Delta David - Track 4: The Broken Heart (Psalm 51)

[0:00 - Intro: A heavy, warm Piano chord (Tin Pan Alley style). Then, a sharp, clean Electric Guitar "sting" with heavy vibrato. Low, rhythmic foot stomp starts - 50 BPM.] [0:45 - Verse 1: Deep African American Male Bass - Raw and Soulful] Wash me clean... from the shadows in my soul. I’ve lost my way... I’ve lost my control. My sin is before me... everywhere I turn. Like a fire in the bones... that continues to burn. [Hebrew - Slow, Syllabic, Heavy] חָנֵּנִי אֱלֹהִים כְּחַסְדֶּךָ. (Cha-ne-ni E-lo-him ke-chas-de-cha) כְּרֹב רַחֲמֶיךָ, מְחֵה פְשָׁעָי. (Ke-rov ra-cha-me-cha, me-che fe-sha-ay) [1:40 - The SRV Moment: Guitar Solo] (The Piano keeps a steady, melancholic Tin Pan Alley rhythm. The Electric Guitar takes over with a slow, crying Texas Blues solo. Think "Riviera Paradise" meets "Tin Pan Alley" - clean, dynamic, massive string bends.) [2:30 - Verse 2: The Broken Heart] You don’t want a sacrifice... of silver or of gold. You want the truth... that the spirit can hold. A broken heart... and a spirit that’s low. That’s the only place... where Your mercy can go. [Hebrew - Voice cracking, emotional] לֵב טָהוֹר בְּרָא לִי אֱלֹהִים. (Lev ta-hor be-ra li E-lo-him) לֵב נִשְׁבָּר וְנִדְכֶּה... אֱלֹהִים לֹא תִבְזֶה. (Lev nish-bar ve-nid-keh... E-lo-him lo tiv-zeh) [3:15 - Outro] (The Gospel Choir hums a low, deep chord in the distance. The Guitar plays one final, long note that decays naturally into the silence.) [Whispered Hebrew] לֵב נִשְׁבָּר. (Lev nish-bar) [Natural Decay - Total Silence]