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SD-04 Stranded by the Tide
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a raw and emotional song of redemption through love... ah.... Piano by Mary Davies and Saxophone by Jon Garvey.
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Singer-songwriter, arranger and producer: acoustic contemporary folk but ranging into rock/blues/country/jazz/humour...all very eclectic, I'm afraid!
Martin Stirrup Singer/songwriter An old folkie who got back into it... These days I sing and play guitar(s) and other stringed instruments, then score and orchestrate where appropriate. My taste becomes increasingly eclectic ranging from finger-picked folk through country to soft rock mixed in with a few more alternative and eccentric numbers, including the odd novelty foxtrot...
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Genre
Acoustic • Acoustic General
Charts
Peak #30
Peak in subgenre #14
Author
Martin Stirrup
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Martin Stirrup
Uploaded
April 05, 2013
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MP3 4.6 MB • 160 kbps • 3:59
Story behind the song
This started as a very literal (and littoral!) piece written after a couple of days on Ngapali Beach in Myanmar... then it got all metaphorical. (Beach Life followed the next day.) To get the right feel on the recording I asked Mary Davies to play the piano part 'with expression' (ie without a click track) and then added the guitar to that. It then got sent off to Jon Garvey in Devon for the addition of his magic saxophone break... very atmospheric (I think!)
Lyrics
(actually 3rd fret so Gm!) Em6 Cmaj7 Em6 (actually 3rd fret so Gm!) Stranded by the tide, washed up on some long-forgotten shore Am7 Em6 I was Stranded by the tide, fading shadow of all I was before Am7 C Cmaj9 G+5 Em Till the waters of your love surrounded me, lifted me and set me free It’s easy to get lost when the compass of your life falls apart Easy to get tossed, bruised and battered in the matters of the heart Sometimes you need that rescue line, to pull you from the brink of loss of sanity Bm+5 Am7 What made you take that step, what made you say hello Bm+5 Am7 What was it that you saw I didn’t think could show Bm+5 Am7 What made you fall in love, there’s nothing I could see Bm+5 Am To raise me from the ranks of mediocrity I was Stranded by the tide, flotsam from the chaos of the sea Stranded by the tide, washed up by the swell of life’s sad vagaries Till the waters of your love surrounded me, lifted me and set me free
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