Carry Me Along

[Verse 1 — soft fingerpicked acoustic] Woke up with a line in my head Six strings hummin' in the bed Couldn't tell you what it meant Just that it came and wouldn't go [Verse 2 — acoustic, same feel] Hummed it through the kitchen floor Kept it by the screen door Sang it 'til the coffee brewed Sang it 'til the morning knew [Pre-Bridge — acoustic thins out, voice gets closer] And if a song is just a breath Held long enough to land Then brother I been holdin' this one Since before I understood [Bridge — acapella choir, same melody and chords, no instruments] Ooh — carry me along Ooh — carry me along Every voice I ever heard Comes home inside one chord Ooh — carry me along Lord, carry me along [Guitar Solo — heavy electric, takes the melody and pushes it through fire] (instrumental — overdriven, bluesy, slides and vibrato, builds and releases) [Outro — back to solo acoustic, quiet] Put it down, the line is gone Traded silence for the song Didn't have to mean a thing Just had to let it sing