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Dance Without Me

DRAMA - Dance Without Me

Glasshouse

3/24. Written and performed by Ocean Pleasant. Release coincides with a placement and artist feature on MTV's Teen Mom.

Always Been You

Sober

CHRYSALIS

Same Place

Talk Me Down

“Wait” was written in summer 2019 right before a demo recording session in Brooklyn. 

I had been reading a book by Alan Watts called “The Wisdom of Insecurity,” which ended up being a bible of sorts to me throughout the year. There’s an anecdote in the book that stuck out to me; it describes the futility in trying to capture the true nature of running water for yourself, for when you pull that water from the stream, its no longer running water. It has to do with accepting things as they are and to release yourself from that desire to control. 

The song describes this exact scenario as a metaphor for a relationship: “Stream in the city, water overflowing. The rainy years have made the water high. I want to know, so I drop my bucket. But all I get is water stuck in time.” The attempt to shed that desire to control, but the reality that it will take time. The chorus is “wait, dear, I’m trying” repeated. 

The whole song is a fairly accurate portrayal of my struggle to find my footing in New York after moving on a whim and also dealing with some hardships in a new, intimate relationship.

We ended up tracking the full band version at Ice Cream Castle Studio in Highland Park, CA. 

Featured on the song: Jack Symes (guitar, vocals), Eva B. Ross (vocals), Gregory Ackerman (bass), Keenan McDaniel (drums), Theo Fedronic (trumpet), Mark Fedronic (trombone), and Tommy Economou (guitar).

Wait (ft. Eva B. Ross)

One more going around
One more step moving to the sound
Numbers make their way down
Make their way down

Though it’s gone with a trace
Let’s pretend, put a smile on face
Blow the fire away 
Fire away

Chorus
The more I think about it …… tough
The more I get to feeling ….. rough
Don’t want to celebrate
Time keeps running and
I’m running out of time 

Kick ‘em up
Add the layers to the tanlines
Strut your stuff
Let the silver hit the sunshine
Can you hear the sound
Of the angels around

The more I think about it …… tough
The more I get to feeling ….. rough
Don’t want to celebrate
Time keeps running and
I’m running out of time 

Put a smile on face
Blow the fire away
Time keeps running, and I’m running out of time

Time keeps running away

Sober

Jake Hays