| Song | Messengers |
| Artist | Trophy Scars |
| Album | Never Born, Never Dead |
| It was noon in the summer when the police shot him | |
| “Stagger Lee, reincarnate” is what the cops called him | |
| A trembling hand with big ideas, which killed his wife and her man | |
| Stagger Lee in the Flesh in Southern California | |
| He hit a rock going 90 in the dessert | |
| Had blowout and was forced to pull over | |
| He grabbed the Colt and put the barrel to his head | |
| In the midst of all the sirens from the cop cars | |
| He heard the quiet muffled beats from his wife's heart | |
| The last time she had kissed him when she loved him for real | |
| Yeah, now he knows what you shouldn't know | |
| It never starts, it never ends, no | |
| He thinks out loud, | |
| “I've waited my whole damn life to turn my whole damn life around. | |
| If this is it, well, they gotta fight, | |
| I'm taking every last one of them fuckers down.” | |
| Stagger Lee quickly opens up his car door | |
| Sticks his left hand out waving in surrender | |
| He hides a smile and a death wish with a fully loaded gun | |
| Seven cops with their fingers on their triggers | |
| Sweaty palms, grinding teeth, foggy aviators | |
| Stagger Lee pulls the hammer back and dives into sun | |
| He hits the ground with a barrel roll | |
| He unloads the clip | |
| Three cops hit the ground | |
| The other four greet Stagger with his death | |
| I'm so thankful | |
| I'm so grateful | |
| You afforded me to be born again | |
| Another chance to make her my lover | |
| I'll make it right this time next life | |
| And since you shot me | |
| Since you killed me | |
| I'll haunt you in between | |
| And I'll possess your wife and kids | |
| I'll make it so you can't forget | |
| I'll be coming back for her again, in flesh |
| It was noon in the summer when the police shot him | |
| " Stagger Lee, reincarnate" is what the cops called him | |
| A trembling hand with big ideas, which killed his wife and her man | |
| Stagger Lee in the Flesh in Southern California | |
| He hit a rock going 90 in the dessert | |
| Had blowout and was forced to pull over | |
| He grabbed the Colt and put the barrel to his head | |
| In the midst of all the sirens from the cop cars | |
| He heard the quiet muffled beats from his wife' s heart | |
| The last time she had kissed him when she loved him for real | |
| Yeah, now he knows what you shouldn' t know | |
| It never starts, it never ends, no | |
| He thinks out loud, | |
| " I' ve waited my whole damn life to turn my whole damn life around. | |
| If this is it, well, they gotta fight, | |
| I' m taking every last one of them fuckers down." | |
| Stagger Lee quickly opens up his car door | |
| Sticks his left hand out waving in surrender | |
| He hides a smile and a death wish with a fully loaded gun | |
| Seven cops with their fingers on their triggers | |
| Sweaty palms, grinding teeth, foggy aviators | |
| Stagger Lee pulls the hammer back and dives into sun | |
| He hits the ground with a barrel roll | |
| He unloads the clip | |
| Three cops hit the ground | |
| The other four greet Stagger with his death | |
| I' m so thankful | |
| I' m so grateful | |
| You afforded me to be born again | |
| Another chance to make her my lover | |
| I' ll make it right this time next life | |
| And since you shot me | |
| Since you killed me | |
| I' ll haunt you in between | |
| And I' ll possess your wife and kids | |
| I' ll make it so you can' t forget | |
| I' ll be coming back for her again, in flesh |