[Title: Won’t Lay Down in the Clay] [Decade: 1995] [Genre: Bluegrass, Subgenre: Thrash] [Country: USA] [Vocalist info: Deep Gritty Male Vocals] [Music descriptors: fast, upbeat, thrash, bluegrass, driving mandolin pulses, stomping drum beats, thunder bass, banjo accents, furious fiddle runs] [Produced by Badgids, Rob Zombie, White Zombie] [Recorded at The Sound Kitchen & Ocean Way Recording Studios] [Instrumental Prelude] [*furious mandolin tremolo*] [*fiddle screech rises like a siren*] [*kick drum stomps double-time*] [Male Vocal - Badgids | Mezzo forte] [VERSE 1] Sun come up but it don’t feel new Same crow call, same sky I knew Boots still stuck in yesterday’s dust Ain’t no rot, ain’t no rust Graveyard gate hang crooked and wide But not a soul turned earth inside Shovel leanin’, clean as bone Lord, this world won’t leave me alone [Pre-Chorus | Crescendo] Heart keep poundin’ like a hammer on steel But nothin’ breaks, nothin’ yields [CHORUS | Forte] I WON’T LAY DOWN IN THE CLAY, NO REST FOR THESE BONES! Clock don’t crack, just grinds and moans! Forever’s a road with no turnin’ sign, Dust in my teeth but I don’t decline! HEY! HEY! CAN’T FADE AWAY! Blood runs hot but it ain’t decay— Eternal night in a burnin’ day, I WON’T LAY DOWN IN THE CLAY! [Male Vocal - Badgids | Mezzo forte] [VERSE 2] River run but it don’t run dry Fish don’t float and they don’t die Old man Carter still spittin’ seeds Same front porch, same old creeds Mama’s voice in the supper bell But the stew don’t spoil and it don’t smell Time just loops like a broke guitar Playin’ the same four bars [Pre-Chorus | Rising intensity] Wind don’t carry no last goodbye Just circles back, don’t ask me why [CHORUS | Fortissimo] I WON’T LAY DOWN IN THE CLAY, NO REST FOR THESE BONES! Clock don’t crack, just grinds and moans! Forever’s a road with no turnin’ sign, Dust in my teeth but I don’t decline! HEY! HEY! CAN’T FADE AWAY! Blood runs hot but it ain’t decay— Eternal night in a burnin’ day, I WON’T LAY DOWN IN THE CLAY! [Instrumental Break] [*banjo rolls like gunfire*] [*fiddle shreds in high register*] [*mandolin chugs percussive offbeats*] [Bridge | Mezzo piano → Forte] If I could trade this endless breath For one cold kiss from the hands of death I’d dig that ground with my bare two fists Just to feel what I done missed But the dirt stay still, won’t take me in Like the world forgot how to end [VERSE 3 | Mezzo forte] Stars don’t fall and the moon don’t wane Just hangs there heavy like a chain Every prayer just echoes back Through a sky that’s gone pitch black Dog don’t age and the crops don’t fail Same green stalk on the same old trail Ain’t no mercy, ain’t no release Just a life that won’t find peace [FINAL CHORUS | Fortissimo] I WON’T LAY DOWN IN THE CLAY, NO REST FOR THESE BONES! Clock don’t crack, just grinds and moans! Forever’s a road with no turnin’ sign, Dust in my teeth but I don’t decline! HEY! HEY! CAN’T FADE AWAY! Blood runs hot but it ain’t decay— Eternal night in a burnin’ day, I WON’T LAY DOWN IN THE CLAY! [OUTRO | Gradual fade] (*won’t lay down… won’t lay down…*) Fiddle cryin’ what I can’t say (*in the clay… in the clay…*) Still breathin’ come what may [*mandolin slows, single notes echo*] [END]
