[Intro - Energy 2/10, Dynamic: p, Intimate & Solemn] [Instrumental: Warm pump organ drone, single picked acoustic guitar notes, subtle room breath] [Vocal: Intimate, dry raspy baritone close to the microphone, contemplative] Hey... hey, hey... Yeah... (Acoustic strum fades in, quiet foot tap establishes 80 BPM tempo) [Verse 1 - Energy 4/10, Dynamic: mp, Strummed Folk Confession] [Instrumental: Dreadnought acoustic guitar steady strumming, upright bass bowed drone] [Vocal: Raspy chest-voice, raw and earnest] The shadows stretched around us, thick as winter stone That hollow cold inside our chest had chilled us to the bone We wandered through the valley where the heavy spirits creep Lost inside the sorrow that we swore we’d never keep [Pre-Chorus - The Sonic Pivot, Energy 6/10, Dynamic: mf, Building the Pulse] [Instrumental: 5-string banjo begins light rolling arpeggios, floorboard kick drum enters on beats 1 and 3] [Vocal: Register climbs, pushing with emotional rasp] Oh, but look into the distance, see the morning start to break! Every shackle on our shoulders is a shackle bound to break! (Banjo roll quickens, tambourine rattles on the offbeat) Yeah, awww... ohhh... ooh! [Chorus - Energy 9/10, Dynamic: f, Stomp & Holler Folk Explosion] [Instrumental: Full galloping tempo 130 BPM! Aggressive acoustic strumming, full banjo train-beat, thumping 4-on-the-floor kick, upright bass slap] [Vocal: Powerful belting lead with full 3-part gang vocals shouting from the back of the room] YEAH, WE’RE GONNA STOMP THESE BLUE FEELINGS TO THE GROUND! RAISE OUR ARMS TO THE SKY AND SHOUT THE SOUND! PRAY FOR THE LIGHT, FOR THE DARKNESS HAS SUBSIDED! AND THAT HOLLOW COLD IS FLEETING, IT HAS FLED! (Hey! Hey! Hey! Hey!) No more wandering in the night, We have set our eyes upon the light! [Verse 2 - Energy 6/10, Dynamic: mf, Driving Gallop] [Instrumental: Maintain galloping banjo and driving kick drum, accordion counter-melody] [Vocal: Melodic, punchy, syncopated delivery] My will is mine, unbroken, through the fire and the rain I bowed to sorrow once, but I won't bow to it again I serve no earthly master, no tyrant in the dust I look above the mountain to the only One I trust! [Chorus - Energy 9/10, Dynamic: f, Resounding Communal Cry] [Instrumental: Full band ensemble, driving four-on-the-floor kick, ringing brass horns join the progression] [Vocal: Full-throated gang harmonies, celebratory and cathartic] YEAH, WE’RE GONNA STOMP THESE BLUE FEELINGS TO THE GROUND! RAISE OUR ARMS TO THE SKY AND SHOUT THE SOUND! PRAY FOR THE LIGHT, FOR THE DARKNESS HAS SUBSIDED! AND THAT HOLLOW COLD IS FLEETING, IT HAS FLED! (Hey! Hey! Hey! Hey!) [Bridge - Energy 4/10 to 10/10, Dynamic: mp to fff, The Sacred Crescendo] [Instrumental: Sudden drop down to solitary acoustic strumming and deep kick pulse. Gradually building bar-by-bar with accelerating snare and roaring brass] [Vocal: Starts as an intimate vow, building into a desperate, soaring shout] I give my soul to the heavens... I give my depression to the grave! (Snare roll begins, banjo tremolo picks high notes) I said I give my soul to the heavens! AND I GIVE MY DEPRESSION TO THE GRAVE! No, no more! No more will it keep me! No more chained to the ground! For if I hold Him in my heart, I will hold Him dear and make my start! (Explosive crash cymbal hit, horns burst wide open!) [Outro Chorus - Energy 10/10, Dynamic: fff, Maximum Euphoric Frenzy] [Instrumental: Wall-of-sound folk orchestra! Furiously fast banjo strumming, roaring brass, thunderous kick drum, tambourine overdrive] [Vocal: Shouted gang choir, voices cracking with raw ecstasy] OH, WE STOMP IT TO THE DUST, WE STOMP IT TO THE GROUND! RAISE YOUR HANDS UP TO THE HEAVENS, LET THE ROAR RESOUND! WE GIVE OUR DIRT UNTO THE HEAVEN, WE LEAVE THE SORROW IN THE GRAVE! (Aw-ohhh-ooh! Hey! Hey! HEY!) WE ARE FOUND! WE ARE SAVED! [Coda - Energy 2/10, Dynamic: pp, Lingering Resonance] [Instrumental: Abrupt cut of all rhythm. Single resonant acoustic D-chord ringing out, foot tap stops, faint trumpet echo decaying in room] [Vocal: Solitary, dry, quiet breath] ...In my heart, I’ll hold Him dear. [Silence]
