Chasing a Slower Tide

Lyrics

[Intro]


(Acoustic guitar fingerpicking riff starts, building into a percussive, syncopated groove with light bass and soft hand-percussion)


[Verse 1]
They say Lucas had a steady job, working on a master plan
Never had a second just to sit and breathe or feel the sand
Counting down the minutes of the day inside a concrete box
Now he’s throwing pebbles from a pier and listening as they drop

[Chorus]
He just walks by the sea
Unaffected by
The things they say he needs
And he’ll pretend that
We are somewhere else
So open and so free
A million miles away
From the speed

[Verse 2]
Now his mother’s worried 'bout his choices, thinks he’s lost his golden mind
But he’s trading silver for the morning light he left behind
Waking with the sunrise, drinking coffee on a wooden chair
Watching all the shadows stretch across the boardwalk over there

[Chorus]
He just walks by the sea
Unaffected by
The things they say he needs
And he’ll pretend that
We are somewhere else
So open and so free
A million miles away
From the speed

[Verse 3]
It's a heavy kind of bargain when you're buying back your own sweet time
Trading every dollar just to write another quiet line
But the ocean doesn't care about the debts that you have left to pay
It just keeps on rolling, washing all the busy thoughts away

[Outro]
If Lucas found a better way...
Or is Lucas gonna stay?...

(Acoustic guitar and bass groove gently fade out over soft ocean wave sounds)