By Starlight Drifting West
single
By Starlight Drifting West
PCBender writes a sea-voyage lyric that earns its own metaphor: ‘a course uncharted, life’s a test’ lands not as cliché but as genuine reckoning, and the 3/4 waltz time at a brisk 117 BPM gives the whole thing a rolling, tide-like momentum that most rock writers would never think to reach for. The real payoff comes around the 42-second mark when the full kit drops in under the chorus and the track pivots from quiet confession to something resolute and wide-open, the kind of lift you get from early Springsteen at his most plainspoken. G major suits the vocal well, giving PCBender room to sound warm rather than straining, and the spare verse-to-anthem arc keeps the three minutes feeling purposeful rather than padded. A highlight.
Lyrics
Pulled the anchor, set the sails Ocean whispers, moonlight pales Stars are maps, but none I know Tides are pulling, let me go
No lantern guides, no beacon bright Only waves and wind tonight
By starlight, drifting west Approaching shadows, dispossessed A course uncharted, life's a test By starlight, drifting west
Horizon fades, the past won't speak The sky is calm, the depths run deep One wrong turn, the rocks below But where they are, I'll never know
No lantern guides, no beacon bright Only waves and wind tonight
By starlight, drifting west Approaching shadows, dispossessed A course uncharted, life's a test By starlight, drifting west
What waits beyond, a dream, a fall A whispered name I can't recall The stars will shine, the tide won't stay But either way, I drift away
By starlight, drifting west Lost in longing, lost at best No horizon, no regrets By starlight, drifting west
No lantern guides, no beacon bright Only waves and wind tonight…
Credits
Songwriter: Michael Anthony Rose