Dust

Robert James

2026 RPM Challenge idea number 14 becomes finished song number six.

There’s something about this one that I like but it’s not the singing. Yikes! I did very little guitar playing after the 2025 RPM Challenge and my finger tips were in really rough shape as I worked on this month’s project. The lead guitars on this one feel particularly pained. Not terrible, just painful… and it shows, to my ears at least.

All guitar parts are a Gibson Les Paul Custom into a Fender Bassbreaker 15. No pedals this year, just plugged straight in.

Verse 1 & 3
Its a fact that you can’t deny
Its a truth that you can’t ignore
There’s no telling the reasons why
No chance trusting could be restored

Chorus
Set them free
Don’t belive the lies
(2x)

Verse 2
I guess justice is make pretend
If your savings is large enough
This corruption will never end
Past the point where you need to bluff

Bridge
There is nothing that’s left except for dust
Punishments could never be enough

Outro
Came for me
Never free