fence on the corner lot I locked my car doors when his truck was parked out on the street I told my wife I didn't want those guys working near our house I called the HOA about his trailer twice in June He waved at me every single morning and I never waved back I didn't know his name because I never asked [Verse 2] (same high intensity, fast downtuned power chords, double kick drums never stopping, dense heavy distortion) My daughter ran into the street and the car didn't stop I heard the sound before I saw her and my legs stopped working He dropped his toolbox on the sidewalk and he ran straight past me He was on his knees on the asphalt pressing on her chest He breathed into her mouth and he counted and he didn't stop He talked to her in a language I never learned and she kept breathing THE AMBULANCE TOOK HER AND SHE WAS ALIVE BECAUSE OF HIM [Bridge] (half-time, stripped back, heavy and slow) They took a statement and they asked him for ID His face was on the news that night ICE came on a Tuesday morning His family's house went dark [Final Chorus] (full power, everything, maximum intensity) THE YARD IS OVERGROWN AND HIS TRUCK IS GONE HIS TOOLBOX IS STILL ON THE SIDEWALK WHERE HE DROPPED IT I OPENED THE LID AND HIS NAME WAS WRITTEN THERE IN MARKER JESÚS YOU WERE A BETTER MAN THAN ME, JESÚS [End]