Drifting With the Tide

My latest song, Drifting With the Tide, is out now.

The subject of the song is easy enough to summarize: carpe diem. Either choose your direction, or get pulled along by the tide. When I first started working on it, I was addressing myself. I have a tendency to see the obstacles; I’m a grade-A procrastinator. So, this song is a way of reminding myself that the most important step you take is the next one. In deciding to release it, I’m hopeful that the message will resonate with listeners.

In a departure from most of the songs on my previous release, there is not a single MIDI note or sampled instrument in the arrangement. Everything was performed on real instruments, including the triangle and up to the slightly out of tune D4 on the piano.

Listen on Spotify:

https://open.spotify.com/track/01xvG31wUbqfp853ADNmKz

All streaming services:

https://fanlink.to/drifting-with-the-tide

Lyrics:

Drifting with the Tide

There's sunshine on the gutter.

There's glitter on the floor.

Even music in dark places.

There's a handle on the door.

Chorus:

If you won't open up

It's like binding up your eyes

Falling back in the arms of fate

And drifting with the tide -

Drifting with the tide.

Bridge:

If time had wheels, it would move too slowly;

So, it flies.

Turn around quickly; you might see the shadow of your former self,

Silently following.

Chorus:

If you won't open up

It's like binding up your eyes

Falling back in the arms of fate

And drifting with the tide -

Drifting with the tide.

You're walking through a hallway

With doors on every side;

Choose your own direction,

Swing the doors out wide.

Chorus:

If you won't open up

It's like binding up your eyes

Falling back in the arms of fate

And drifting with the tide -

Drifting with the tide.