Hey guys,
I’ve just released a brand new song called, “Ocean” and I’m really excited to share it with you. You can listen to the song on the home page, but I wanted to share a few thoughts I had while writing it as well…Let me know what you think~
M

‘Ocean’ is about our generation and how we long for connection and yet seem to be so isolated in many ways in our culture. I know what it feels like to have lost your way and how it’s scary and lonely. In those moments it’s been my relationship with Jesus that has been a lighthouse on a dark ocean. I’ve always loved the ocean. I grew up surrounded by it in Eastern Canada. The vast expanse and the mystery of it have always had a major appeal to me. And yet something so beautiful and amazing can also be treacherous and terrifying. The idea of being lost all alone and being swallowed by something so vast is a really scary thought and one that I think explains how it feels to be lost in our lives as well. It’s the love of God that anchors us to reality and give us hope and light in the darkness. That’s the message of this song.

This is also one of a few songs I wrote on piano for this record. I started out playing the piano in grade school but I have been writing mostly on the acoustic guitar for the past several years. It was really great to get back to writing on piano as each instrument brings something different to the outcome when songwriting.