[Instrumental Intro: Evolving Synth Pad, Rolling Percussion, Atmospheric Guitar Swells]
[Verse 1]
Footprints fade where we once stood
Trying hard to feel understood
Everything we thought was still
Turns and bends against our will
Time moves like a restless tide
Pulling everything inside
What was solid slips away
Into shapes that rearrange the day
[Pre-Chorus]
Nothing stays the same for long
Even silence turns to song
Every ending starts to send
Us toward a different end
[Refrain]
Shifting (sands)
Hope everyone (understands)
Shifting (gears)
Drifting (past years of fears)
Rising above
(To a higher love)
Higher love
(Love, love, love)
[Instrumental Break: Driving Beat Builds, Synth Arpeggios Layer]
[Verse 2]
Walls we built begin to sway
Slowly breaking day by day
What we held so close and tight
Opens up into the light
No more fixed or carved in stone
Everything we’ve ever known
Learns to breathe and learns to bend
Till beginnings start again
[Pre-Chorus]
Every moment rearranged
Everything is being changed
Nothing left to hold too fast
Only echoes of the past
[Refrain]
Shifting (sands)
Hope everyone (understands)
Shifting (gears)
Drifting (past years of fears)
Rising above
(To a higher love)
Higher love
(Love, love, love)
[Bridge]
We are not what we were before
Something opens every door
Even broken things can move
Toward a brighter groove
Let it go, let it spin
Let the new world settle in
All we lose is all we gain
Rising through the change again
[Breakdown: Minimal Pulse, Vocal Echoes]
Shifting…
Don’t resist…
Shifting…
Can’t dismiss…
[Final Refrain]
Shifting (sands)
Hope everyone (understands)
Shifting (gears)
No more years of fears
Rising above
(To a higher love)
Higher love
(Love, love, love)
[Outro: Ambient Fade, Soft Synth Rise]
Shifting…
Rising…
Higher love…
Love, love, love…
From the album “Whatnot“