Taste Test: ghostcoast breaks through the mental fog with ‘long way down’
The musician climbs out of a dark haze with his gentle rallying cry.
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Melancholy is like swimming through marshy swampland. A thick layer of grim and foliage blankets the surface, so you can never tell there’s a flesh-eating crocodile snarling its jaws far below. But if you’re ready and able, you can retaliate and drain the swamp, mentally speaking, of course. Musician Greg Walters does as much with his new song “long way down,” initially a searingly plaintive song drenched in sorrow. Before it can all be too much for him, he soon finds hope breaking the horizion and rallies himself onto his feet, fighting to live another day. “Try to be alright, if you can / If you can’t, I understand / Just don’t look down,” he advises. Compassion oozes from his bloodstream, allowing the song to be a gentle rallying crying.
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