Ruston Kelly
Chanteur

Américain

Ruston Kelly "Give Up the Ghost" (From ONE, to TENN Sessions)
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Written by: Ruston Kelly
Big Brown Bus (BMI) administered by Sony Tree Publishing

Performed by Ruston Kelly and T.K. Kelly
Filmed at Harken Hall during AMERICANAFEST - Madison, TN - Sept. 11th, 2025
From ONE, To TENN. series created by Pilot Moon Films, Islander Entertainment and the Americana Music Association.

@RadneyFosterMusic : https://www.radneyfoster.com/
@americanafest https://americanamusic.org/
Harken Hall: https://www.harkenhall.com/
Pilot Moon Films: https://www.pilotmoonfilms.com/index....

Filmed by David Allison, John DeMaio, Joel Malizia and Vaughan Segers
Audio - Brett "Scoop" Blandon
Mix/Master - John Kelly
Directed by David Allison
Produced by Joel Malizia
Director of Photography - John DeMaio
Edited by David Allison & John DeMaio
Photographer - Rob Salo
Audio Tech - Meagan Trenton
Lighting - Mark Carver
Social Media Team - Rebecca Lee Daniels & Destiny McGregor
Production Assistants - Vaughan Segers & Rob Salo
Special thanks - Kurt Klaus & Michelle Aquilato
Contact Joel Malizia - joel@pilotmoonfilms.com

Follow Ruston!
Website: https://ffm.link/rustonkellywebsite
Facebook: https://ffm.link/rustonkellyfacebook
Instagram: https://ffm.link/rustonkellyinsta
TikTok: https://ffm.link/rustonkellytiktok
YouTube: https://ffm.link/rustonkellyyoutube

Lyrics:
Prayed to see You
God I need You
I was underneath all that hurt
Like a mountain of doubt
Drawing circles
With my finger
I was kneeling down in the dirt
With the red sun raging out
Will it come only once?
Will I have to wait my whole life for it?
But Your love don’t ever run
It’s just only pulling me back towards it
When my faith is thin and fading
When my back’s against the ropes
When I’m a stranger to myself
And I don’t know where to go
I will call Your name in the darkness
And I know You’ll bring me home
And all You ask of me is to finally
Give up the ghost
Give up the ghost
Let it break me
Will You shape me
Like the water shapes the stone
When I’m sinking in this doubt

When my faith is thin and fading
When my back’s against the ropes
When I’m a stranger to myself
And I don’t know where to go
I will call Your name in the chaos
And I know You’ll bring me home
And all You ask of me is to finally
Give up the ghost
Give up the ghost

Prayed to see You
God I need You
I was underneath all that hurt

Ruston Kelly "Still" (From ONE, to TENN Sessions)
Listen to the album now! https://ffm.to/rk25pttw

Written by: Ruston Kelly, Emily Weisband, and Peter Raffoul
Big Brown Bus (BMI) administered by Sony Tree Publishing, Sony Cross Keys Publishing / WeisOwl (ASCAP), Peter Anthony Raffoul (BMI)

Performed by Ruston Kelly and T.K. Kelly
Filmed at Harken Hall during AMERICANAFEST - Madison, TN - Sept. 11th, 2025
From ONE, To TENN. series created by Pilot Moon Films, Islander Entertainment and the Americana Music Association.

@RadneyFosterMusic : https://www.radneyfoster.com/
@americanafest https://americanamusic.org/
Harken Hall: https://www.harkenhall.com/
Pilot Moon Films: https://www.pilotmoonfilms.com/index....

Filmed by David Allison, John DeMaio, Joel Malizia and Vaughan Segers
Audio - Brett "Scoop" Blandon
Mix/Master - John Kelly
Directed by David Allison
Produced by Joel Malizia
Director of Photography - John DeMaio
Edited by David Allison & John DeMaio
Photographer - Rob Salo
Audio Tech - Meagan Trenton
Lighting - Mark Carver
Social Media Team - Rebecca Lee Daniels & Destiny McGregor
Production Assistants - Vaughan Segers & Rob Salo
Special thanks - Kurt Klaus & Michelle Aquilato
Contact Joel Malizia - joel@pilotmoonfilms.com
Follow Ruston!
Website: https://ffm.link/rustonkellywebsite
Facebook: https://ffm.link/rustonkellyfacebook
Instagram: https://ffm.link/rustonkellyinsta
TikTok: https://ffm.link/rustonkellytiktok
YouTube: https://ffm.link/rustonkellyyoutube

Lyrics:
Well, the windows broke and the smoke escaped
And the light came through and I saw Your face
All I've ever wanted was to know Your name
Out in the desert, I've been waiting for rain
I thought I wanted bliss, but I needed peace
Sick of living inside the cold machine
I don't want nothing if it don't come clean
And next to You is all I've ever wanted to be
Even in the thick of the storm, You were there still
Broke Your heart to watch me swallow handfuls of pills
Scraping the bottom, I was desperate just to be filled
In the darkest hour, when I thought the light got killed
You were there still
Six weeks on the road and I fade to black
Yeah, I strayed so far, thought I'd never come back
But You sent me a love like I'd never had
And from now on I'm giving it everything I have
'Cause even in the thick of the storms, You were there still
Loving me through all my failures and all my guilt
Scraping the bottom, I was desperate just to be filled
In the darkest hour, when I thought the light got killed
You were there still
Still
Even in the thick of the storms, You were there still
Loving me through poison and all my shame and guilt
Scraping the bottom, I was desperate just to be filled
In the darkest hour, when I thought the light got killed
You were there still
You are here still
You are here still
You are here still
Still

Ruston Kelly "Twisted Root" (From ONE, to TENN Sessions)
Listen to the album now! https://ffm.to/rk25pttw

Written by: Ruston Kelly
Big Brown Bus (BMI) administered by Sony Tree Publishing

Performed by Ruston Kelly and T.K. Kelly
Filmed at Harken Hall during AMERICANAFEST - Madison, TN - Sept. 11th, 2025
From ONE, To TENN. series created by Pilot Moon Films, Islander Entertainment and the Americana Music Association.

@RadneyFosterMusic : https://www.radneyfoster.com/
@americanafest https://americanamusic.org/
Harken Hall: https://www.harkenhall.com/
Pilot Moon Films: https://www.pilotmoonfilms.com/index....

Filmed by David Allison, John DeMaio, Joel Malizia and Vaughan Segers
Audio - Brett "Scoop" Blandon
Mix/Master - John Kelly
Directed by David Allison
Produced by Joel Malizia
Director of Photography - John DeMaio
Edited by David Allison & John DeMaio
Photographer - Rob Salo
Audio Tech - Meagan Trenton
Lighting - Mark Carver
Social Media Team - Rebecca Lee Daniels & Destiny McGregor
Production Assistants - Vaughan Segers & Rob Salo
Special thanks - Kurt Klaus & Michelle Aquilato
Contact Joel Malizia - joel@pilotmoonfilms.com
Follow Ruston!
Website: https://ffm.link/rustonkellywebsite
Facebook: https://ffm.link/rustonkellyfacebook
Instagram: https://ffm.link/rustonkellyinsta
TikTok: https://ffm.link/rustonkellytiktok
YouTube: https://ffm.link/rustonkellyyoutube


Lyrics:
Take me back to
That moment
When the twisted root started growing
I wanna chop it down
Right there in the dirt
And erase the way I made myself
And others hurt

But I can’t go back in time
No matter how bad
I wanna make it right

So help these roots grow straight
No matter how they twisted
No matter how I hate
How long I was afflicted
When I was sick and full of poison
Losing every battle
I could not reach the gate
I sunk back in the valley
From the twisted root
The curving spine
The wasted years
The rusted blade of time
The deepest cut of all
When I made my father cry
I wish it was enough then
To change my life
Twisted root

How do I stand here
In this moment
Let the pain roll in
And try to own it
Cuz all I’ve ever done
Is sink down in the dirt
Underneath the way I made myself
And others hurt

Cuz I can’t go back in time
No matter how bad
I want to make it right

So help me stand up straight
And tilt the crooked picture
And not look at my face
And only see what I disfigured
From the years I filled with poison
In the shadow of the mountain
I could not find the gate
I sunk back in the valley
From the twisted root
The curving spine
The wasted years
The rusted blade of time
What I could not repair

What I could not unwind
Make it be enough now
To change my life
Twisted root
Twisted root
Twisted root