Dream Relic and the Golden Sound

[Verse 1] Astral projection Dream Relic walked out the station Through the dust and the neon Past the hum of the all-night beacon Fluorescent altar glistened Every aisle felt like a mission Something in their chest kept pressin' Like a front-porch tune they’re missin' [Pre-Chorus] They said, "I want that real thing Where the bells ring Like the Sundays back when I was a kid When the redbirds used to sing" Heard the silence crack like a lid Soft as creek water did All the noise that always hid What was waitin' deep within [Chorus] Same river, different refrain Same promise, different name You keep wanderin' down the same dirt lanes Till you remember why you came You can run, you can roam again Across valleys, across the wind But the melody will call you in That golden sound beneath your skin [Verse 2] Time slipped, small towns rose and thinned Tracks rusted under the wind Every night, some roadside they played in Different bars, same feelin' within Searchin' outside for a sign In every jukebox and roadside shrine But every road and crooked line Led back to that old design [Pre-Chorus] They said, "I want that real song That I've heard all along Like a fiddle on the back porch Pullin' my heart strong" Every lifetime lost in the din Chasin' echoes, changin' skin But that low and lonesome violin Kept on singin' from within [Chorus] Same river, different refrain Same promise, different name You keep wanderin' down the same dirt lanes Till you remember why you came You can run, you can roam again Cross the ocean, cross your kin But the melody will call you in That golden sound beneath your skin [Verse 3] Gravity center Old hymns rose from the embers Dream Relic found the ledger By a barn in faded weather Every failing, every splinter Every winter into winter Every spark reduced to cinder Turned to gold in their long December [Bridge] Kings and towers fractured Empires fell and scattered Every law they carved in stone Tried to claim what can't be owned But the tunes they couldn't capture Lived in fields and porch-lamp laughter In the rivers, roots, and friends Findin' their way back in the end [Chorus] Same river, different refrain Same promise, different name You keep wanderin' down the same dirt lanes Till you remember why you came You can run, you can roam again Through the thunder, through the din But the melody will draw you in That golden sound beneath your skin [Outro] You can run, you can roam But the song will lead you home Dream Relic heard it then Like a front-porch violin Not the body, not the town Not that quiet seven-eleven glow Just the light in every sound Turned back toward heaven's gold Just the light, just the sound Dream Relic and the golden sound Just the light, just the sound Dream Relic and the golden sound