Breakthrough

Breakthrough is a song I wrote in 2018 with my friends singer/songwriter Zoser and rapper kidLIO. We had been asked by Arts Corps, a local arts organization, to write and perform an original song for their annual fundraiser. It was a strange writing process, for sure, since we all worked so differently and specialized in such different genres. We were helped out by singer/songwriter Daniel Pak, our mutual mentor figure, and later brought on local pianist Micheal Grant, guitarist Justus “J Blanco” White, rapper Aurelio Valdez, and singer Sarah “Lady Saigon” Nguyen for the performance. The show was a smashing sucess (and a whole lot of fun). Pak’s friend, local musian Stone Gossard, was so impressed with the song he asked us if we’d like to record it in his studio. Now THAT was a cool experience. I’d never gotten to record in such a beautiful space before. The song is a SoundCloud exclusive and I hope you enjoy it!

Lyrics

Oh, I'm drownin’

In the shallows

Heartbroken

Outspokenly uninspired

The water's rising

I'm in over my head

I'm sinking

Overthinking

And I'm so tired


But I know

That someday I'll come out of the deep end

I'll push through the tide

And onto the shore

And today

The rain comes down

But it won't wash away

All that I've been fighting for


I've had a breakthrough the tide

And I'm comin’ out of this war


Been waitin’ for too long

Long enough for this song

Screamin’ for help

But no one can hear me

In front of their eyes

But they can't see me

This pain is

Holdin’ me down

I'm about to drown

Cause there's no way out

But I'm breathin’ now


And I know

That someday I'll come out of the deep end

I'll push through the tide

And onto the shore

And today

The rain comes down

But it won't wash away

All that I've been fighting for


I've had a breakthrough the tide

And I'm comin’ out of this war

As the rain comes pouring all over my face

I mastered, navigated all of this unwanted space

Why do I feel rushed if it’s on my own pace

Battling my demons, today that won’t be the case

Overcome struggles. My experience is planted.

Couldn’t really stand it. Overly demanding.

I guess I’m still growing and that’s my understanding

My presence is passionate and I will never vanish


Take a deep breath

Put your chin up

And swim above the waves 

Ain't hard to drown

When you know your soul startin’ to fade

To inhale you gotta take a breath

Pause

Keep on swimmin’ and never drown 

No matter how hard

If you don't draw back

The world will attack

Will leave you half cracked

In a setback

When it's pitch black

Yo

Just as long as you got your heart

I promise you gon’ make it out the dark

But there are times

When the rain won't stop

And the skies are forever gray

When the water weighs me down

And I look around

And there's no sun today

When I'm stuck way out at sea

And there's no one coming for me

Well, I've seen Finding Nemo like a thousand times

So I'll just keep swimmin’ and I'll be fine

And I know

That someday I'll come out of the deep end

I'll push through the tide

And onto the shore

And today

The rain comes down

But it won't wash away

All that I've been fighting for 

And I know

That someday I'll come out of the deep end

I'll push through the tide

And onto the shore

And today

The rain comes down

But it won't wash away

All that I've been fighting for 

I've had a breakthrough the tide

And I'm comin’ out of this war

I've had a breakthrough the tide

And I'm comin’ out of this war

I've had a breakthrough the tide

And I'm comin’ out of this war

Credits