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Guitar Cry River

Jethro Crowe

Delta Blues

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This Delta Blues track unfolds with raw, emotive slide guitar riffs over a classic 12-bar progression, capturing the soulful grit of heartfelt vocals bending blue notes to convey deep longing and resilience. Harmonica wails punctuate the call-and-response bridge, evoking the intimate warmth of an unpolished live session in a dimly lit Southern juke joint. Minimal production highlights the acoustic authenticity, letting the sparse bass and brushed drums underscore the intimate storytelling of lost love and quiet redemption.

Lyrics

Fading Fading echoes in the hollow room Shadows whisper what I can't console Credits of doubt weave through my skin Chasing ghosts where the silence begins Every mirror cracks under my stare Reflection sweat Reflection sweat But I'm never there Screaming to the void, let it swallow me whole Fractured pieces of a restless soul No chains can hold this wondrous wandering fire Burning bridges in the dead of night On the echo that won't fade away Lost in the static Come what may Wires tangle in the pulse of my veins Electric dreams dissolve in the rain Whispers of what could never be true Building walls, building walls From the fragments of you Steps echo soft on a crumbling path Questioning everything in the aftermath Screaming to the void, let it swallow me whole Fractured pieces of a restless soul No chains can hold this wondrous wandering fire Burning bridges in the dead of night On the echo that won't fade away Lost in the static Come what may And in the choir I find the break A fleeting spark in the endless ache No surrender to the pull of the tide I'll carve my chaos Let my chaos Let yesterday's lies Let my chaos Unravel the knots Touch the sky Unravel the knots Touch the sky Screaming to the void, let it swallow me whole Fractured pieces of a restless soul No chains can hold this wondrous wandering fire Burning bridges in the dead of night On the echo that won't fade away On the echo that won't fade away Lost in the static Fading but staying No chains can hold this wandering fire Burning bridges in the dead of night No chains can hold this wandering fire Burning bridges in the dead of night Burning bridges in the dead of night Burning bridges in the dead of night Burning bridges in the dead of night Burning bridges in the dead of night Burning bridges in the dead of night Burning bridges in the dead of night Burning bridges in the dead of night

Guitar Cry River

Jethro Crowe

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