From the recording What They Say Ain't True
Lyrics by Kent Nickerson
Music and arrangement by Kent Nickerson, Josh Flenniken, Pierre Lefebvre, and Chris Russell
Josh Flenniken: Guitar and Vocals
Pierre Lefebvre: Bass
Kent Nickerson: Lead Vocals and Guitar
Chris Russell: Drums, Percussion, and Vocals
Recorded at Nightsound Studios | Carrboro, NC
with Glenn Schwartz, Chris Wimberley, and Kei Mizobuchi
Mixed and Mastered by Bob Giovannetti at Crystal Pig Recording Studios | Alpha, NJ
Lyrics
I had luck, it went missing. I counted on it, it didn’t show.
I had love, or so I thought. It disappeared now I’m alone.
A lost life, a learned lesson, something I should’ve already known.
I made a wish and crossed my fingers. I never get anything I want.
Down in the hole. Nothing good to find
Down in the hole. Send you right back to the end of the line
I built a wall. I built another. I dug a ditch. I tried to hide.
I buried it, but it keeps coming. I lie awake in the middle of the night.
No lie, I’m lonely, I’m mad and I’m broke
So full of regret I ain’t got no room for hope
Down in the hole. Nothing here but time
Down in the hole. Gotta get out of here before I die
They brought me. They wore me out. They broke me down with no mercy
Made threats and tripped me up, anything to coerce me
No lie, I didn’t do it. I wanted to, but I ain’t that dumb
Now I sit and I wonder if I’ll ever feel the sun
Down in the hole, they got me to confess
Down in the hole, never should’ve let it come to this
Down in the hole, it eats me up inside
Down in the hole. Gotta get out of here before I die