[00:21.57]Dark Southern Folk & Blues | The Craftsman's Dirge - GHOST OF THE SOUTH
[00:33.38]They shuttered the forge
[00:33.74]The anvil's gone cold
[00:34.23]The whetstone's worn thin
[00:38.91]The story goes old
[00:44.65]A man used to matter by the work of his hands
[00:50.57]Now it's all hollow built quick on the sand
[00:56.13]Who will hold the line when the seams start to fray
[01:01.95]Who will build it strong when the strong walk away
[01:07.51]How long can we barter what we can't replace
[01:13.19]How long till the soul of the trade is erased
[01:34.82]The tailor shears hang their edges dull down
[01:40.46]The cobbler's bench empty his tools left the town
[01:45.92]The saw bites no lumber the joiner's in debt
[01:51.50]We trade time for cheapness a choice we'll regret
[01:57.11]They whisper of progress of faster of more
[02:02.84]But what's left behind when they lock the shop door
[02:08.49]Who will hold the line when the seams start to fray
[02:14.14]Who will build it strong when the strong walk away
[02:19.55]How long can we barter what we can't replace
[02:25.17]How long till the soul of the trade is erased
[02:51.41]I remember the way of a thing built to last
[02:57.54]The care in the crafting the ties to the past
[03:03.35]But the world runs on numbers not pride in the cast
[03:09.38]What we save in the moment the future pays fast