“So Long” is an indie electronic song written and produced by Canadian artist On Planets (Sean Wharton). In addition to rich, natural vocals, the song features a blend of acoustic guitar and filtered percussion that can be found in several of Wharton’s recent releases.
[Verse 1]
From a tangle of intention, decision and dead branches
I did my best but couldn’t pull out any answers
Was living in the lurch behind this fear of going backwards
To close another chapter
So standing on the pier at the shore of all I’ve done
Nothing left except to wait and hope the tide would come up
Isn’t it a shame how much I’ve left up on the dock?
In the name of moving on
I cut the ropes and cast off
[Pre-Chorus]
I know, I know
You’ve been swimming so slow
And there’s a light on the horizon
So long, so long
Hope you make it back home
Don’t lose sight of whеre you started from
[Chorus]
I know, I know
You’ve been swimming so slow
Thеre’s a light on the horizon (Light on the horizon)
So long, so long
Hope you make it back home
Don’t lose sight of where you started from
[Post-Chorus]
Don’t lose sight of where you started from, mhm
[Verse 2]
In the haze of aimless rest, with the crutch of coming last
I caved and craned my neck as a year went floating past
Crawled out to the edge, it was time to leave the raft
Forever on a crest, on a wave that couldn’t crash
Had a hard time coming back, forgot the taste of salt
I was grasping at a chance when I got dashed upon the rocks
And I’d been casting seams across the bricks in my façade
Cracked up, smiling at the tideline
Washed up back where I belong
[Pre-Chorus]
I know, I know
You’ve been swimming so slow
There’s a light on the horizon
So long, so long
Hope you make it back home
Don’t lose sight of where you started from
[Chorus]
I know, I know
You’ve been swimming so slow
There’s a light on the horizon (Light on the horizon)
So long, so long
Hope you make it back home
Don’t lose sight of where you started from, mhm
I know, I know (I know, I know)
There’s a light on the horizon (Light on the horizon)
So long, so long (So long, so long)
Don’t lose sight of where you started from
[Post-Chorus]
Don’t lose sight of where you started from
So Long was written by On Planets.
So Long was produced by On Planets.
On Planets released So Long on Tue Apr 06 2021.
“This song is about the flow back and forth between coming and going. As words they are separate and opposite, but without leaving one place, it is impossible to arrive at the next—in many ways they are one and the same thing. In a particularly confusing time about which direction we are headed in,...