Casual Ties
By Cosmic Cairns on May 1, 2026 6:39 pm
I have a notebook where I jot down random ideas that pop into my head. Then sometimes when I need an idea for a WB track or whatever later on, I'll skim through it and see if anything piques my interest. Sometime a while back I had written "Casual Ties". I'm pretty sure I was making a play on words on "casualties" but I decided to focus on the idea of casual ties as I started to come up with lyrics, and then let them go where they wanted to go.
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Unseen tethers fraying so slowly
Barely noticed the distance was growing
Carried away with the tide
Continents drift forming new mountains
Rise between us can't go around them
Tectonic plates shift with us
Bright blazing fires soon tepid and cold
Valuing new things discarding the old
Birds are flying over the treetops
Soar on til the temperate wind stops
Guiding them to fertile shores
You've been waiting here for me
Down in the dumps
With half opened eyes
Always knew we had something
Far more profound
Than casual ties
We crossed paths for a reason
Long time ago
It wasn't just chance
I hear hints in the wind of
A lovely song
Would you like to dance?
Empty highways stretching out ahead
Leading nowhere let's stay here instead
Under the vast onyx skies
And the Earth spins bringing new events
But I'd rather stay in this moment
Held here by casual ties
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