Cast Adrift
[organ intro]
V1 staring through the gloom
Winter’s come but it should be summer
Cold glacial doom
Where did all my summers go _ they’ve
BR Flown so far away
Now it’s judgement day
V2 A different life ahead
Paid a man for a boat to escape on
stranded on the beach
Still Trying to believe there is compassion
BR2 bound for who knows where
are we welcome there
[solo guitar]
BR3] can you help me please
I’m on my knees
V4 Terror out at sea Cast adrift and very near to dying
Fear is the disease no time now to stop and consider
Drones up in the sky any time now they’ll let fly
It all seems so wrong we’re so weak and they’re so strong
[second guitar solo]
Composition Notes
The lyrical concept is absolutely being lost at sea in a small boat. The song's about me but the horrendous suffering of the small boats migrants gets to everyone
The clavinet features in the groove obvs that it nicked from Stevie Wonder. The guitar solos I am happy with I love the flowing lines and the endless sustain sound. Cunningly the solos are in a different minor key a minor third down from the verses which makes it "extra minor"
Recorded 2019