This song is based off of a real creek in Alaska that I went camping at during the summer. I wrote this while staring through the sunroof in my mom’s Audi with my legs hanging out the back door. It was super uncomfortable and I kept getting bitten by mosquitoes. When my dad and I went rafting the sa...
[Verse 1]
Hanging out the backseat
Away from the big streets
There's no people
There's no people except me
Trying and failing to speed up the cycle
Of the summer sun and the summer moon
But I can't blink out the light
And there's no stars in the sky
There's no people out tonight
[Chorus]
Splintered hands
On ancient land
The summer breeze
Leaning up against me
I'm all scraped up
In dirt and rust
Fell into Sixmile
Lost all feeling for a little while
[Verse 2]
I'm going down Sixmile Creek
In the middle of May
The pearly water hits my feet
I'm going down Sixmile Creek
In the middle of May
The pearly water hits my feet
(I'm going down)
[Chorus]
Splintered hands
On ancient land
The summer breeze
Leaning up against me
I'm all scraped up
In dirt and rust
Fell into Sixmile
Lost all feeling for a little while
(I'm going down)
Sixmile Creek was written by Laureli.
Sixmile Creek was produced by Laureli.
Laureli released Sixmile Creek on Tue May 26 2020.