08-Blood in the Strings

[raw guitar riff, immediate and alive] Verse 1 I learned my letters from a six-string preacher Every scar got a melody Every night I couldn’t speak it I let the sound speak me Pre-Chorus I’ve been broke in a hundred languages Lost in every kind of town But this old wood and wire Always knows the way back down Chorus There’s blood in the strings when I play my pain Every note I bend is a piece of my name I don’t need a throne, I don’t need a crown I just need a sound that won’t let me down Yeah, there’s blood in the strings, hear it cry, hear it sing This is how I feel everything [band locks in, groove widens] Verse 2 I’ve seen heroes fade in silence Watched the world forget their tune But a song don’t die in daylight It just waits for a living room Pre-Chorus Every hand that ever touched it Left a fingerprint of flame I don’t play to be remembered I play to stay the same Chorus There’s blood in the strings when I tell the truth Every chord I strike is a wound with a view I don’t need to win, I don’t need to prove I just need a place where my heart can move Yeah, there’s blood in the strings, every night, every thing This is how I survive the swing [drop to voice + guitar] Bridge When the world gets loud and hollow When the days forget my face I lay my life across these frets And give the dark a name [build intensity] Chorus There’s blood in the strings, in the wood and wire Every scar I carry feeds the fire I don’t chase tomorrow, I don’t rewrite kings I just let my story ring [extended guitar solo, fierce and free] Final Chorus [full band, background vocals rise] There’s blood in the strings, and it’s mine to give Every sound I make reminds me I live Let the world spin fast, let it break its wings I’ll still bleed through these strings Yeah, there’s blood in the strings, and a truth that clings This is how I keep breathing This is how I keep breathing Outro Long as these strings are singing… so am I.