[Verse 1] Oh, got my hands tied around my back And time put a rope around my head And hung from the rafters of my fear Dark in the eyes Try and face the world, I can’t bear to My knees hit the ground and my hands start shaking Old feelings from new faces A rope on the floor and a poor man hanging [Chorus] Please help me chop this tree down Or hold me from underneath Words never once cut me down Oh, don’t you cry for me [Verse 2] I’ve seen an ocean run away I’m torn from the truth that holds my soul I’m down in the grave where I belong Oh, what a ride Identified my devil Wings to the sky on the run from trouble With my own hands, no shovel I dug through the ground, now I’m hanging above saying [Chorus] Please help me chop this tree down Or hold me from underneath Words never once cut me down Oh, don’t you cry for me [Bridge] Down by the grave that the law man laid When the gravel got paved, finally I’m saved Down by the grave that the law man laid When the gravel got paved, finally I’m saved (When the sun went down) Down by the grave that the law man laid When the gravel got paved, finally I’m saved (It set the sky on fire) Down by the grave that the law man laid When the gravel got paved, finally I’m saved (I saw an angel fly) Down by the grave that the law man laid When the gravel got paved, finally I’m saved (I never felt so high) Down by the grave that the law man laid When the gravel got paved, finally I’m saved [Chorus] Please help me chop this tree down Or hold me from underneath Words never once cut me down Oh, don’t you cry for me