New Release: 'Waves'
- Feb 1, 2025
- 2 min read
Updated: Jan 23
New Release: 'Waves' is out now.
This song came from watching love change shape over time. It starts so simple. A "hi, how are you?" that feels like the safest thing in the world. Two people standing on the shore, testing the water with small talk, small smiles, small steps. No pressure. No history. Just the beginning of something that might become everything.
Then the tide pulls you in. You start to intertwine. Conversations turn into late nights. Late nights turn into shared routines. Shared routines turn into a life built together. You grow side by side. You learn each other's rhythms. You learn how to move with them instead of against them. The waves of life keep coming . . big ones, small ones, relentless ones . . but you learn how to ride them instead of letting them pull you under. You learn that love is not about avoiding the waves. It is about holding on tight enough that neither of you gets swept away.
The Weight of Growing Together
Growing together is heavy in the best way. It means carrying two people through the same storms. It means choosing to stay close when the current tries to separate you. It means forgiving when the waves knock you off balance. It means celebrating when you both come up for air. The weight is in knowing that love like this is not effortless. It is deliberate. It is daily. It is choosing each other again and again when the tide wants to pull you in different directions.
The "Still Here" Perspective
I have learned I can only control whether I keep reaching for the hand beside me. I cannot make the waves stop. I cannot make the water calmer. I definitely cannot make every day feel like the first "hi, how are you." But I can choose to stay intertwined. I can choose to grow with this person instead of growing apart. I can choose to ride the waves together. Because love like this does not keep you from the storm. It keeps you from drowning in it. It keeps you together. It keeps you here.
If you have ever started with a simple hello and watched it turn into a whole life together . . if you have ever learned to ride life's waves side by side . . if you have ever chosen to hold on tighter when everything else tried to pull you apart . . this song is for you.
Give it a listen wherever you stream music.