Machine Guns To Guitars

ElvisNash · April 12

(Verse 1)

I grew up where the sirens sang louder than the choir

Streetlight halos flickered like a funeral fire

Had a cold steel grip and a heart turned hard

Signed my name in smoke with a deck of scarred cards

Mama said, “Son, you’re walking a dead man’s road”

But I was chasing ghosts with a heavy load

Every trigger I pulled just buried me deeper

In a life where the night don’t let you sleep, no keeper

(Chorus)

From machine guns to guitars, I traded war for strings

Laid down my rage, let the six-string sing

Yeah, I was lost in the dark, now I’m chasing stars

From machine guns… to guitars

(Verse 2)

Blood on the pavement, dust in my lungs

Echoes still ringing from the life I’d sung

An old man said, “Son, let that anger fall”

Handed me a guitar, said, “This can save it all”

(Chorus)

From machine guns to guitars, I traded war for strings

Let the rhythm heal what the silence brings

I was drowning in scars, now I’m raising bars

From machine guns… to guitars

(Bridge)

Yeah, the devil still calls when the whiskey flows

And the past creeps in like a shadow I know

But I fight it now with every note I play

Turn my demons into melodies that fade away

(Chorus)

From machine guns to guitars, I traded war for strings

Turned my battles into broken-winged hymns

Yeah, I’ve come this far, I’ve still got scars

But I ain’t going back… from guitars

(Outro)

So if you hear that sound in a midnight bar

That’s a sinner redeemed by an old guitar

No more bullets flying, just these old steel bars

I went from machine guns… to guitars