i got a one way ticket to the gates of the afterlife i got a soul of black and im haunted by the night i gain no redemption and there will be no release the phantom king i am, the curse is me im on the crossroads sellin' my soul to play the blues yeah, i'm the midnight runner, too fasl for all the rules now i gotta seek revenge alone, of chain and flame, of bone, iron and stone oh lord enlighten me, the curse too much to take all that reveals to me, will move out of my way i was into the night, from the darkness enlight give way for the midnight rider, broken iron and steel the fire revealed, the way of the midnight rider the cross along that road belongs to me another dead body bound to die flames of kerosene without forgiveness it's feeding my machine with the souls of the fallen and the ghosts of the unseen into d**h or glory and i'm hiding from the grave i am die d**h cage runner in a black down under race i am the man, the dealer with the dead horn to raise my tombstone at the end no light awakens me, revenge to all i seek another serenade, of blackness feeds my need i was into the night ... im alone, im the night im the black rider falling apart from die light im unborn, im alive, won't forgive anything till i claim for my right - no i was into the night ... i am the man of the broken heart i am the man of the broken light i am the man of the broken highway i am on my way to the midnight ride again