[Intro] Turn it around Kick up the dust Back to the fire Back to the rust [Verse] We saw three bikes at the ridge behind Chrome teeth flashing on the county line Cole said that’s them, and his face went pale Like a man who’s already reading his mail Mara grabbed the map and tore it clean Said I’m done being hunted by every machine Billy said if we owe, we pay I said then home is the only way [Pre-Chorus] The road went quiet, the sky turned red Every word was a nail in the dead We were tired of running blind With the devil gaining from behind [Chorus] Hell Bent Homeward Into the flames we go Hell Bent Homeward Back to the debts we owe No more hiding in the dust No more living on broken trust We’re Hell Bent Homeward tonight With our sins in the headlights bright [Verse] The engine screamed like it knew our names Past burned fields and railroad frames Mara watched the east unwind With old fear fighting in her mind Billy wrote numbers on his shaking knee Counting every dollar of misery Cole held silence like a loaded gun Waiting for the things he’d done [Pre-Chorus] A man can run till his lungs turn stone But every ghost knows the road back home If judgment waits by the water tower Let it come in the midnight hour [Chorus] Hell Bent Homeward Into the flames we go Hell Bent Homeward Back to the debts we owe No more hiding in the dust No more living on broken trust We’re Hell Bent Homeward tonight With our sins in the headlights bright [Instrumental] Fast guitar solo ripping like a chase Drums slam hard at a reckless pace Bass drives low through the warning signs Road sparks flying past the county lines [Bridge] I don’t know if home forgives I don’t know if mercy lives In the mouth of a town that knows your scars Under porch lights and prison bars But I know this road has taken its share Of every dream we tried to spare If we’re gonna fall, we fall awake Not asleep at the wheel of another mistake [Breakdown] Homeward Hell bent Blood spent Time lent Turn back Stand tall Face it all [Build-up] Raise the dust Raise the dead Raise the words we never said Raise the shame Raise the fight Home is burning in the night [Chorus] Hell Bent Homeward Into the flames we go Hell Bent Homeward Back to the debts we owe No more hiding in the dust No more living on broken trust We’re Hell Bent Homeward tonight With our sins in the headlights bright [Chorus] Hell Bent Homeward Let the old town roar Hell Bent Homeward We ain’t children anymore If the past wants blood and bone It can meet us standing on our own We’re Hell Bent Homeward tonight With our sins in the headlights bright [Outro] Turn it around Kick up the dust Back to the fire Back to the rust Hell Bent Homeward Into the red Running no longer From the lives we led