"Long Road Home"
-- STORY BEHIND THIS SONG --
I was raised ..
🕑 Added 2023-02-14 22:20:35 +0000 UTC
"Long Road Home"
-- STORY BEHIND THIS SONG --
I was raised by adventures, jumping out of bed early in the morning, diving into the whole world with curiosity. I’ve traveled the world freely and fallen in love so many times. At first I traveled away from home. Now I’m traveling towards home and not quite sure where to find it. I’ve returned to my childhood bedroom, my mothers garden, my father’s company over coffee, my husbands’ voices, my favorite books, the journals I’ve filled, the songs that put me in a movie, the stars I’ve been gazing up at this whole time, and the body I have learned to communicate with as my guide. I’ve been told home is inside me now. I’ve been walking my way home to the familiar, to my family, to my childhood passions, to my youthful dreams for myself, to my comforting memories. My first husband once said to me, “We’re all just walking each other home.” I realize now this long walk is a destination I arrive at over and over as I keep walking. I’m free to explore and I’m free to return and this freedom lets me love the journey. I’ve survived out in the world on my own for a while and now I’m journeying home to understand my parents and cherish my childhood. I’ve searched out in the world for love and freedom and now I turn inwards and get to know the home inside my own body.
• I began this song one morning, sitting in the window in my kitchen, playing with random sounds. It was just a sound sketch. I found some vocal samples and started experimenting with signing my own lyrics on top. I created it in an hour and forgot about it on my computer for months. When I rediscovered the track I was ready to pour deeper meaning into it and added the lyrics. Coming back to it a second time, I finished production within a week, simple straight out of the gate and happy with it. At first I thought it was too simple but once my friends heard it, they all instantly reacted with deep enthusiasm. They loved it just as it is; long, simple, rhythm they could sink into like a trance. And so I left it just as it came out of me, minimal editing.
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Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/track/6flTL57ZXgsv3SozwjcOCl?si=4c57ec31b7c446c7
