Sandstorm (2026)

2/26/26 – The word “love” has more meaning than the English language suggests; in Greek there are 4 different words for love. What we call “romantic love” probably fits the Greek eros best. To me, the onrushing feelings of romantic love, especially at the start, are like a sandstorm rushing in. Eventually it passes by, but when it’s around you it can be, as the song says, blinding.

Behind The Lyrics: I’m a fan of keeping a hand-written notebook of song ideas / lyrics; it’s a great way to see how the process of lyric writing has come together by looking back at crossed-out lines, words, alternative rhymes in parentheses, etc. Lately I’ve been using the iphone’s Notes app to do basically the same thing, and I think it’d be fun, going forward, to share with some lyric screenshots from each song so you can peek inside the process. Here are a few screenshots for Sandstorm. I hope you dig em – just keep in mind that sometimes I don’t finalize the lyrics 100% until I’m in the vocal recording booth, hearing how everything fits together with the music.

Looking back, Sandstorm probably could’ve been a Valentines Day release – oh well, now you’ll just have to listen to it all year, especially on 2/14!

Thanks for stopping by. Stay tuned for another new song in March; follow me on Spotify to get notified of the exact release date.

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