Every song has a story, here’s the story of this one: —- First of all, I put an Easter egg in this track that is a little slice of my childhood :) I’m curious who will find it first. We’ll very likely be good friends haha — I wrote and recorded this song around two years ago, just after Danald Trump was elected (some massive life challenges delayed me in finishing it til now). I’m no political scientist or expert historian, but I have spent a large portion of my life studying relevant matters. The Trump administration raised a lot of red flags for me that signaled patterns of authoritarianism and a potentially dark future for humanity. And it’s not solely the administration, our modern mainstream media and corporate influence over politics appear to be just as big a piece of this puzzle. While also going through some dark times of my own, personal struggles not connected to that newly jarring zeitgeist, I found myself crumpled on the floor, guitar in hand, drinking heavily, and slowly drifting into the future where I imagined myself a man sitting on the loading dock of partially blown up warehouses that served as a last hiding spot for a small community in a war torn apocalypse. With a guitar salvaged, I plead to the sun to rise just once more (metaphorically on humanity, but also just one more chance to feel the sun warm my skin). I wrote most of this stream of consciousness while attempting to deeply feel the plight of this man of the future. It was easy to look back and ask why we didn’t try harder and act sooner, but through the song writing process, I found myself offering hope that even in the most dire of circumstances, we can come together for the sake of the human family, for the sake of the family of consciousness. I’d like to believe I would still be able to have the strength of this hope even if things got this bad. Some background keys by the one and only Jimmy Davidson. Some Back up vocals by the very talented Alea Furushiro. I won’t go too in depth as far as song design, but one thing I really latched on to was the slow, minimal, lugging guitar as it connected to feelings of despondency. I liked my original take that would fall out of rhythm from time to time and decided to build the rest of the song around it instead of sticking to a clean metronome. Lyrics: Sun, sun, rise Over the hills One last time I beckon my wife My kids are too young To watch the world burn Why, why didn’t most try To stop our unhinged leader’s lies? They sacrifice all These innocent lives As most turn a blind eye And you feel like You don’t have a say in this life But you do You have me And you and I make two They can take what they want As long as they keep most of us blind Media mired in well funded lies As most applaud their crimes Those that try to make change Face a whole world Entrenched on teams Who only listen to What supports their beliefs All else obsolete And you feel like You don’t have a say in this life But you do You have us And we and you will do And you feel like You don’t have a say in this life But you do You have us And we and you will do

Just havin a little fun, unfortunately don't have the space in my life still to really deep dive on this one. Leave a comment on the track so I can get some feedback and know what people like and don't like. Much love for any support through likes / shares if you liked the groove <3