It's Forever Song List
(1991) 4:16 I have a physical home, but for some reason, I keep searching for a more permanent destination... I wrote this shortly after coming to California, during a period when I had left the home I was used to and was trying to find a new one. It took a long time!
(1997) 3:19 This song is about being extremely introverted and shy, but wishing to be otherwise. The person the song is about dreams about breaking free from his self-created prison and stealing away under the moonlight.
(1998) 3:36 A musical journey, light-hearted and upbeat. There is a quiet section in the middle that always makes me think of finding a hidden lagoon and just sitting quietly nearby for a while before taking off again.
(1985) 1:35 Picture a perfect, 80-degree day in Kona, on a lanai about ten stories up, with a gorgeous view of waves crashing against the rocks. Written during my first trip to Hawaii during high school. I love how the guitars in the background of the last chorus sound like violins.
(1999) 3:53 Everyone has one, don't they? But how can you be sure which is the right one? The chimes are the only non-guitar sound on the album (except for the ocean on Uluatu).
(1999) 3:54 I wrote this about a friend's dad who was in and out of the hospital with cancer at the time. He died in early 2000. Actually, I guess it was more of an expression of how badly she didn't want to lose him.
(1992) 1:42 This came out right after I moved into San Francisco with two roommates. It wasn't really about any particular sad event or feeling, it just always sounded kind of sad to me.
(1988) 5:06 My first girlfriend inspired this back in college. First heartbreak, too.
(1995) 3:50 This song sums up how I felt when I came to California alone from Ohio. I was so moved by the beauty of the sun, the sea, and the city, but I was also so lonely. I thought a lot about the friends I had left behind as I wrote this.
(1999) 2:55 Unlike Sadness #1, this one was actually about real sadness - in fact, about depression. Writing this song literally brought me out of it. I'm so glad something made me reach for my guitar that day.
(????) 5:42 Written by a buddy in Indonesia. I first heard him play it at Myrtle Beach, S.C. in 1993 by the ocean in the middle of the night. It stuck in my head for weeks!
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