Song Lyric Sunday is a weekly challenge hosted by Jim at New Epic Author. This week’s theme is Stars, Moon, Clouds, Heavenly Bodies and since I’m a diehard fan of everything Adam Young (who loves this type of imagery), I was all over this post. Enjoy!
“Sailboats – Sky Sailing
The first song I picked for this week’s prompt was “Sailboats” by the musical project known as Sky Sailing. The project only has one album, “An Airplane Carried Me To Bed,” and is the product of Adam Young (better known as Owl City and the maker of the popular 2010s song “Fireflies”). I absolutely adore the dreamy quality of the music and the poetic lyrics of this song – it’s perfect for a gloomy afternoon or the moments right before you fall asleep ✨
“Sky Full of Stars” – Coldplay
As I continued to think about the theme of stars and galaxies and everything I couldn’t help but think of this song by Coldplay. Released in 2014, this song was pretty popular (at least I think it was) as I remember hearing it quite a bit a few years ago. I think Coldplay and Adam Young/Sky Sailing/Owl City are kindred spirits; these two songs are similar in their dreamy, ethereal quality, although Coldplay’s song is quite a bit more upbeat. I was pleasantly surprised, however, to discover the hints of acoustic guitar that are woven into this song – quite nice.
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I hope you’ve enjoyed this week’s Song Lyric Sunday. Do you know any songs with stars, planets, clouds, galaxies, etc. in the lyrics? I’d love to know!
Happy Sunday!
Nice music, thanks for joining in again.