Tag: Honest Songwriting

• Lay Your Shovel Down

  

  A Blues-Folk Song A blues-folk meditation on the exhaustion of trying to earn your worth through endless striving. This song walks through the valley of good intentions gone sour, calloused hands and hollow prayers, until a stranger by the roadside offers an ancient truth: the light you’ve been climbing toward was inside you all along.…

  William Altig

  November 3, 2025

  music

  acoustic folk, Americana, Blues, blues poetry, Confessional Songwriting, contemplative music, Dylan-esque, existential folk, Finger-Picked Guitar, Folk, folk ballad, Folk Spirituality, gospel blues, Grace and Surrender, Honest Songwriting, introspective lyrics, Lyric-Driven Folk, Modern Folk Hymn, philosophical blues, raw vocals, redemption song, roots music, Soul Searching, southern gospel, spiritual blues, Spiritual Seeking, storytelling song, Stripped Down Acoustic, traditional folk, wisdom tradition