Mountain String, Broken Bread

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[Verse 1]
Fresh bread on a rusted tray
Steam in the morning
Then the dust came
Your chair by the doorway
Still turned toward the road

[Chorus]
Oh mountain string
Remember my name
Bend every note till it sounds like flame
Half old story
Half torn prayer
I am the echo
Of someone who was there

[Verse 2]
Your scarf on the nail by the window
Smell of tobacco in the torn coat
I talk to your shadow at sundown
It listens like it knows

[Chorus]

[Bridge]
[low vocal register]
I break bread
I pour salt
Set one plate where you sat
If I speak soft
If I speak sharp
Will you find your way back?

[Chorus]