Shigure on My Back
[Intro]
[slow blues guitar]
The rain fell quiet
The smoke moved slow
I don’t look back
Because I already know
[Verse 1]
On a lonely road in the dead of night
Cold rain falling in the streetlight
The past called out my name again
But I don’t answer to that old pain
There was a time I tried to hold
Every broken dream, every hand turned cold
But time don’t stop for a lonely man
It runs like water through a scarred-up hand
Through my fingers, it slips away
Nothing lost comes back to stay
I stopped chasing what disappeared
Only smoke remains out here
[Pre-Chorus]
What’s gone is gone
What’s done is done
I don’t go chasing
The sinking sun
[Chorus]
Shigure on my back
Falling soft, fading black
The time that passed won’t come again
But I still walk through smoke and rain
Pain runs quiet
Lonely runs deep
Some wounds talk
When the whole world sleeps
Shigure on my back
No road turning back
I don’t need the past to set me free
I carry the rain
But the smoke carries me
[Verse 2]
I left my shadow by a broken light
Watched it fade into the midnight
No goodbye, no final prayer
Just cigarette smoke in the heavy air
Some men cry when the season ends
Some men break when they lose their friends
But I learned slow, and I learned cold
A man ain't weak just because he walks alone
On a back that nobody sees
That’s where the real pain cuts deep
No loud words, no tears to show
Just another mile through rain and smoke
[Pre-Chorus]
That rain has passed
Now it rolls away
I keep walking
Till the hurt lets go
[Chorus]
Shigure on my back
Falling soft, fading black
The time that passed won’t come again
But I still walk through smoke and rain
Pain runs quiet
Lonely runs deep
Some wounds talk
When the whole world sleeps
Shigure on my back
No road turning back
I don’t need the past to set me free
I carry the rain
But the smoke carries me
[Bridge]
I don’t beg yesterday
To open up its door
I don’t ask old ghosts
What they’re waiting for
Let the rain fall once
Let the night stay black
A man who knows himself
Don’t need to look back
[Break]
[deep blues guitar solo]
[smoke rising]
[rain fading]
[Verse 3]
Morning came with a colorless sky
No one standing there to ask me why
My coat was heavy, my heart was still
But I kept walking over that hill
The world may forget what I had to lose
But smoke remembers what men refuse
Every step and every silent mile
Every broken thing behind my smile
[Final Chorus]
Shigure on my back
Falling soft, fading black
The time that passed won’t come again
But I still walk through smoke and rain
Pain runs quiet
Lonely runs deep
Some wounds talk
When the whole world sleeps
Shigure on my back
No road turning back
I don’t need the past to set me free
I carry the rain
But the smoke carries me
[Outro]
The rain has passed
But I still know
Where it fell
And where it goes
I don’t look back
I don’t explain
I walk alone
Through smoke and rain
- Lyricist
Johnny Smoke /Dark Lonely Blues
- Composer
Johnny Smoke /Dark Lonely Blues
- Producer
Johnny Smoke /Dark Lonely Blues
- Vocals
Johnny Smoke /Dark Lonely Blues
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Johnny Smoke - Shigure on My Back
The time that has passed will never return.
Like cold passing rain falling across a man's back, pain and loneliness move quietly into the dark. Still, he does not turn around. He keeps walking forward through smoke and rain.
"Shigure on My Back" is a dark cinematic blues rock song by Johnny Smoke, telling the story of a man who carries his past in silence but refuses to stop moving.
A deep, rough male vocal, slow crying blues guitar, heavy bass and drums, and the atmosphere of a rain-soaked night shape this lonely outlaw blues. Black coats, old scars, cigarette smoke, and memories never spoken aloud drift through every verse.
This is not a song about escaping loneliness.
It is a song about carrying it with strength.
The past does not forgive.
The road does not wait.
Still, the man keeps walking.
If you know who you are, this blues is for you.
If you don't... maybe the smoke will show you.
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