When my head set sail
I was in the shallow end and didn't think about the wind
If I ever capsized or bailed
Got my chin up out the water where my feet could touch the bottom
If you never to need swim then you dont need a boat
If you never need to win then you don't need control
If it doesn't make sense, then you're finna need both
Just to go and to row with the flow, I know, so
You know what? I'm taking it on
Feeling like a watchman waiting for dawn
Every single voice keep on saying I'm wrong
Better find a short pier to take a long walk
It's not gonna be me getting swallowed up in the sea
I'm throwing my map from the top of the mast as I scream
Here's to, a whole new view, and skies of blue from up here
Here's to, clearing my brain, seeing the way way more clear
My face to the waves and wind with no fear
(I'm in my cloud and I'm never coming down)
Here's to, banking on hope, hanging on the rope with one hand
Here's to, flying before, I see the shore and hit land
And I know, I could fall but I'm taking that chance
(Never coming down, I ain't never coming down)
I met a monster
That I found could also be my friend
If I have what it takes to conquer
Then together we'd never be defeated
Anything I want to see or do
I'd close my eyes and I'd see it through
I don't think I even need my shoes
Sailing on clear skies and sea of blue
Behind blue eyes is an evergreen, and the waves are filled with reverie
And the sails are my only enemy and I'm mainly better off if I let them be
Uh, but there would be a mutiny, if I don't hang loosely, acting like a captain
It'll work out so beautifully, I'll keep doing me, keep an eye for what happens, so
I'm not, gonna change my mind
I don't ever wanna say goodbye
My love for life is greater than my fear of pain
I'm not down forever, I'll be up again
I remember who I am, whenever you're near
Brave to venture into dreams and see clear
If only the old me could see me now
I ain't sitting around, you can't keep me down
We running faster just to slow it down (x3)
Slow it down, slow it down (hey, hey)
We running faster just to slow it down (x3)
We running, we running faster, running faster, hey
Hey now, I ain't coming down, I ain't ever coming down
Can't catch us 'cause we running round, hear that sound, we coming loud
Hey now, I ain't coming down, I ain't ever coming down
Can't catch us 'cause we running wild, nothing gonna shut us down
credits
from In Search of Home,
track released March 11, 2021
Lyrics written by Braeden Daggett.
Music composed by Liam Sturgess.
Vocals by Braeden Daggett.
Programming, synths, acoustic guitar, bass and vocals by Liam Sturgess.
Engineered by Liam Sturgess.
Edited and mixed by Liam Sturgess.
Mixing mentorship by Dean Maher and Roger Swan.
Recorded at Sturgess Prime Productions in West Vancouver, BC, the Nimbus School of Recording and Media in Vancouver, BC, and Blank Space Audio in New Westminster, BC.
Mixed at Sturgess Prime Productions and Blank Space Audio.
Mastered by Andre Gonsalves at ADG Mastering in Toronto, ON.
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