Smoke behind the Steeple

This cryptic, fire-and-smoke-laced anthem channels Southern Gothic imagery and gritty rebellion into a searing protest song against corruption, hypocrisy, and hollow authority. Through its preacher parables, burning steeples, and banquet-starving metaphors, the lyrics paint a world where the powerful feast while the people stir beneath the surface, ready to rise. With haunting verses, an incendiary chorus, and a slide guitar solo that howls like suppressed truth, the song builds from whispered warnings to a thunderous declaration of defiance—poised at the edge of revolution.