The Tide That Never Turns
For some of us, it's a story too far Of distant lands, of pearls and bars For others there's still a life untold In dusty towns they never found gold
There are those who take it all too hard They stake their claims but bear the dull scars For others there's still a grief unsound In dusty towns, unholy ground
But either way, the sea's unchanged The lies it hears the lives it takes All of them are foam upon the waves And though some are lost, none are ever saved
For others there's a grief uncrowned In gusty towns on holy ground
The tide that never turns The sun that never burns
The summer wind that only makes you yearn For storms to ride and waves of pride On a tide that never turns The tide that never turns
We all deride the waves of pride You will never learn On a tide that never turns
Three lost cities beyond the wind Fatigued by fear, the changes begin If time and tide sweep all away Then what are we but the ocean spray?
Yet either way, the seasons change The smiles we fake and rearrange Emotion lost unto the feign Now summer's gone we all feel the same pain
The tide that never turns The sun that never burns
The summer wind that only makes you yearn For waves to ride and ways to hide From a tide that never turns From a tide that never turns
We all deride the waves of pride You will never learn On a tide that never turns
All vocals, guitars, synths and production dB/
UPDATE: I added some Mini Moog and some Moog Taurus Pedals to my proggy song of existential angst "The Tide That Never Turns". Probably sounds even more like I was attempting to emulate late-70s Rush now I reckon, it could've been recorded at Le Studio even, although my voice hasn't been as high as Geddy's since I was 12 years old! If it sounds like Jacob's Ladder from Permanent Waves that really wasn't deliberate, it's just converged on that sound organically as I added layers (22-track recording)
You can get the original Moog-free version via the "No Moog" link
https://davebradley.bandcamp.com/track/the-tide-that-never-turns