Philosophical musings on a beach
Trash-pop, guitar rock and melodic miscellany.
Not so much a band as a bloke with a guitar and a laptop, The Smivets deliver a genre-bending blend of pop, rock, punk, prog and many other monosyllables.
Story behind the song
Despite the slightly Spinal title, this is actually a song about an ocean wave.
And making the best of what you have.
Lyrics
An easterly off Morocco, blowing 45k,
Hot as Satan's breath.
The kites were up and the surfers were all hanging out at La Tasca,
Guess you know the rest.
Breaker, take the wind
Breaker, take the wind
Guess we never really talked, you know about the big stuff -
Stuff that really mattered.
Guess I never really knew how you felt,
Washed away in the daily chatter.
Breaker, take the wind
Breaker, take the wind
O wave, you are only water, for one moment given life,
As are we all
Some just rise and fade, while others thunder,
But none, none for long.
There are no easy answers, because there are no easy clues.
In other circumstances is this what you would choose?
In if we wait for better chances, it's just another chance to lose.
So breaker, take the wind.
Breaker, take the wind
Stood on a lava beach with my face to the rising sun
And I heard a seabird say my name.
Turned to catch a glimpse but in a moment he was gone.
And I knew it was you.
Breaker, take the wind
Breaker, take the wind
So breaker, take the wind
And the spirit that it brings
Let it lift you, let you fly.
And breaker, take the wind
For all those who have sinned
Let them shatter, lelt them go.
There are no easy answers, because there are no easy clues.
In other circumstances is this what you would choose?
In if we wait for better chances, it's just another chance to lose.
So breaker, take the wind.
Breaker, take the wind
And be free.
