Neon Pulse — Dirt Road Gospel Music

Lyrics

Neon Pulse
Dirt Road Gospel Music
DirtRoadGospelMusic.com

[Two male rappers trade full sections — Rapper One nasal and playful, Rapper Two deep and percussive; Female Hook bright pop with light autotune; gang vocals chant call-and-response]

[Verse 1 — Rapper One, stripped to bass and handclaps, dry vocal, starts on beat one]
I was runnin' on empty with my pockets full of shame,
Every mirror in the city used to whisper my name.
Had a lock on my heart like a vault in the dark,
Then grace kicked the door in and lit up a spark.
There was debt on the table that I never could pay,
Somebody signed the check and walked my chains away.
Now the old me's a stranger in a photograph,
I got joy doin' cartwheels where the guilt used to laugh.

[Chorus — Female Hook over full band, four-on-the-floor slams in, gang vocals shout the echoes]
I got my chains off (chains off!), dancin' on the grave of the man I was before,
The debt's paid, lights on (lights on!), redemption got a rhythm and it's shakin' up the floor.
He found me way down (way down!), pulled me from the wreckage, put my feet on solid ground,
So turn it way up (way up!), 'cause a soul set free is the loudest sound around.

[Verse 2 — Rapper Two, half-time swagger, sub bass heavy, claps double up on bar four]
They knew me at the bottom where the bridges all burned,
I was schooled by my losses but I never learned.
Then mercy pulled up like a friend with a key,
Said the sentence got served but it wasn't by me.
I ain't hidin' my history, I'm holdin' it high,
Every scar's a receipt that the price was paid right.
From the mud to the mornin', from the cell to the song,
Been redeemed by the One who was right all along.

[Chorus — Female Hook over full band, gang vocals louder, add pitched vocal chops]
I got my chains off (chains off!), dancin' on the grave of the man I was before,
The debt's paid, lights on (lights on!), redemption got a rhythm and it's shakin' up the floor.
He found me way down (way down!), pulled me from the wreckage, put my feet on solid ground,
So turn it way up (way up!), 'cause a soul set free is the loudest sound around.

[Bridge — beat drops out, filtered synth pad only, Female Hook solo, intimate and close]
If the Son sets you free, then you're free indeed,
No chain ever made can hold what's been redeemed.
I was bought, I was paid for, called out by name —
so strike up the drums, I ain't wearin' no shame!

[Final Chorus — shouted full-crowd energy, key lift, direct address]
You took my chains off (chains off!), I'm dancin' on the grave of the man I was before,
You paid it, lights on (lights on!), Your redemption got a rhythm and it's shakin' up the floor.
You found me way down (way down!), pulled me from the wreckage, put my feet on solid ground,
So we turn it way up (way up!), 'cause a soul You set free is the loudest sound around.