The other day someone asked me “what kind of music do you listen to” and I startled myself when I realized that I really like traditional folk music.

Some of it’s religious, some of it not – but it’s all powerful. My grandmother used to sing it to me when I was a child; I surprised someone by knowing how to sing fully half the songs from O Brother Where Art Thou the first time I saw the film.

In a way, I want to do the opposite of what Johnny Cash did. He took modern rock and metal tracks and made them folksy; I want to take old folk stuff and make them modern and metal.

I like the lyrics here. Forlorn and spooky.

Well, I’m not sure I claimed it as “my” song – just my lyrics. But that sits within the history of the song.