How Many Gone
single
How Many Gone
PCBender builds ‘How Many Gone?’ the old-fashioned way: verses that breathe, a chorus that earns its weight, and a lyric that lands without straining for poetry. ‘The mirror hums a quiet tune / Of faces blurred by what they’ve known’ is the kind of line that stops you mid-listen, and the song’s E minor pulse at a steady near-100 BPM gives it the feel of a long road actually being walked. The dynamic shift after the reflective bridge, full band crashing back in with those soaring guitars, hits the way a Springsteen album cut does when the studio finally opens up. A highlight.
Lyrics
The day was wide, the sky was mine A single pack, a borrowed song I swore that I would draw the line Between the right and staying strong
The road beyond is long Your every step will find its end They never come around again Yet still you ask, “How many gone?”
The years grew thick, the climb grew steep Each dream became a kind of debt The vows I made I could not keep But I can’t bring myself to forget
The road is calling strong Your every step will find its end They never come around again Yet still you ask, “How many gone?”
The mirror hums a quiet tune Of faces blurred by what they’ve known The dusk arrives too soon, too soon And leaves me singing all alone
The road is now an evensong Your every step will find its end They never come around again Yet still you ask, “How many gone?”
No answer ever stays for long Just echoes fading, one by one And in the hush between the dawns You ask again, “How many gone?”
Credits
Songwriter: Michael Anthony Rose