Story
I had been writing this song for easily seven years. It had a very different narrative in early drafts, that I couldn’t figure out how to work through and finish. While taking a songwriting class from the great Craig Carothers, he tasked us with writing a break-up song where we were the one we were breaking up with. It made me think of the ultimate moment of breaking up with ourselves…when our spirit leaves our body. I knew that the music I had been working on for seven years was waiting for this assignment.
Lyrics
Written by Jesse Correll
© Indigo & Silk Songs 222 (ASCAP)
We were born under a water sign
My spirit and your body
Inextricably combined
Like fire and air
An unlikely pair
For life…
Only I was ever told the plan
Through the years I’d whisper
Hoping you would understand
Some things got through
The more that you knew
Of life…
You made me real
And I woke you up
You helped me feel
And I gave you love…
Halfway in when you lost your way
When darkness had descended
When you were in a hopeless place
You needed a friend
You looked here within
For life…
You made me real
And I woke you up
You helped me feel
And I gave you love…
For a time it was enough...
Now the final moments come
The long farewell, a sort of breaking up
One more breath and I’ll take flight
Into forever, but it’s not goodbye
It’s just life...