The Steeldrivers

There are walls made of paper, and walls made of stone
and some that are made out of livin' alone
I built a wall no one could break down
locked up my heart where it couldn't be found

You saw past my shackles and let love unfold
showed me the truth from the lies I'd been told
my heart was a prisoner like no heart at all
till your love reached higher than the wall

Higher than the wall a thousand feet tall
high above the darkness where the blue shadows fall
your love reached higher, where it's better and brighter
yeah, your love reached higher than the wall

Now I'm wearin' freedom instead of those chains
empty reminders don't cause me no pain
it's all gone away like the leaves in the fall
'Cause your love reached higher than the wall

Higher than the wall a thousand feet tall
high above the darkness where the blue shadows fall
your love reached higher, where it's better and brighter
Yeah, your love reached higher than the wall

I'm a cool 3 lbs of cold blue steel
I shoot even deader than the way I feel
made to fit right in your hand
why i'll never understand

I coulda been a hammer or a railroad spike
I coulda been a train rollin through the night
but they gave my voice such a terrible sound
that I wish they'd left me in the ground

I'm a peacemaker
don't know how I got my name
I'm a peacemaker
if I don't deserve the credit
why do I deserve the blame

When the lion lays down with the lamb
then you won't find me in nobody's hand
till that time I will remain
till the sinners lay down with the saints

I'm a peacemaker
don't know how I got my name
I'm a peacemaker
if I don't deserve the credit
why do I deserve the blame

I'm a peacemaker
don't know how I got my name
I'm a peacemaker
if I don't deserve the credit
why do I deserve the blame

I'm a cool 3 lbs of cold blue steel

There's a light on in the kitchen
where I've been losin' sleep
It seems to me since you've been gone
the dark got twice as deep

My mind tries to forget you,
but my heart comes back for more
'cause you put the hurt on me
like I never felt before

Don't need a guilty conscience
to follow me around
Don't need no one to tell me why
the rain keeps pourin' down

Dont need another dark cloud
hangin round outside my door
'cause you put the hurt on me,
like I never felt before

The flames have turned to ashes
but there's still some embers left
Missin' you is harder than
this whiskey on my breath

I never had a memory cut
a path as wide as yours
'cause you put the hurt on me,
like I never felt before

The flames have turned to ashes
but there's still some embers left
Missin' you is harder than
this whiskey on my breath

I never had a memory cut
a path as wide as yours
'cause you put the hurt on me,
like I never felt before

you put the hurt on me,