Jerry Cantrell - Atone Lyrics

Jerry Cantrell Lyrics

"Atone"

Hounded by a feeling that I've known
Following everywhere I go

Falling ashes never done
Turn to flame under the sun
Guilty of some crime

Gotta find a way to atone
Gotta find a way to atone
Trying to find a way to atone

Don't much care to be the other me
One that plays the role of enemy

Falling ashes never done
Turn to flame under the sun
Running out of time

Gotta find a way to atone
Gotta find a way to atone
Trying to find a way to atone

Tenderly lay me down
Touch my face and speak to me like a child
I want to believe I'll never drown
Can ascend
No release or reprieve to be found

Now seldom seen on the run
Aren't both sides the wrong end of a gun?

Falling ashes never done
Turn to flame under the sun
Somehow crossed a line

Gotta find a way to atone
Gotta find a way to atone
Trying to find a way to atone
Why?

To be judged, stand and deliver
Half-starved, choke on the splinters
Have mercy, can you be the giver?
To speak my cursed name

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Writer(s): Jerry Fulton Cantrell

"Atone" is the first single from Jerry Cantrell's third studio album "Brighten". The song was premiered on July 30, 2021, accompanied by a music video filmed in Joshua Tree National Park, MadHouse Studios in Phoenix, FD studios in Los Angeles, and Salton Sea in June of 2021.

Jerry Cantrell told about this song, "As a fan of Ennio Morricone scores and Sergio Leone movies, it's got a bit of that outlaw vibe, with a cool psycho hillbilly stomp. It's been kicking around in my head for like 20-plus years, haunting me. Sometimes it takes a while for a good idea to find its best form. Such was the case with 'Atone'."

album: "Brighten" (2021)

Atone

Brighten

Prism Of Doubt

Black Hearts And Evil Done

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"Atone" lyrics

Jerry Cantrell Lyrics