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Hit the Wall (with Adrian Solarino & Feat. Chelsey Giffin) (Original Mix)

from Goodnight Ambleside EP by Andrew Simpson

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Hit the wall was the longest open project in my catalogue until it was finished in October 2011. Adrian and I teamed up to write an acoustic/electronic piece in September 2010 as a school assignment. The instrumental was about 3/4 done when we began to look for potential vocalists. It wasn't until Fall 2011 that I was able to get Chelsey to come in and give the vocals a try after we decided against releasing it with the prior vocalist we had back in 2010. We met every week until late October to write and record and eventually this is what came out of it.

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Waiting in the Atlantic
I can feel the salt against my skin
Kicking sand behind me
Faster as the fog rolls in
Knee-deep in the sea grass
Ocean falling behind me
Crashing waves in the distance
Mountain plains before me

I'm one and the same with
the air that skims my shoulders and
I'm part of the future
Leaning into the distance
Maintaining my cadence
Every stem on the forefoot end
Breathing hypnotic
Falling to a pure and gentle trance

Where am I destined? yeah
Can't tell you where I've gone and where I'm going to
I'm calling to you
I wanna chase away the rain

We've been running
Moving farther and farther
Trying not to hit the wall
We've been running
Pulling harder and harder
Gonna feel the ground beyond my body, yeah
Beyond my body, yeah

Breeze chilling at sundown
Village lights make glitter on the hill
First up on the pavement
Fleeting moment standing still
Every turn looks familiar
Though I haven't tread this ground before
Short stride on the incline
Yearning for a flatter course

Every muscle engages
Churning in a constant motion and
Hands searching for something
Courage to continue on this path
Dusk on the horizon
Power fading as the sky turns black
Focus on the ending
One more step until I feel my life

Where am I destined? yeah
Can't tell you where I've gone and where I'm going to
I'm calling to you
I wanna chase away the rain

We've been running
Moving farther and farther
Trying not to hit the wall
We've been running
Pulling harder and harder
Gonna feel the ground beyond my body, yeah
Beyond my body, yeah

I am part of the future
Leaning into the distance
I'm calling to you
We'll never see the end of this moment, yeah

credits

from Goodnight Ambleside EP, track released November 20, 2011
Written by Adrian Solarino and Andrew Simpson.
Acoustic drums & guitar by Adrian Solarino.

Produced, mixed and mastered by Andrew Simpson.

Vocals and songwriting by Chelsey Giffin.

Copyright © 2011 Andrew Simpson Music. All Rights Reserved.

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Andrew Simpson Montréal, Québec

Andrew Simpson is an audio/visual sound artist, musical composer, producer, remixer, and student. While most of his talent in the range of sound stems extensively from music editing and composition, he also works in dialogue recording, foley, ADR, and sound design for film and video.

Andrew is currently composing and producing his first artist EP, which he plans to self-release in November 2011. ... more

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