It's not our time for the sea
from Genre Fluid by Dave Bradley
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Andrea T offered me a line remembered from a dream
"She said: It's not my time for the sea"
We built some lyrics around that, musing on the notion of an abusive relationship and how we're the abuser and Mother Earth is our victim.
It's a mish-mash of prog, pop, funk, rock and dare I say it hip-hop and gospel.
"She said: It's not my time for the sea"
We built some lyrics around that, musing on the notion of an abusive relationship and how we're the abuser and Mother Earth is our victim.
It's a mish-mash of prog, pop, funk, rock and dare I say it hip-hop and gospel.
lyrics
You'll never know what hit you
You'll only bear the scars
You'll never find the peace in you
just staring at the stars
Beyond the pain there's yearning
to chase away the night
The futile hope of turning
the bending of the light
I'll tell you what your problem is
You never can concede
Give and take will always fail
when there is wanton greed
You’ve got to find a shelter
in your happy place
It's not about your pride
it's not about saving face
We walked through barren fields
We saw the forest fires
We raised up all our wicker men
The silhouetted pyres
We felt the rising of the tide
Our homes we had to flee
She said "The world will always turn
but it's not my time for the sea"
They say that water always wins
but that's the nature of the game
The seasons are eliding
yet the land can still reclaim
She said 'Those scars will heal with time
as dust returns to earth'
The sea remains but still
we chase the hope of our re-birth
Barefoot in the water seems a lesson out of class
Tread carefully now, there may well be a little broken glass
If the pressure's on the rise, the change could crush our pride
And in the end, my dear, we could always say that we all tried
You'll only bear the scars
You'll never find the peace in you
just staring at the stars
Beyond the pain there's yearning
to chase away the night
The futile hope of turning
the bending of the light
I'll tell you what your problem is
You never can concede
Give and take will always fail
when there is wanton greed
You’ve got to find a shelter
in your happy place
It's not about your pride
it's not about saving face
We walked through barren fields
We saw the forest fires
We raised up all our wicker men
The silhouetted pyres
We felt the rising of the tide
Our homes we had to flee
She said "The world will always turn
but it's not my time for the sea"
They say that water always wins
but that's the nature of the game
The seasons are eliding
yet the land can still reclaim
She said 'Those scars will heal with time
as dust returns to earth'
The sea remains but still
we chase the hope of our re-birth
Barefoot in the water seems a lesson out of class
Tread carefully now, there may well be a little broken glass
If the pressure's on the rise, the change could crush our pride
And in the end, my dear, we could always say that we all tried
credits
from Genre Fluid,
track released November 21, 2023
Initial lyrical inspiration from Andrea Thomson
Words and Music by David Bradley, with additional lyrics from Andrea
Vocals, instrumentation, and production by David Bradley
AI artwork generated and adapted by dB/
Initial lyrical inspiration from Andrea Thomson
Words and Music by David Bradley, with additional lyrics from Andrea
Vocals, instrumentation, and production by David Bradley
AI artwork generated and adapted by dB/
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Dave Bradley UK
Guitarist, singer-songwriter. Acoustic and electric indie pop and rock originals. Singer, guitarist with C5, bigMouth, TyrannoChorus, CTW, with DJ Ad, and BarbD
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