Country Road Eclipse

[Verse 1]
Moon like a bruise
Eclipse over this red dirt arc
Flood took the low fields
Storms left their teeth in the bark
When I was young
I thought fire could fix my fear
Now I’m holdin’ my boy
Wipin’ mud off his new school gear
I got scars from the past
I got names that I won’t let fade
Brother in arms on my phone
Sayin’ “man, we made it back, we stayed”
Country road in the dark
Just tail lights and old mistakes
But every mile I drive
Is another promise I won’t break
[Chorus]
New dawn on this country road
Sun pourin’ gold on the gravel and the ghosts
Who are we? We just tryin’ to be
Good blood, good roots, good memory
Got my kids in the cab singin’ off-key loud (yeah)
Family and friends in the sky and the crowd
From the fields to the islands of our own small town
New dawn on this country road right now
[Verse 2]
Got a bottle with my name
From the doc who patched me up
Said “time is the medicine
But love’s the stronger stuff”
So I’m grill-side laughin’
Smoke in my Sunday shirt
Passin’ plates, passin’ prayers
To the ones still healers of hurt
My brother in arms
Holds my baby like he’s holdin’ glass
Says “this is the gift, man,
Not the glory, not the flags of the past”
We’re a circle on the grass
Just stories and fireflies
Ask “who are we?”
We’re the hands that lift each other high (hey)
[Chorus]
New dawn on this country road
Sun pourin’ gold on the gravel and the ghosts
Who are we? We just tryin’ to be
Good blood, good roots, good memory
Got my kids in the cab singin’ off-key loud
Family and friends in the sky and the crowd
From the fields to the islands of our own small town
New dawn on this country road right now
[Bridge]
Islands in a river of days
Little yards, little dreams, little faith
If the floods come back
If the storms turn mean
We got shoulders, we got shovels
We got one big team (oh yeah)
[Chorus]
New dawn on this country road
Sun pourin’ gold on the gravel and the ghosts
Who are we? We just tryin’ to be
Good blood, good roots, good memory
Got my kids in the cab singin’ off-key loud
Family and friends in the sky and the crowd
From the fields to the islands of our own small town
New dawn on this country road
Yeah, it’s a new dawn on this country road now

rap, Warm country-rap crossover with male vocals; fingerpicked acoustic over deep, steady low-end and tight trap-influenced drums. Verses half-spoken, half-sung, with twangy electric licks in the gaps; hook explodes into melodic singalong with stacked harmonies and soft organ pad. Subtle steel guitar and hand percussion lift the bridge toward a hopeful, sunrise-feel outro., country road, country