Tides

This track comes from Aaron Stransky's core identity — Folly Beach roots, 843 area code, the raw unfiltered version. It tackles Using the metaphor of tides to reflect on life's rhythms - things that come and go, the constant change, finding peace in the cycle. The lyrics get specific — "Standing ankle-deep in foam on Folly's sand" — because personal tracks on Majik's are personal for real, not performatively. The country production matches the energy of the confession. It hits philosophical and peaceful, in that order. Every personal track in the catalogue comes from a real moment, a real feeling, a real person. This one is no exception.

[verse 1] High tide brought the dolphins in this morning close to shore Close enough to see them breathing, couldn't ask for more Than a front-row seat to something ancient and unplanned Standing ankle-deep in foam on Folly's sand But low tide tells a different story, shows the bones Oyster beds and sandbars, driftwood, river stones Everything that high tide hides, low tide lays it bare And there's a lesson in the exposure if you're willing to stand there [chorus] Tides come in and tides go out That's what all of this is about Nothing stays forever full, nothing stays forever gone Tides come in and tides go out And I'm learning not to fight the pull Just to float and trust the current's song [verse 2] My life's been tidal, everything in phases High tide when the Navy put me in exotic places Low tide when I came home to a world that moved without me High tide when I found Charleston and she chose to be about me Low tide when the business nearly sank before it started High tide when the product shipped and healing finally started I used to panic when the water would recede Thought every low tide meant I'd lost something I'd need But the ocean always brings it back, that's the deal The tide tables never lie about what's real [chorus] Tides come in and tides go out That's what all of this is about Nothing stays forever full, nothing stays forever gone Tides come in and tides go out And I'm learning not to fight the pull Just to float and trust the current's song [bridge] Six hours in, six hours out The moon pulls the water, the water pulls the doubt Out of me, out to sea, out beyond the breakers Where the current carries everything to the Maker And brings back what you need on the next flood stage The tide's been turning since before the first page Of any book, any code, any human story Tides don't need our permission or our worry [verse 3] Tonight the tide chart says it's full at half-past eight I'll walk down to the washout, and I'll wait For the water to reach the highest mark it knows Then start its slow retreat like it always goes And I'll stand there in the dark between the moon and foam Feeling every tide that ever brought me home From deployment, from depression, from the doubt Tides come in and tides go out And tomorrow it'll do it all again And so will I, that's the promise of the Lowcountry wind Keep moving, keep returning, keep the faith The tide always comes back, that's the grace [chorus] Tides come in and tides go out That's what all of this is about Nothing stays forever full, nothing stays forever gone Tides come in and tides go out And I've learned to trust the pull Just to float and ride the current's song [outro] High tide, low tide Come and go The only constant is the flow