Momma used to teach and Preacher used to preach, there's angels watching over me
They're here to shield you so you don't yield to the devil when your soul gets weak
But they're hard to hear when you're jamming gears and they're always hanging back
Yeah, they try to chase but if they wanna save me, they better step on the gas

'Cause I'm living faster than my angels can fly
Yeah, I've been wearing the wings of mine
I'm bound to die out-living life
Faster than my angels can fly
Yeah, faster than my angels can fly

There's days I regret this hitch in my step and scars on my boots and hands
All those times I rush to get growed up and to hurry to become a man
And the promises I made and the hearts I break all in the name of fun
Yeah, I apologize but I got no time for 'no tie me up, slow me down' love

'Cause I'm living faster than my angels can fly
Yeah, I've been wearing the wings of mine
I'm bound to die out-living life
Faster than my angels can fly
Yeah, faster than my angels can fly

Yeah, I slow down, I ain't what I was
Still they ain't got a prayer of ever catching up
'Cause I was born to run, born to run, born to run

Yeah

Faster than my angels can fly
Yeah, I've been wearing the wings of mine
I'm bound to die out-living life
Faster than my angels can fly
Yeah, faster than my angels can fly

Faster, faster...