This Ancient Bridge

from One Way by Danny Ross

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This tune was an attempt to get to the core of my favorite British rock from the late 90s, early 2000s. Moody, melodic, dark, beautiful, heavy. I even wrote it in London. We tried to make the first part as atmospheric as possible with an array of guitars, synths and strings, and then just rocked the hell out of the second half, which is almost twice the speed. I also took a page from Jeff Buckley playbook and just sang "oo" for the whole section. It took awhile to get the lyrics right - wanted to evoke the proper images, and I like the bridge language -- "I'm suspended but I'm sure to break." One of my 2 or 3 favorites songs on the album...

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That simple kiss
This ancient bridge is falling
From everyone and everything

That olden crystal moon
This piano out of tune it seems is calling
And I'm hopeless for that starting place

So far away
What difference does it make?
When you can't retrace the path you've laid

This morning rain
Those city chains are falling
I'm suspended but I'm sure to break

Cause though I can feel the ground
The surface isn't sound
It seems I'm falling
Well I'm not looking down again

So far away
What difference does it make?
When all that's left behind me falls away
There's nothing left to guide me now but faith

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from One Way, released February 1, 2010

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Danny Ross Brooklyn, New York

Melding vintage rhythm and blues, immaculate arrangements, and energetic, sweat-drenched live performances, Danny Ross builds a sound that's completely his own in NYC. Like some refreshing hybrid of McCartney's sophisticated 60s pop, Springsteen's American rock n roll, Gram Parsons' alt-country twang, and Sam Cooke Live at the Harlem Square Club. ... more

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