Story Behind The Song

We are all at The Crossroads.

Song Description

A song steeped in the strange history of Robert Johnson, American Pie, and the folklore of meeting The Devil at The Crossroads. A timely metaphor tied to the crisis and change we are all experiencing.

Lyrics

The Crossroads
(Written by  Michael Jones)

VERSE 1

Can you feel it rising
A new wind blowing in?
Can you feel it rising up
Like a wicked flame
Feel it crawling underneath your skin

We're walking on the crossroads
And the morning sky is bleeding red
Theres a man standing by
With a devil's smile
Trading souls up on the road ahead

and he says

PC:

Welcome to the crossroads
Cutting in between the dark and light
Theres things you wanted that will never be
And there's no promise
things e'll turn out right

C:

"Whee you gunna go now child?
Out here searching for the Promised Land
Nowhere left to hide
Time to choose your side
I'll be walking with you till the end
Walking right here with you till the end

VERSE 2

Where we gunna go from here
With our house of cards raining down
Our hands have all been played
It's time to fight or fade
Bring in the jester with that thorny crown

The music's dead the song is over
Their new temples ready for our prayers
Sell off our souls to keep our bodies clean
Levy's dried up and nobody cares

PC:

Welcome to the crossroads
Cutting in between the dark and light
Theres things you wanted that will never be
And there's no promise
things e'll turn out right

C:

"Whee you gunna go now child?
Out here searching for the Promised Land
Nowhere left to hide
Time to choose your side
I'll be walking with you till the end
Walking right here with you till the end

B:

The noise keeps getting louder
And the hitting's harder every day
Pretty soon e'll be a thunders roll
Drowning everything the prophets say

Here at the crossroads
Here at the crossroads
Here at the crossroads

C:

Welcome to the crossroads
Cutting in between the dark and light
There's things you wanted that will never be
And there's no promise
things e'll turn out right

C:

"Where we gonna go from here
Now there isn't any Promised Land
No places left to hide
Time to choose your side
I'll be walking with you till the end

Walking right here with you till the end

O:

Here at the crossroads