Ring On My Soul

[Verse 1]
You were there when I stumbled
You were there when I shined
Coffee cups on the counter
Late bills
Same life
Same grind
But you held my shaking hands
When all I had was doubt
You said
“Baby
I ain’t leaving”
And the dark just thinned right out
[Chorus]
You put a ring on my soul
Way deeper than gold
Every promise that we spoke
Still warm
Still bold
I’ll be yours in the morning
I’ll be yours when I’m old
(oooh-oooh-OOOH, I’m yours)
You put a ring on my soul
[Verse 2]
We’ve yelled in the kitchen
Slammed doors
Cold nights
Still woke up in the middle
Reached out
Held tight
If my voice ever cracks
On some late midlife tune
I’ll be singing your sweet name
On every trembling blue
[Chorus]
You put a ring on my soul
Way deeper than gold
Every promise that we spoke
Still warm
Still bold
I’ll be yours in the struggle
I’ll be yours in the glow
(yeah-yeah-yeah, I’m yours)
You put a ring on my soul
[Bridge]
When my hands start to tremble
And the years take my range
I’ll still run these notes for you
Every slide
Every change
If this heart starts to wander
Pull me back with your name
I ain’t going
I ain’t going
I’m engraved in your flame (ohhh)
[Chorus]
You put a ring on my soul
Way deeper than gold
Every promise that we spoke
Still warm
Still bold
I’ll be yours in the silence
I’ll be yours through it all
(aaah-aaah-AAAH, forever)
You put a ring on my soul
[Outro]
(Oh I’m yours, I’m yoooours)
[long
Slow guitar bend under held vocal]
(Forever, forever, forever)
You put a ring
On my soul

Slow-burning electric blues ballad with male vocals, smoky Hammond organ pads, and bent-note guitar fills answering the vocal lines. Verses stay intimate with sparse rhythm section; choruses swell as the singer opens up with gospel-tinged vocal runs and stacked harmonies. Final chorus stretches out with ad-libbed melismas, call-and-response backing vocals, and a long, aching guitar outro that fades on a sustained vocal riff., blues, vocal