Chasing Ghost
Genre: Red Dirt Country / Texas Country / Southern Soul Instrumentation: Acoustic Guitar Duo, Reverb Steel Guitar, Gritty Hammond B3 Organ, Melodic Cello & Violin, Sorrowful Mid-tempo Percussion, Reverb Electric Guitar, Overdriven Bass, and Subtle Congo/Percussion Groove. Vibe: Blue-Eyed Soul meets Cinematic Gritty Blues. Gravelly, powerful, vulnerable, and full of tension. Tempo: 165 BPM
Chasing Ghost
Genre: Red Dirt Country / Texas Country / Southern Soul Instrumentation: Acoustic Guitar Duo, Reverb Steel Guitar, Gritty Hammond B3 Organ, Melodic Cello & Violin, Sorrowful Mid-tempo Percussion, Reverb Electric Guitar, Overdriven Bass, and Subtle Congo/Percussion Groove. Vibe: Blue-Eyed Soul meets Cinematic Gritty Blues. Gravelly, powerful, vulnerable, and full of tension. Tempo: 165 BPM
Lyrics
Intro
Swelling, gritty Hammond B3 Organ builds in the background
Slow, heavy, thumping Southern drum fill
Acoustic guitars start a slow, rhythmic strum
Gruff, soulful vocalizing: "Lord, yeah... mmm..."
If you’re the one who claimed you'd stand,
Take my hand, and pull me from the dark...
Then why’d you walk away,
Leave me stranded in the clay?
'Cause I needed you, yeah... [soulful vocal run]
Lord, I needed you...
Once again.
Verse 1
Pocket Groove: Thumping Bass, Kick Drum, and dampened Electric Congo Percussion only
Palm-muted Electric Guitar ticking like a clock
Whispered lies across the porch,
Burning like a rusted torch.
This heavy silence in the room,
Feels just like an early tomb.
I can hear you screaming loud,
Standing in a lonely crowd—
Not with your words, but how you turn away,
And it breaks this Texas heart today.
Pre-Chorus
Add Distorted Rhodes Piano and a weeping Cello
Crescendo: The music begins to swell and push forward
Every sunrise is a ghost,
Chasing what I love the most.
And I can see this neon world is dragging you down,
Killing you slow in this dead-end town.
Chorus
Full Southern Soul Band Explosion
Punchy Horn Stabs locking in with the snare
Raw, gravelly, powerful vocals pouring out
If you’re the one who claimed you'd stand,
Take my hand, and pull me from the dark...
Then tell me why’d you walk away,
Leave me stranded in the clay?
'Cause I needed you... [passionate, gritty ad-lib]
Yeah, I needed you...
Once again.
Verse 2
Dampened Congo Percussion picks up the rhythm
Walking, heavy Southern bassline
Reverb Electric Guitar adds subtle licks
Now you’re freezing out the room,
Laying down a heavier doom.
No anger, no tears, no fight,
Just a cold and bitter night.
I can feel the pure disdain,
Falling harder than the rain—
Not with your words, but the things you don't do,
Breaking the last of me and you.
Pre-Chorus
Acoustic guitars strumming harder
Every midnight is a trial,
Walking through a lonely mile.
And I already know before the morning light,
This old house is gonna freeze tonight.
Bridge
The Stank Peak: Gritty, swampy, and raw
Hammond B3 Organ overdrive kicks into high gear
Dueling Acoustic Guitars and heavy, driving bass
And you deny the storm inside,
Behind the smile you try to hide.
Saying everything is fine,
While you're crossing every line.
But I know it burns your soul,
To see me chasing my own goal—
Doing the damn thing that I love,
Even when I’m right beside you, by God above!
Climax
Vocals turn into a tearing, emotional roar
Violin and Cello soar, blending with the screaming Steel Guitar
Yeah, you think it’s never enough!
Even when the road gets rough!
Right by your side...
Unless you hold the reins,
(THE REINS!)
Unless you own my pain!
( MY PAIN! )
Chorus
Big Southern Soul Finish—maximum intensity
If you’re the one who claimed you'd stand,
Take my hand, and pull me from the dark...
Then tell me why’d you walk away,
Leave me stranded in the clay?
'Cause I needed you... [gravelly high note]
Lord, I needed you...
Once again.
Outro
Slow Burn—the band drops out to a simmer
Solo Steel Guitar mourning in the distance, drenched in reverb
Acoustic guitar lightly plucking
I could be standing right here in the room,
And it still wouldn't chase away your gloom.
So spare me the weight of your chain...
I just needed you to love me for me,
But you're trapped in your own misery.
Slow tempo drag—heavy, lagging beat
Tooooooo
Treat
Me...
The way you do... (The way you do...)
Yeah, you do.
End on a gritty, sustaining, overdriven Organ chord
Why you gotta treat me the way you do?