This was one of the hardest songs I have ever written and the most difficult to fully explain. I watched a dear friend pass on from cancer this year and while in the thick of her leaving I wrote this for her and her partner. This was an effort to express to them my love for them and to relate the helpless feelings that take over you in that process. Recording this song was a deeply spiritual process for us all and we hope you feel the presence of something that stretches our human experience in this song.
I’ve been skipping stones on the
shores of lake Michigan
Watching the tide roll in and out again
The light in the light house burned out while I was waiting for your ship to come in
The tic tic tic of the toc toc toc
The tic tic tic of the toc toc toc won’t stop
Chorus:
Its been a year of leaving and
I’ve started breathing for the both of us
Its been a year of leaving and
I’ve started breathing for the both of us
The tic tic tic of the toc won’t stop
I’ve been wondering around the back yard late at night
Laying on my back staring up at the sky
Clouds rolling by started raining before I could find you a silver lining.
The tick tic tic of the toc toc toc.
The tic tic tic of the toc toc toc won’t stop
Chorus
My hopes been riding in cars out on the highways
Overpasses, out on the byways.
Ended up on empty just short of
the light at the end of the tunnel.
The tic tic tic of the toc toc toc.
The tic tic tic of the toc toc toc won’t stop
What if your time felt like the right time
But what if our time feels like the wrong time
What if your time felt like the right time to leave
That if your time felt like the right time
But what if our time feels like the right time
What if timing is everything and nothing in the same