Disappeared Without A Trace With A Fate Unclear!
Released on online EP Highway Of Tears!, September 2022. Full EP on Bandcamp: https://dannyramirez.bandcamp.com/
acoustic
toner low
highway of tears
Story behind the song
'When I came up with the main chord progression my first thought was that it sounded way too serious to endi up as a regular Ramirez song. So right away I decided I would have to use it for the release about the Highway of Tears that I had planned some time earlier. To write lyrics with the right angle considering the seriousness of the music took some months though. Eventually I basically did the most obvious and decided to take the viewpoint of the ones left behind.'
Lyrics
The years have been unforgiving
Since you were last seen
Some hours before you went missing
Along highway 16
Chorus:
You were never to return
After you left home
And more reason for concern
’s that you don’t answer your phone
The road is lined with memorials
To those who've lost their lives
And although this highway’s notorious
It’s humans that caused their demise
Chorus:
You were never to return
After you left town
And more reason for concern
’s no remains were found
Disappeared without a trace
With a fate unclear
One more missing persons case
Added to the Highway Of Tears