"The Saint Of Lost Causes (Demo)" lyrics

I'm a bad dream
Not a nightmare, as I'm too pretty for that
Let's say I'm the last thing you wanna see coming
I'm the reason they say, "Watch your back."

I walked for so long, I was like a wounded hound
Backed into a chainlink fence
The world at large was like a big, mean kid
Poking me through the fence with a stick

Ain't nobody going back
It takes a whole lotta hurt
Oh, and therein lies one of life's biggest lessons
Ain't got a damn thing to do with deserve
I'm not in the Saint of Lost Causes

Now it's a cruel world
But it ain't hard to understand
See, you got your sheep, got your shepherds
You got your wolves in the form of men
But sometimes, it can be hard to tell
You might get a wolf in the shepherd's clothes
And now and then you're gonna find sheep
Hidden amongst all those troubled souls

You know the folks that's most afraid of the wolf
But if you really stop and think
Throughout time, between a wolf and a shepherd
Who do you think has killed more sheep?

There's nothing can be done
It's just the way it goes
First you get bad, then you get mean
Then there's nothing left but to grow cold
And pray to the Saint of Lost Causes
Pray

Some will say I've got no feeling
No heart, and surely no shame
Truth is that this has been with me so long
That I must admit I enjoy the pain

So, how many encounters do you ever have?
Better yet, how many wolves you even seen?
You got about as much chance of seeing one of them as you do running into me

Don't take nothing for granted
Might live on the best street in Beverly Hills
You make sure you lock up tight at night
Remember poor folks ain't got nothing to steal
Not in the Saint of Lost Causes
Not in the Saint of Lost Causes