I ride alone, the wasteland that I cross 

Will take another life, we'll take another loss 

I feel a dry wind, dust is in my eyes 

The artic cold at night, the earth, it tells me lies 



God in heaven, my only friend 

Will I live to see my journey's end? 

As the world awakens me so hard, my values have been changed 

I make a promise to myself: Never again 

A dusty godforsaken path, endless to my dismay 

I know these are the badlands, somehow I'll find my way 



No more paradise, no more soothing rain 

All the sacrifice, the pain is all the same 

Still I'm pushing onward, alone I can't deny 

My presence fills the desert, my spirit never dies 



Will these lonely nights ever end? 

Will I live to see my journey's end? 

As the world awakens me so hard, my values have been changed 

I make a promise to myself: Never again 

A dusty godforsaken path, endless to my dismay 

I know these are the badlands, somehow I'll find my way 



The vultures that circle, cloud the empty sky, 

Patiently waiting, they wait for me to die 

Tortured and beaten, blistered by the sun 

Forceful and heartless, have the badlands won? 



Still I'm pushing onward, alone I can't deny 

My presence fills the desert, my spirit never dies 

As the world awakens me so hard, my values have been changed 

I make a promise to myself: Never again 

A dusty godforsaken path, endless to my dismay 

I know these are the badlands, somehow I'll find my way