Tell Me Something

Some songs sit in the “maybe pile” for years before they finally ask to be heard again. “Tell Me Something” is one of those songs, an older piece I nearly left behind but could not quite let go of. When I dusted it off and gave it a fresh coat of paint, I found that its core still resonated with me: the sense of rushing through life, stumbling from one chapter to the next, and quietly searching for comfort and understanding as the years slip by.

The verses move quickly, almost like snapshots: eyes opening in wonder, fighting the good fight, losing our way, and running headlong into the race of living. The chorus is the plea at the centre of it all, a need to be reassured that we will be okay, that time is still on our side, and that change is possible even when it feels like we are running out of road.

This song also carries threads that appear in other pieces I have written. I like to repeat themes across a family of songs, ideas that reappear in different forms, like echoes of the same story told at different points in time. Parts of “Tell Me Something” have slipped into other tracks over the years, but returning to the original reminded me why I wrote it in the first place.

It is not about certainty, it is about the yearning for it. It is about holding on to words of comfort, even if you do not fully believe them, because sometimes that is enough to get you through the next step in the journey.