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Catalpas (Stay with Me)

from Midwestern Trees by Giants & Pilgrims

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Several years ago, I was approached by a group of video game creators (Numinous Games). They were looking for a singer-songwriter who’d score a new project they were working on called Our Life.

Our Life has a rich, emotional center to it, focusing on marriage. A cooperative game, where two players would each have an iPad or phone as their device and play simultaneously, you’d explore the beauty and pain a couple experiences in marriage over the course of a lifetime.

I don’t think I’ve ever been more excited to be involved in a project.

Brock, the lead creator of this project from Numinous Games, also has a large family, so we related on many different facets of family life; the joys and difficulties, and highs and lows, of a good marriage. Music is a big part of he and Vanessa’s life, so he really wanted Our Life to feel almost like a musical as you journeyed through. That’s why they had approached me, rather than someone who usually scores games like these.

So, I wrote some songs.
The team LOVED the soundtrack that was being created.
And they worked on getting funding.

There were some bites, including Apple taking a look at the project for their arcade. Then, the pandemic came along and really has stalled everything out. In my heart, I truly hope the project is still a possibility! I’m thrilled to be involved with the game- the spirit behind it is personally resonant for me.

In the course of working on Our Life, I had a chance to finish this song last year, “Stay with Me”. Aub Connolly is on cello and the duet vocals. We recorded with Dave Wilton in Lafayette, CO and he got the feel JUST right for the song. I’m a huge fan of retro synth sounds alongside dark piano… I was so happy with the instrumentation here!

lyrics

The summer sun has fallen hard on you and everyone
So put your golden hand in mine
This stolen time is yours and mine

Don’t go don’t slip don’t pull away
Don’t drift don’t lift yourself away
Stay with me stay with me
Let’s wash our hands of all of this
Let’s find ourselves within a kiss
Stay with me stay with me

The summer sun has blessed the trip
our lips name what’s to come
Without a breath to what’s been done
Let’s rest our skin ‘til morning runs

Don’t go don’t slip don’t pull away
Don’t drift don’t lift yourself away
Stay with me stay with me
Let’s wash our hands of all of this
Let’s find ourselves within a kiss
Stay with me stay with me

We got our eyes on all the sites
Keep them right looking into mine
Stay with me stay with me

We’ve got our eyes on 1 million things
But tonight this is what we need
Stay with me stay with me

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from Midwestern Trees, released October 12, 2022

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Giants & Pilgrims Denver, Colorado

Eclectic, singer-songwriter anthems on home, love, and struggle. The songwriting features a wide assortment of instruments and arrangements. Giants & Pilgrims is a marriage of art and music, where Betony Coons creates an art series and Tim Coons leads the music production. ... more

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