Pretend You're The Wind

Just got back from a ski trip in Colorado.  The sky was so blue, the sun was bright, the snow was real fluffy...and the winds were nice and light.

Then I stepped foot back home on Cape Cod.  And the cold ocean wind off the water blew in a whole different song....

https://soundcloud.com/user-494998212/pretend-youre-the-wind?si=0bea4744f40242b483e6118df9311d2a&utm_source=clipboard&utm_medium=text&utm_campaign=social_sharing

Intro 

Does it seem like everything’s too quiet

Except for the party’s laughter

Strong libations and toasts to everyone


I felt a wisp pickin up  on the beach

Testing the breeze and breathing the fragrance

If I was the wind I could bring on changes


Chorus

A feeling of fleeing

A sense of redeem

No presence of mind

The sight of the blind

If I was  the wind

Turn around


All the abandoned songs make me crazy

Unfinished  lines and  sour notes take me

To a place where I start thinking I just can’t rhyme anymore


Then I lean in and hear that far off moan

It grabs ahold and reminds me again

The words I’m listening for just floated in...on the wind


When it blows into town and kicks up the dust

I’ll be in the bar sipping on a grand mar

Washing the beach sand off of my lips

The distraction I was listening for now it’s howling outside the door


Break

Just when you start thinking the air’s too calm

That’s when a blow starts coming on strong

It won’t let up until it’s been around way too long 


When you’re sitting in church and your mind starts to drift 

You’re thinking about new ways to hide from sin

Close your eyes and pretend you’re the wind


Chorus

A feeling of fleeing

A sense of redeem

No presence of mind

The sight of the blind

Pretend you’re the wind


Pretend you’re the wind

Scraping sunlight off of blue waves

Blowing all night into new days

The sight of the blind  pretend you’re the wind


Outro 

Comments

  • @StoneFlowers sure sounds like you're living a good life. And time away and coming home produced a lovely song! Cape Cod is a beautiful place to be!

    Good on you!

    Renee 💌

  • This is a real good guitar vocal tune . You're living the good life

    Sounds good man

  • Nice song. The relaxed vibe fits the lyric well. For me, the middle section maybe went too long without a chorus to break it up, even with the instrumental break.

  • Hardtwistmusic
    Hardtwistmusic Salem, Oregon

    WOW........ Just WOW. Correct me if I'm wrong, but there is absolutely NO A.I. component to this. Correct? If I'm wrong, I'll have to elevate my concept of A.I. But this is (to my ears) so obviously artistic and uniquely original that I would be shocked to hear it was anything other than a human being playing a guitar and singing. One final note. WOW.

  • Nice! Got a stream of consciousness vibe to me, which seems a great fit for a song titled "Pretend you're the wind"

    Like the way the melody goes at "Strong libations and toasts to everyone" and similar lines

    Good stuff!

  • The vocals are far better than any of your other songs I have heard. The song is good but the strumming rhythm is "hokey" sounding. You are not alone! I don't know why that sound is so popular, like very popular in old folks homes! I think if you make the strumming "cool" then you will have some really good songs there.

  • StoneFlowers
    StoneFlowers Cape Cod MA
    edited March 3

    Hey thanks everyone for listening and your comments...seems like life is often all about the wind, which way and how hard it's blowing.

    @Hardtwistmusic , yeah man I used that new AI site, justlike.com, say a few words strum a few chords and it automatically writes the song and makes it sound just like you...😉

    Naw, not yet but it's probably coming. This song is all me and mine. Thanks so much for your very very kind words my friend.

  • ElvisNash
    ElvisNash Calif
    edited March 3

    Your a funny guy , you barely scratched the surface on recording and your songs are going back to 1970 , and you bust Stoneys chops

  • Hardtwistmusic
    Hardtwistmusic Salem, Oregon

    Whether you do (or do not) take a foray into A.I. Music, I am so glad you keep doing these signer/guitarist songs. One singer, one guitar is my favorite type of music to listen to live. I would HATE to not hear any more.

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