MUSIC FOR THE FILM: THE THINGS WE TELL THE ONES WE LOVE

"Riding In The Pocket of Time" was the first tune I worked on for Eliza Fox and Matt Wilkins' film The Things We Tell The Ones We Love.  It took a while to get the feel of the lyrics right--what do you tell your kids in a zombie apocalypse?


Riding In The Pocket of Time

We’re gonna live forever
our street corner in amber
and my hat blows off again

We’re gonna walk together
on cobblestones in fall
you will be ten foot tall

we’re gonna live together
our hobby village is lit up
and snow is in the leaves

in the street
big and tiny feet
and your hand in mine
and we’re riding in the pocket of time

we’re gonna sing together
the birds will quiet down
and trains will let off those we love

All going out together
In the town along the river
Where the ice explodes at night

Why wait around forever
Someday maybe has arrived
And we are in the know

in the street
big and tiny fight
and your hand in mine
and we’re riding in the pocket of time

      I let go of things
      With you underneath my wing
      I’m always gonna sing
     Through January weather into spring

We’re gonna walk together
on cobblestones in fall
you will be ten foot tall

We’re gonna live forever
our street corner in amber
and my hat blows off again 
(and again and again and again)