This breezy alternative rock tune speaks of freedom, direction, spirit, loving life

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I was trying to decide whether or not to move to LA. I was flying back to Providence after a visit. It was a night flight. I could see the big dipper in front of me to the east most or the way and the glow of dawn in the northeast horizon. I wanted to see a shooting star and thought about where I would look to find one if I were home at Scarborough Beach in Narragansett RI. It all made sense and I wrote the song. I headed back to LA that January.

Every shooting star I've ever seen
Has been in the southwestern sky
Every wish I've ever whispered
Has made me wonder why

So this time when I saw the light
Falling from the dome
I followed its blazing trail
And it led me home

Where I'm heading lies behind me
As I return to where I've been
But heaven always sits above me
No matter where I land

When I looked around I didn't know
What my heart was searching for
I watched the stars fall from my window
Then saw a world outside my door

See the stars all burning
And lighting up the way
But the one that's falling
Is leading me today

*Where I'm heading lies behind me
As I return to where I've been
But heaven always sits above me
No matter where I land

As long as heaven sits above me
Home is where I'll land