Searching For A Safe Harbor
Ken Block of clients Sister Hazel: When I wrote some of the songs on “BAM!”, I was still grieving the death of my brother. And I was not yet clean and sober. The song “Sweet Destiny” addresses all of that. It has the lyric “I’ve been searching all the wrong bars and churches.”
I was looking for spirituality in the bottom of a whiskey bottle or a pill bottle. I was desperately searching for a safe harbor, some understanding, and some peace.
I wrote that song on an acoustic guitar. But if you listen to the beginning, it’s basically Ryan taking those chords and just playing harmonics of them. No acoustics, no bass, nothing.
It has some identifiable Sister Hazel fingerprints. It has a storyline that talks about life in a really honest way. Questioning things, challenging things, challenging yourself, who you are to other people, how you act.
It also has these great slide guitar parts that are so hooky.
Personally, it’s one of my favorite songs that’s I’ve ever written. A mix of existential dread packaged as an upbeat piece that feels much better than what it says.
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