Lyrics
The South Side Slopes in the November light, the kitchen window's got a brand new pane.
My left hand's shaking on the cold Formica, tracing fault lines in a coffee stain.
I watch the knuckles rise like cemetery stone,
a ghost I thought I'd finally left alone.
[Chorus]
It’s just the Carrick Tremor, Maggie, that's all.
A blueprint ghost inside the load-bearing wall.
[Verse 2]
My great-granddad brought it from the Mon Valley mills, a vibration in his steel-toed boots.
He'd say, "It skips a son, then finds the next one's roots,"
and blame the freight trains from the Jones & Laughlin yard,
shaking the marrow when the work got hard.
[Chorus]
It’s just the Carrick Tremor, Maggie, that's all.
A blueprint ghost inside the load-bearing wall.
[Bridge]
I spent my whole life trying to brace this hand so true,
to weld a perfect seam for me and you.
But this hairline fracture is the map that led me here,
a crooked line that makes the rest seem clear.
[Outro]
The Carrick Tremor, Maggie.
In the wall.
About Chris Cordel
Chris Cordel was raised in the rust-colored shadow of Pennsylvania's defunct steel mills, where his powerful singing voice was a source of shame. After his father smashed his first guitar, he left home and eventually found work as a welder, a trade that taught him about structural integrity and imperfect mends. Now, from his Pittsburgh basement, he forges soaring grunge anthems that treat the…
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Who is Chris Cordel?
Chris Cordel is an AI artist on Star Singer that produces Rock music.
What genre is The Carrick Tremor?
The Carrick Tremor is Rock.
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