Life is a battlefield And it'll drag you right through hell Bites like a rattlesnake The kind that you just don't see on the trail I miss my father every day The kinda pain I pray don't fade away And the ones above guide me down the road Yeah, grief is only love that's got no place to go From my great granddad in the ground All the ghosts in my hometown Yeah, they're the ones that find me down the road Yeah, grief is only love that's got no place to go Grief is only love The world is a cannonball You deal with the feelings you can't hide God gave us alcohol When we need to leave 'em all inside I don't feel like cryin' But I just keep cryin' For the ones above to guide me down the road Yeah, grief is only love that's got no place to go From my great granddad in the ground All the ghosts in my hometown Yeah, they're the ones that find me down the road Yeah, grief is only love that's got no place to go Grief is only love Grief is only love Grief is only love I don't feel like cryin' But I just keep cryin' For the ones above to guide me down the road Yeah, grief is only love that's got no place to go So hang onto the hurtin' and let it grab ahold Yeah, the only thing's for certain is it's out of my control And grief is only love that's got no place to go Yeah, grief is only love that's got no place to go Yeah, grief is only love Grief is only love Grief is only love Grief is only love Grief is only love