Two A.M. at the Gate
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Two A.M. at the Gate

Kibi

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Outlaw country/Americana, male baritone vocal with gravelly, lived-in grit, 102 BPM, D minor mid-tempo shuffle, swapping weepy fiddle for keening lap steel, retaining B-bender Telecaster chicken pickin', hard-strummed acoustic, doghouse upright bass, slightly out-of-tune honky-tonk piano, brushed snare that swings lazy as a backroad turn. Narrative follows a third-shift oil field roughneck who buried his best friend after a rig accident, sneaking the dead man’s favorite bourbon past a locked cemetery gate at 2 a.m. Core imagery: rusted hardhat perched on a headstone, fireflies bobbing over uncut graveyard grass, half-empty flask passed to a ghost, quiet unspoken regret for the road he didn’t take, equal parts tender weariness and quiet defiance, no overwrought drama—just dry, plainspoken, hard-won truth in the vein of Stapleton, Childers, Bryan.

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[Intro]
[Verse]
Two A.M. by the whispering pine
Climbing over the rusted chain
Left the rig and the diesel line
Walking slow in the summer rain
Graveyard grass is growing tall
Fireflies light the heavy air
Shadows stretch on the old stone wall
No one else is standing there
[Pre-Chorus]
I brought the bottle you liked the best
Sour mash in a silver flask
Lay your weary bones to rest
That is all I’m gonna ask
[Chorus]
Your rusted hardhat sits on the stone
While the cold wind starts to moan
I take a pull, pass it down
To the quietest part of town
I hate the road I had to choose
With nothing left but dirt to lose
[Verse]
The steel cable snapped in the dark
Didn't even hear you scream
Just a sudden, blinding spark
Ended every single dream
I still work the graveyard shift
Dealing with the heavy load
Watching all the shadows drift
Further down this lonely road
[Chorus]
Your rusted hardhat sits on the stone
While the cold wind starts to moan
I take a pull, pass it down
To the quietest part of town
I hate the road I had to choose
With nothing left but dirt to lose
[Bridge]
I should have left this county dry
Before the well ran out of light
But now I watch the wild birds fly
Into the dark and lonely night
I pour a drop into the weeds
It's all a working poor man needs
[Instrumental]
[Chorus]
Your rusted hardhat sits on the stone
While the cold wind starts to moan
I take a pull, pass it down
To the quietest part of town
I hate the road I had to choose
With nothing left but dirt to lose
[Outro]

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