Thunder Over Blackwater

Lyrics [dark southern gothic country rock, mid-tempo, male lead with female ghostly harmonies, swampy slide guitar, heavy tom drums, cinematic thunder and rain soundscape] [Verse 1] Blackwater River’s rising fast, Lightning’s striking like it knows my past. Church bell’s ringing, but it’s not for prayer, It’s calling the lost and the damned out there. [Pre-Chorus] Wind howls through the cypress knees, I smell blood carried on the midnight breeze. [Chorus] Thunder over Blackwater, sky’s gonna split, Every shadow here’s got a death to admit. Rain keeps falling, but it won’t wash clean, What’s buried in the mud’s still mean. [Verse 2] Lanterns swinging in the shantytown, Voices whisper when the lights go down. An old grudge wakes when the storm comes in, And the river’s ready to take its kin. [Pre-Chorus] Wind howls through the cypress knees, I smell blood carried on the midnight breeze. [Chorus] Thunder over Blackwater, sky’s gonna split, Every shadow here’s got a death to admit. Rain keeps falling, but it won’t wash clean, What’s buried in the mud’s still mean. [Bridge] I ain’t scared of the flood or flame, But the ghost in my head still calls my name. [Final Chorus] Thunder over Blackwater, sky’s gonna split, Every shadow here’s got a death to admit. Rain keeps falling, but it won’t wash clean, What’s buried in the mud’s still mean.