Castaways in the Night (Home Demo June '22)

by The Okay Lakes

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Or, The Doomscroller's Lullaby.

A gentle reminder that connecting with people and sharing even a fleeting moment of peace, joy, and love, even on the grimmest-feeling of nights (and there are a lot of them these days) can help to wall off the despair and keep your heart from growing numb or cold.

This is the first song I've shared with anyone other than my songwriter pals and close friends in over a decade. I wrote it quickly, and I decided to release it quickly. Why?

Well, we're releasing an album this fall that took years and years to make. And while I'm in love with those songs and the way we recorded them, an album takes so much longer to make than I thought. Whereas an individual song—if I'm lucky, patient, and stay out of my own way—can materialize out of the ether in instant. I was getting antsy waiting to mix & master the songs that are coming out this fall. And I wrote this new song in a 90-minute burst. I still love it. So I decided to release it quickly, while I’m still in the honeymoon phase with it. Before the doubts creep in.

There'll be some properly recorded tunes coming this fall. And I can't wait to share them. For now, let this gentle lullaby usher you out of the long dark descent of an endless doomscroll and into peaceful dreams of dogs running on a beach.

Much more coming soon. Subscribe to our newsletter & hear everything first at theokaylakes.com

-JK

lyrics

no angel’s coming to save us
no stretched hand
from heaven
just the white sand
of this island
burning

no ships are coming to save us
no tall masts
hope at last
just the knife flash
of these white caps
in the sun… seething

castaways in the night
gripped by the rising tide
feeling the sprinting paws
of a dog dreaming next to us
my thoughts washed up by the sea
the driftwood of shipwrecked dreams:
could we do more than survive
as long as we’re side by side?

‘cuz that’s all we really need
it’s simpler than it seems:
the headfakes of a dog,
crying from laughing too hard
that’s all i really want
to spend every second we’ve got
to help you forget this shit
it helps me forget it…
mmm
mmm

no one is coming to save us
no stretched hand
but just then
your soft hand
finds mine
mmm, hmm, hmm

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released July 13, 2022
written & recorded by jordan keller
© 2022

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The Okay Lakes Chicago, Illinois

Debut album, "Redshift" out now.

Songs to soundtrack late-night drives on the backroads of the Midwest.

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