My wife, Maja Burton, wrote this tune, so of course it got tons of compliments and positive reactions from the writing group.
She always brings great ideas and is definitely more succinct. And she’s prolly more honest or open in her songwriting than I am. Either way, I think she makes an incredible songwriting partner. And we make a great team. When I’m too wordy, or am drifting away from the subject/idea she typically has a couple great words or ideas to put things back on track.
That’s basically the same as our life together. Ha.
Yep. So, I had these chords progressions rolling around in my head/fingers and her lyrics definitely fit the mood. I should have had her sing on the demo, cuz this is really in her rock&roll wheelhouse, but I was pressed for time. I hope we can use it for her own project sometime soon.
I’m digging the imagery and general vibe. We have a little tweaking to do to make the whole thing more cohesive, but I think there is a killer tune in here.
And I think we can all relate to these feelings of drifting away, feeling separate or lost. I hope we can also relate to that feeling of someone out there calling for us to “come up air.”
Lyrics
You don’t know me
I don’t even know myself
Standing right next to you
You think I’m someone else
Maybe she swam away
The one you recognize
Caught in the undertow
Gone with the tide
Come up for air
Are you lost in there?
Come up for air
Or are you lost in there?
I am drifting
A paper airplane on the wind
Maybe I’ll fly away
Never to be seen again
Floating through outer space
Only sound is my own breath
Wrapped in the cold black
Nothing of my head
Come up for air
Are you lost out there?
Come up for air
Or are you lost out there?”
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