The track is an instrumental jam around this cool bass line that served as the main foundation for the whole track. The vocals are all samples arranged in different formats to fill out the fact that I'm friggin useless at writing lyrics !!!🤨

Jive Bond

What If It Were You? – © Paul Cogley Aug 2022

Verse
Dog’s tied up to a post
Hides from the biting wind
How long has it been?
Here’s a child who’s hungry and cold
Don’t know the last time she ate
Won’t anyone intervene?

Chorus
Just stop what you’re doing and give pause for a while
Its not all about who’s breaking through
Open your eyes, sweep aside that darkened veil,
And just ask yourself, ‘What if it were you?’

Verse
Bombs fall all around
There’s a family running scared
All they need is a chance.
Smoke fills up the air
While they’re chopping down the trees
No one gives a passing glance

Bridge
It’s not too late for us, look inside for all the clues
Just know our future’s more than the sum of all the parts
Just think about our children looking back at the things that we now do
It all depends on how much love is in our hearts.

Deep Blue Sky

What If It Were You

Space*Signals

(Review by Indieoclock magazine)

The talented singer and songwriter Paul Cogley has just released his powerful new album, a record full of quality and emotion.
The Silent Sea is the name of the new album by the brilliant and super talented Paul Cogley, with 8 tracks, the surprising work leaves us impacted with a dreampop of quality and charisma.
The first track already shows what the album is about, a well-structured dreampop, full of energy, bringing an 80s sound with shoegaze, a song that immediately invites us to listen to the rest of the album, a sensational song that shows the size of this songwriter's talent and how good this album will be.
The second song, Searching For Signals, is intense, reflective, the kind that takes us out of our chaotic routine and makes us dive into each section, with a perfect and psychedelic instrumental that makes us get in touch with our feelings and leaves us floating with what really matters: our feelings that keep us connected to ourselves and good things. The third track is Lost at Sea, a strong instrumental that leaves us excited and levitating. This instrumental is hard to find these days. It is well-constructed, full of intensity, intimate, psychedelic and charged with energy, with a striking and powerful guitar. This track is captivating and delightful. The fourth song is mesmerizing, even romantic, beautiful, and the kind that makes us dive into our emotions again. This work captivated us. It is a work of art of contemporary dreampop. Without further spoilers, you need to check out the rest of the album, which has power, intensity and quality. An album that allows us to travel and live a little for ourselves amidst the well-planned sounds that guide our thoughts. We love this album. The Silent Sea is a cry from the heart, a desperate cry for all to see and hear. Just look at the playlist... Lies, Searching For Signals, Lost At Sea, The Eye I Eyed, The Dream Of White Horses, Analog Child, Time To Go and Moments, each a death rattle of various aspects of a very unfulfilling existence that prioritizes quantity over quality, how lost we as a human race have become, misinformation and what it all means for our souls!


The Silent Sea

The Dream of White Horses

Uploaded due to FB requests. Ask and ye shall receive! This one is from my 2006 album entitled "Mellowdrama" Click the "Track Video" button above to view the video on YouTube.



What If It Were You

Paul Cogley

Related tracks