𝐓𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐬𝐮𝐫𝐞 ( 𝑴𝒚 𝑺𝒐𝒏𝒈𝒔 )

Tides

Written: July 28th-August 2nd + outro written November 12th 2024

Genre: I honestly don't know, maybe bedroom pop? There are a lot of bedroom pop songs on this album, I've learned to realize that as I've written more for this songbook 😅 maybe some soft-rock kinda vibe? I honestly feel like this song could fit on Echoing Light, but putting it here makes more sense 💛✨️

1ST VERSE:

In the quiet of my room, I sit alone

With these thoughts that just won't leave me be

I tried to fight the tide, but now I've grown

Tired of resisting, letting go feels free

But turns out, moving on is not that easy

PRE-CHORUS:

Memories like waves, they crash and pull

Dragging me back to where we once stood

CHORUS:

I guess I'll just let the tides take me

Out to sea where I can finally be

Free from the chains of what used to be

I'll find my peace, just wait and see

2ND VERSE:

Looking back, our love was like a storm

A hurricane that left me all torn

But now I'm learning not to mourn

Chasing the sunshine, no longer forlorn

(( Repeat Pre-chorus & Chorus x2 ))

BRIDGE:

I've got many skeletons in my closet, so much shit I regret

But the past is the past, there's no going back

Flying like a dove over this long lost love

The feeling's mutual, I wanted what I couldn't have

But now, I just have a laugh

OUTRO:

Every grain of sand in my hand,

Reflects on what could've been,

With the wind in my hair,

And the storms in my eyes,

I now see through your million lies.

(( Repeat Chorus x1 ))

Author's Note:
Where do I begin? Sheesh, I don't know where to start- I wrote this song on vacation, and the lyrics 'let the tides take me' makes sense because I was by the beach, but what the song is about? Basically, I'm just letting go of things I regret because they're all in the past. These little mistakes and mess ups weren't my fault, but rather the wanting to always be perfect.

I'm an overthinker- a HUGE one, in fact, today I cleaned and re-organized my room because I just needed to declutter my mind because I just feel so messy sometimes- what am I saying? This is song is basically like overthinking, but trying to gaslight yourself into thinking you're not overthinking. Does anybody know what I mean? I hope so 🥲

As I already mentioned, the whole point of this song is basically brainwashing yourself into wanting to be perfect and to stop overthinking because you want to have a clear and clean mindset, and you want to be this person you just aren't. In a simpler way, I'm basically writing about somebody who made me feel this way. Seasonal depression hits, for summertime especially.

Anyways, that's it <3
Love, Jackie