Story Behind The Song
At the time I wrote it, I was inspired by a story that my son was writing. It wasn't until months later that I realized it may have been inspired by his story, but it was my personal story as well. I was on that razor edge of depression. Luckily though through working with my amazing co-writer and his beautiful music, I saw the song start to breathe life and as it breathed, so did I.
Song Description
Sometimes people have all they could hope for or dream of, their goals achieved but yet it doesn't make them any less susceptible to depression. It's within that frame of mind that sometimes we become so detached from our lives we wonder not only what is the point of life but are we even living or are we on the verge of vanishing. Like a will-o'-wisp, something so fragile, barely there until in the morning light it disappears like it was never there.
| Song Length |
5:52 |
Genre |
Rock - Alternative, Rock - Gothic |
| Tempo |
Medium (111 - 130) |
Lead Vocal |
Male Vocal |
| Mood |
Poignant, Depressing |
Subject |
Existence, Numbness |
| Similar Artists |
The Cure |
Language |
English |
| Era |
2000 and later |
| |
Lyrics
Will-O'-Wisp
2021 Bennett/Campbell
Numbness cries like soft lullabies
That rock me back to sleep
Heaven nor hell, for I'm just a shell
Alive by a heart that beats
Emotions slumber
As though they're all under
The sandman's spell
Pain won't come 'cause I can't feel
I don't even know if I'm still real
Or just a dream of my own making
Will-O'-wisp gone with morning's breaking
Pain won't come 'cause I can't feel
I don't even know if I'm still real
Still with each breath I'm taking
Will-O'-wisp gone with morning's breaking
A will-o'-wisp in the making
A will-o'-wisp in the making
There's a madness in my head
Where my dreams all lived before
Every wish seen, and so i believed
A life I should adore
But now something's changed
It all seems so strange, I question what
Was it all for?
Pain won't come 'cause I can't feel
I don't even know if I'm still real
Or just a dream of my own making
Will-O'-wisp gone with morning's breaking
Pain won't come 'cause I can't feel
I don't even know if I'm still real
Still with each breath I'm taking
Will-O'-wisp gone with morning's breaking
A will-o'-wisp in the making
Am I
A will-o'-wisp in the making
I am
I am