Power In His Veins

[Intro]
Low sun on the porch step
Old man hummin’ that truth
Said
“Boy
This fire inside you
Ain’t just burnin’ for you”
[Verse 1]
Bare feet in the red dirt
Rust nail hangin’ my cross
Mama countin’ every penny
Daddy drownin’ in his loss
But I could feel that thunder
Rattlin’ my shaky frame
Like a river cuttin’ through me
Like somebody knew my name
[Chorus]
The power in us runs through his veins
Every bruise
Every prayer
Every chain
From the cotton fields to the midnight trains
The power in us runs through his veins
Through his veins
Through his veins
[Verse 2]
He worked steel by the furnace
Hands black
Eyes full of rain
Said
“Pain’ll try to own you
If you let it sign your name”
Tore his shirt
Showed that scar line
Like a map across his side
“Boy
I walked right through that darkness
Found a light they couldn’t hide”
[Chorus]
[guitar solo – raw
Melodic bends answering the last chorus line]
[Verse 3]
He said
“I buried my father
On a Tuesday
Hard and cold
Learned the ground don’t take the spirit
It just takes the weight you hold”
I felt sweat on my shoulders
Like his hands pressed down on me
“Stand up straight in your story
You were born to walk it free”
[Pre-Chorus]
He said
“You feel that current?
That deep hum in your chest?”
I said
“Yeah
It’s like a storm cloud”
He said
“That’s your borrowed strength”
[Chorus]
[Bridge]
[low vocal register]
From the juke joints
To the back pews
From the back roads
To the courtrooms
All that hurtin’
All that faith
Flowed together
In one name
[voice rising
Call-and-response ad-libs]
“I ain’t breakin’”
(You ain’t breakin’)
“I ain’t shakin’”
(You ain’t shakin’)
“I’m the echo
Of his flame”
[Chorus]
[guitar solo – long
Wailing outro
Band drops to half-time
Organ swelling under sustained notes]

rock, Gritty hard rock band live in a sweaty club, male vocals; open with a slow delta-blues riff and slide guitar, drums entering halfway through the first verse. Chorus slams with overdriven guitars, big soulful backing vocals, and a driving groove. Two guitar solos: one short, vocal-like bend-heavy break after the first chorus; one extended, wailing outro solo with call-and-response licks over a half-time feel. Organ pads sneak in under the last chorus for a gospel-tinged uplift., soul, chicago blues, blues, light, hard rock, delta blues, deep