What to a Sinner is Holy

[Intro]
We were running after a dollar
(Now, baby)
Kid was running out of his, his mind

[Verse 1]
We were running after a dollar (dollar, dollar, ooh)
Kid was running out of his mind
Circle the drain, now the slaughter
It was only a matter of time

[Pre-Chorus]
Barefoot on the asphalt and pacing
And now it’s too late for scolding
Went from the hills to the basement
To the sound of a siren

[Chorus]
Stake’s in, placed it
Crashed at the destination
Billowed in acrimony
Smoke signals, new hymnals
Prayed more, but you said little
What to a sinner is holy?

[Verse 2]
I was running after the altar
And I was running out of his mind
You don’t know me lately
How the silence changed me
And the tears that I’ve cried

[Pre-Chorus 2]
I was running thin on my patience (patience, patience)
Found you there, rehearsing your lines
But baby, I know, heard it when you’d sing for me
Dancing on the graves of our rights

[Chorus]
Stake’s in, placed it
Crashed at the destination
Billowed in acrimony
Smoke signals, new hymnals
Prayed more, but you said little
What to a sinner is holy?