Sebayt Sessions

ALBUM DETAILS

Sebayt Sessions was created as a collection of reflective conversations expressed through music.

The word Sebayt refers to teachings, wisdom, and instruction, making it a fitting title for an album centered on insight, perspective, and personal growth.

The songs explore a wide range of subjects including relationships, resilience, curiosity, exploration, memory, inspiration, sacrifice, and the search for meaning.

Rather than presenting answers, the album often invites listeners to ask deeper questions and arrive at their own conclusions.

carrefoure de'labre

Ooooooh
After midnight
Carrefour de l’arbre

After midnight
Carrefour de l’arbre

Footsteps chase oval moon reflections
Across rain-soaked cobblestones
I snap my fingers to the rhythm
Of wooden shutters singin songs
Espresso drifting through the cool air
Ignites the hunger in my soul
Gas lamps flicker gold in silence
Like ancient stories being told

After midnight

I take long walks down carrefour de l'arbre
Moonlight drippin off the stones beneath my feet
I take long walks down carrefour de l'arbre
Lost somewhere between rhythmic echos and the street
Walk with me
After midnight

Brassy saxophones through alley windows
Pour like honey through the night
I close my eyes palms to the heavens
Feel the city breathing life
Black cats tap dance past my footsteps
Disappear where shadows hide
A shapely cherry glides beside me
With polaris in her eyes
Breathless pause
The whole world slows
Soft fingertips pull me closer
As midnight melts into your soul
Ooooooh
Streetlight halos frame your silhouette
Smoke billowing upwards beneath the stars
Chanel #5 floats along the afternoon breeze
As vespas sleep beside the bars
No words spoken
None required
Christian louboutin's tapping on cobblestones become a choir

After midnight

I take long walks down carrefour de l'arbre
Moonlight drippin off the stones beneath my feet
I take long walks down carrefour de l'arbre
Lost somewhere between rhythmic echos and the street

Carrefour
After midnight

Cafés dressed in raspberry velvet
Pastries lined beneath warm light
Croissant aromas surf the breeze
Tempting restless souls tonight
Balcony whispers paint the backdrop
Highways of cigarette smoke drift in streams
I look beyond the skyline of clay rooftops
Toward constellations made of dreams
Your lips
Your tongue
I begin to paint

I sink into the streets
I sink into the streets

After midnight
The city breathes different
Every shadow got a story
Every window got a memory

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I take long walks down carrefour de l'arbre
After midnight
I take long walks down carrefour de l'arbre
Where the rhythm kisses morning light

I take long walks down carrefour de l'arbre
Lost somewhere between your touch and city lights
I take long walks down carrefour de l'arbre
After midnight


Ooooooh
After midnight
Carrefour de l’arbre


Watchillie


This song was written imagining walking along the cobblestones in the city of Carrefoure De'labre France. The narrator describes the sites, smells and sounds of the night as he takes a moonlight stroll. Along his journey he encounters a captivating woman and the story continues.
Inspired by the legendary cobblestone sector of the Paris–Roubaix cycling race, Carrefour de l'Arbre explores endurance, resilience, and determination in the face of adversity.

The song uses cycling as a metaphor for life's most difficult challenges.

The road becomes symbolic of struggle.

The rough terrain represents obstacles, setbacks, and uncertainty.

The song explores how perseverance is often forged not during easy stretches but in the moments when quitting feels most attractive.

Its message is that growth frequently occurs where comfort ends.

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erendell

See
I

The seeing eye
Stand between the pillars of resonance

Listen
Drink

I walk between resonant healing chambers
Limestone vibrational translators
Twenty-four karat gold
Monoatomic elevation
Mind awakens greater
Not dark
Not gloom
Not tombs
Not doomed
Not the small-minded myths they consume
Eastern sun-fire
Wrap my soul in radiant gold
(Ormus)
Liquid wisdom drip slow
Ancient stories unfold
As I
Drink

Drink it on down
Let it reveal who you are
Transport yourself past the farthest star
Erendell
You will see
More glorious and luminous
As you were meant to be

Take a sip
Drink it down
The journey made way through resonant sound
You'll feel
You'll see
More glorious and luminous
As you were meant to be

Quenching this ancient weary soul
Ahhhhh
The pineal blooms

Photo receptors widen
Pupils open toward the moon
Ancient wisdom burns inside me
Like the fusion of the sun
A mere beam
A photon leaves
Between picosecond ticks
Splitting the sundial's dreams
I drift
Weightless
Consciousness untied
Floating through dimensions
On harmonic tides

Drink it on down
Let it reveal who you are
Transport yourself past the farthest star
Erendell
You will see
More glorious and luminous
As you were meant to be
Take a sip
Drink it down
The journey made way through resonant sound
You'll feel
You'll see
More glorious and luminous
As you were meant to be

Escaping gravitational prisons
Of selfishness and fear
Transported interdimensionally
Awakened
Aware
Clear
Journey
I
Return to origin
The destination once hidden
Inside the womb
Radially vibrating
My spirit opens
Blooms

Drink it on down
Let it reveal who you are
Transport yourself past the farthest star
Erendell
You will see
More glorious and luminous
As you were meant to be
Take a sip
Drink it down
The journey made way through resonant sound
You'll feel
You'll see
More glorious and luminous
As you were meant to be

The book of wisdom opens
Page one
I navigate with perfect sine
Across infinite spacetime
Approaching in phase
With unwavering amplitude
Vibrating truth
Sinus rhythms
Pulsating in your ear

Look up
Listen
And follow signs

Watchillie

Erendell is a story from the perspective of an ancient Egyptian Pharaoh. He uses the wisdom and science of the times to transport his consciousness out to the farthest known star in the observable universe - Erendell
Erendell was inspired by imagination, possibility, and the worlds that exist beyond everyday reality.

The song celebrates creativity and the ability to envision something greater than what currently exists.

Erendell functions as a symbolic destination.

It represents hope, aspiration, and the pursuit of ideals.

The song explores humanity's tendency to dream beyond present circumstances and the power those dreams have to inspire action.

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infinite vibration

Watchillie…
Yeah…
Infinite vibration…
One breath…
One sound…
One mind…

Leaning into the afternoon sea breeze
Arms free, prone aside, soul at ease
I rest anxious memories on observation
Watching shallow waves move in meditation
Sapphire sky capsized across the tide
Blue above, blue below, truth inside
The sparrow sings in syllables of light
And I pause between the verses of flight
Eucalyptus laughing in jubilation
Butterflies rise in cloud formation
Insects buzz with purpose and placement
Every small life holds sacred arrangement
Cat tails brush where the waters bend
Painting soft strokes where horizons blend
Everything moves with quiet persuasion
One world breathing infinite vibration

I hear one sound
One breath through creation
One light, one soul
Infinite vibration
I feel one pulse
One sacred translation
One life, one love
Infinite vibration

Pausing, listening, calm rhythm conducts
Mountain lines in the distance interrupt
My thoughts dissolve where the skyline stands
Time slips softly through open hands
Warm radiance spreads through my chest
Tenderness whispers, “be still, rest”
Leaves fall like silk through afternoon air
Each one a prayer from branches bare
Dragonflies hover like questions in motion
Over still waters of inward devotion
Deep within, I hear what they ask
Is the soul the face or merely the mask?
I close my eyes and drift in concert
Closer to one, away from hurt
Clear and true, the spirit is sustained
Where sunlight heals what sorrow named

I hear one sound
One breath through creation
One light, one soul
Infinite vibration
I feel one pulse
One sacred translation
One life, one love
Infinite vibration

Exhale deeper through time
Spiral back through the mind
Past the weight, past frustration
On a wave of rhythmic sensation
Long grass bows to the earth
Stillness reveals rebirth
One voice in quiet rotation
Infinite vibration

Escaping this sullen black hole within
I ride the rhythm where breath begins
Further, deeper, beyond separation
Closer toward unified perfection
The sound of grass, the hush of trees
The sacred math inside the breeze
The breath between molecules speaks
Not loud, not proud, but complete
A colorful image formed from sound
A truth too deep to be written down
No crown, no throne, no domination
Just soul aligned with creation
And in that moment I finally see
The world outside is inside me
An everlasting image, pure foundation
The face of infinite vibration

I hear one sound
One breath through creation
One light, one soul
Infinite vibration
I feel one pulse
One sacred translation
One life, one love
Infinite vibration

One breath…
One sound…
One creation…
Infinite vibration…
Infinite Vibration was meant to describe the experience of a transitive state when someone enters into a deep meditative state. 

It paints a picture of someone focusing inward and achieving the ability to sense and feel all vibration within the universe and actually *feel* connected to everything.
Infinite Vibration was inspired by the idea that everything in existence is connected through energy, influence, and movement.

The song reflects on interconnectedness and the ripple effects of our actions.

Vibration becomes a metaphor for influence.

Every thought, action, and interaction generates consequences that extend beyond immediate awareness.

The song suggests that even small acts can create meaningful changes throughout a larger system.

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lunar destiny

Up high
I chase the sun into the sea
Watchillie

Up high I chase the sun into the sea
Wading through echoes of star-light
I am the shadow
Cradling the dawn
Kissed by memories of silent beginnings
Admiring the color prism of solar winds
Warm frigid poles glow in radiant harmony
A victim of solar expansion
I steer the course
Birthed from the instant
Yet I exist to infinity

Because I watch
I see
All wisdom timelessly
A shining light
Abiding presence
Faithfully
Trustworthy
I shine for all to see
I am the rock
Your guiding lunar destiny

Formed by the thought
I create the tide
Rising rhythmic waves in synchrony
With Halley's comet’s tail
Protector of night
Surrounded by an army of fallen stars
I reflect the sun’s wisdom
Upon the innocent
The frail
Though freed to luminate unrestricted
I remain captured by pre-destiny
A path pre-laid
Unshakable
Unbreakable
My will
Your wish
My journey remains
Protector and keeper

Because I watch
I see
All wisdom timelessly
A shining light
Abiding presence
Faithfully
Trustworthy
I shine for all to see
I am the rock
Your guiding lunar destiny


Shine
Glow
Shine
Recognize and see
Me free
Your destiny

A grain sifted through cosmic plasma
Respect earned through power
And surviving meteor showers

A call to arms summons me
As I remain in pride
Across the sky toward the horizon
In tomorrow’s hands
I’m here
Exalted high

Because I watch
I see
All wisdom timelessly
A shining light
Abiding presence
Faithfully
Trustworthy
I shine for all to see
I am the rock
Your guiding lunar destiny

I’m here
To rise
Advise
It’s why I came
Always remain
I’m here
I see you
But I’m here
Always watching over

Watchillie

Lunar Destiny is written with the voice of The Moon. 

In this narrative, the moon shares its observations, wisdom, guidance and light that it bestows upon humanity and also attempts to teach.
Lunar Destiny explores curiosity, exploration, and humanity's enduring fascination with what lies beyond the horizon.

The moon becomes both destination and symbol.

The lunar journey represents aspiration.

The song examines the tension between comfort and discovery, asking what humanity gains by pursuing the unknown.

Its deeper message is that exploration changes the explorer as much as the destination itself.

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mars


We were born
beneath one sky
But made
to chase another

I watched you staring upward through the city light
Dreaming of worlds that waited somewhere in the night
Small in your bodies but giant inside your minds
Building a future one failure at a time

You learned from fire, from pressure, from gravity
You turned your fear into fuel and reality
Now every heartbeat is calling you to depart
Leaving the ground but carrying home in your heart

Every breath you take out there is earned
Every bridge you cross was once unlearned
When the dark is deep and hope feels far
Thats when you remember who you are

Journey through stars
Carry our scars
Far from the world we know
Into the red
Facing the dead
Stand where no one has stood

We are alive
We will survive
No sky can bury our soul
Journey to Mars
Bring the impossible home

The cold will test you, the silence cuts like steel
The miles between you and Earth become too real
Storms in the distance, dust in the atmosphere
Still you keep moving because you were made for here

No perfect pathway, no promise you return
Only the courage inside you that had to burn
You leave behind every version that feared the fall
Out in the void you discover the strength of all

When systems fail and the signal breaks
When doubt is loud and your whole frame shakes
When all you have is the will to move
Thats when the human in you breaks through

Journey through stars
Carry our scars
Far from the world we know
Into the red
Facing the dead
Stand where no one has stood

We are alive
We will survive
No sky can bury our soul
Journey to Mars
Bring the impossible home

I never made the mountain
for you to stay below it
I never made the ocean
for you to fear the motion
I gave you wonder
So you would move
I gave you distance
So you would prove

You were born to rise
Born to climb
Born to leave the edge of time
You were born to break the line
Touch the dust
And make the stars align

Journey through stars
Carry our scars
Far from the world we know
Into the red
Raise up your head
Stand where no one has stood

We are alive
We will survive
No sky can bury our soul
Journey to Mars
Bring the impossible home

One small world
One long road
One more horizon
to go
Mars was written with the vision of interplanetary travel to MARS, and the human desire to explore.
Mars was inspired by adventure, ambition, and the desire to push beyond established boundaries.

The song reflects humanity's relentless drive to explore new frontiers.

Mars functions as a symbol of possibility.

The planet represents challenges that seem impossible until someone attempts them.

The song explores courage, innovation, and the willingness to pursue goals that others may consider unrealistic.

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reverberation



Wake up each day
Put on my nike shoes
New start
Tryna outrun the blues

Watchillie

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Wake up each day
Put on my nike shoes
A new start
Tryna outrun the blues

Crashed the car
Yeah, the one to drive
When questions came
The blame was mine

I thought I tried
I thought it seemed
The destination known
Not obscene

Clear of mind
Clear intent
But cause-al-uh-tee
Birthed dissidence and contempt

---


So I step
Left right
Yet it’s coming back around again

Change
Try
Fight
It’s coming back around again

Forward
Back
Yet
It’s coming back around again

Can’t escape regret
When it’s waiting to begin again

---


Sun is rising
I’m trying, I’m dying to move
Trying to step
In some brand new shoes

Echoes of malfeasance
Reverberate
Resonate inside my skull
And mutate

Constricting capillaries
Pupils dilate
Light sears the retina
Migraine pulsates

I thought I tried
I thought it seemed
The destination known
Not obscene

Clear of mind
Clear intent
But cause-al-uh-tee
Birthed dissidence and contempt

---


So I step
Left right
Yet it’s coming back around again

Change
Try
Fight
It’s coming back around again

Forward
Back
Yet
It’s coming back around again

Can’t escape regret
When it’s waiting to begin again

---


It’s going down
Coming back around

I lost the crown
Coming back around

Knees to the ground
I hear the sound

Same old wheel
Same old town

But I breathe
Then I choose
I can’t erase it
But I can move

---


I thought I tried
I thought it seemed
The destination known
Not obscene

Clear of mind
Clear intent
But cause-al-uh-tee
Birthed dissidence and contempt

But now I make anew
Keep it from coming back around again

I’ve seen the proof
Keep it from coming back around again

Choose thought
Not aloof
Keep it from coming back around again

A new dawn begins
As I’m stepping off the wheel to win

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They say what’s past is prologue

They say people never change

But closed-minded stagnation
Is the superhighway to depression

Take charge

Move the rook

Reset

Make a new session

Watchillie

Reverberation is a story of regret. It is a story of how it can often seem that the past comes back around to haunt us.


Reverberation was inspired by the lasting effects people have on one another.

The song examines how words, actions, and experiences continue echoing long after the original moment has passed

The reverberation metaphor highlights consequence and influence.

Every interaction leaves traces that continue outward beyond our immediate awareness.

The song encourages listeners to consider the lasting impact of seemingly small moments.

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shipwrecked

Capsized
In the still quiet of the ocean deep
Disoriented as time slows
All sense of direction fades to sound
Violently tossed end over end
Air pockets bubble upward
It’s me they uplift
Surround enshroud
Suffocating
I feel my soul dissipate
Preparing to dance among the stars
Surrounded by the viscous life-force essence

Pressure within
Labors the question
Of my seemingly insignificant existence

As it’s here I search for clarity
In the amniotic fluid of life

She rocks me
She rolls me
Caressing
She owns me

Whistling to her I beg
Surviving
Shipwrecked

Ooooooh
Shipwrecked
Ooooooh

Rise up beneath the blanket
Of infinite sky
A buoy I sway
Struggling to breathe

My life
Rests on the shoulder of the moment
Surrounded by the deafening crash
Of oceanic waves

Wading through this deep oily pit
Of self doubt
Decades of memories replay through my mind

Focusing inward
Perseverant attempts
To expand
Take in a new breath
A new beginning
A new second chance

As it’s here I search for clarity
In the amniotic fluid of life

She rocks me
She rolls me
Caressing
She owns me

Whistling to her I beg
Surviving
Shipwrecked

She rocks me
Rolls me
Moves me
Woos me

Soothes me
Bathes me
Sustains me
Saves me

Acceptance fills lungs with new life
New energy

Alas
I have surfaced to the sun
Her warm comforting smile

I float with hope and purpose
Surrendering hopelessness
Breathing resilience

My soul resonates
Never
Never say die

She rocks me
She rolls me
Caressing
She owns me

Whistling to her I beg
Surviving
Shipwrecked

No longer enslaved
To self persecution

No longer hopelessly pleading
The deities for sanctity
As I em-plore

Surrounded by the songs of dolphins
Protectors
Leading and guiding me home

Guiding me
Along the path of seagulls
Ashore

I’ve survived

Watchillie

Shipwreck was written while imagining someone on a sailboat that capsized somewhere in the pacific ocean down by Australia. The narrator feels hopless until they surrender and begin to look for signs of life. They eventually notice all the ocean animals and birds, and eventually are able to find an island sanctuary.
Shipwrecked explores loss, uncertainty, and the challenge of rebuilding after life's plans have fallen apart.

The song reflects on resilience during periods of emotional or personal upheaval.

The shipwreck symbolizes disruption.

The loss of direction.

The collapse of certainty.

Yet the song is ultimately not about destruction but survival.

Its message suggests that new beginnings often emerge from situations that initially appear hopeless.

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The 59

Watchillie

In the crisp darkness of twelve
I cup tears from a saddened moon
Preparing to depart

The sound of raindrops
Felt
Stroking me as I sink

Falling faster
Into the shadow of stagnation
A breath halted
As time stops at the fifty-nine

It seems the more I try to fly
I can’t make it past the nine
As I’m still waiting
It keeps me laden

It seems the more I fight to move
The more I have to prove
As I’m still waiting
For the hand to come around again

Wandering through time
The road blurs from memories
Passing before wishful eyes

Riding in the direction of salvation
As the road zig-zags and curves
Progress lost amidst the foggy blur

The origin sign
Seen in a sigh
As I am still trapped
Once again
Back at the fifty-nine

It seems the more I try to fly
I can’t make it past the nine
As I’m still waiting
It keeps me laden

It seems the more I fight to move
The more I have to prove
As I’m still waiting
For the hand to come around again

Understanding that it’s relative
Time

Understanding truth
The origin
Can satiate

But the battle rages on
The mind and emotions
Who’s the victor
Who’s the chosen

I am conflicted by restriction
As the solution becomes addiction
To escape

The nine into infinity

It seems the more I try to fly
I can’t make it past the nine
As I’m still waiting
It keeps me laden

It seems the more I fight to move
The more I have to prove
As I’m still waiting
For the hand to come around again

Chained before the emperor
Tears wept
Lost in vain

The coliseum cheers for death
Hungry for a bloodbath

Strewn far and wide
Hands fall
As I see eyes in the sickle

Dreams stolen
The true wrong
The true crime

As here a bliss is lost
In the moment
Kept

Shackled before darkness
As the quill remains still

The next chapter unwritten
As the hand moves not
At the fifty-nine

It seems the more I try to fly
I can’t make it past the nine
As I’m still waiting
It keeps me laden

It seems the more I fight to move
The more I have to prove
As I’m still waiting
For the hand to come around again

Still waiting
Still breathing
Still here

Watchillie
The 59 was written imagining being trapped in time. Being stuck in a place where  you are watching the clock and the minute hand stops at The 59th second.

The 59 was inspired by journeys, memories, and the roads that connect significant moments in our lives.

The song reflects on how travel often becomes intertwined with personal transformation.

The route serves as a metaphor for life's progression.

Different exits, turns, and destinations symbolize choices and opportunities.

The song explores how seemingly ordinary paths can become deeply meaningful through experience.

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willow

Breathe

Yeah
Watchillie

Slow down

Lying beneath the willow tree
Sunlight dripping all over me
Over me
Cirrus clouds rolling peacefully
Soft winds speaking in poetry
This tale revealed
A life evolving
Mind revolving
Soul dissolving
Into the union
Sky and ocean
Thoughts drift slow in floating motion
Morning breath thick with passion
Calla lilies brushing past me
Past me
Old fears fading slowly backward
Warmth finally relaxing

Release yourself
Let it rise
Follow monarch wings up high
Up high
Release yourself
Let it breathe
Drift into tranquility

No sorrow here
No spiraling down
No darkness pulling beneath the ground
Just reflection
Soft connection
A quiet form of resurrection
Exhale now
Past present future
Everything moving through ya
Through ya
Nerves electrified by inspiration
Feather quill across sensation
Memories stitched like woven fabric
Pain transforming into creation

Release release
One breath
One voice
One moment suspended in choice

Listen
Long grass swaying
Earth vibrating
Every living thing relating
Relating
I release
I surrender
I allow

Release yourself
Let it rise
Follow monarch wings up high
Higher
Release yourself
Let it breathe
Drift into tranquility

Felt in the rising warmth
I realize
Tomorrow already lives inside us
Inside us
Release yourself

Watchillie

Willow was inspired by resilience, grace, and adaptability.

Like the willow tree that bends without breaking, the song reflects on strength expressed through flexibility rather than force.

The nebula represents both creation and possibility.

Stars emerge from cosmic clouds just as ideas, identities, and futures emerge from uncertain

The willow serves as a symbol of emotional resilience.

The song explores how true strength often involves adaptation rather than resistance.

Rather than fighting every storm, the willow survives by learning how to move with it.

The deeper lesson is that endurance is often rooted in wisdom rather than power.


The song suggests that what appears chaotic may actually contain the seeds of transformation.


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riding the tide

Coastal waves crash
Against memories in black sand
An eastern ocean breeze embraces uncertain life
Sunrays illuminate footstepped rivers of shadows
Cauliflower clouds trace the sky
Surrounded by a morning symphony
Winds carry the herring-gull song
Entranced as I watch
Effortless they glide
As all I feel is my heartbeat
In synchronicity with the tide

I am only
One breath beneath forever
Harbored within
The womb of black sands
Within her I merge
No longer just a man

Male:
Time is standing still
Female:
Freedom
Male:
I feel freedom
Female:
Freedom
Male:
Arms to the sky
Female:
Higher
Male:
I feel freedom
Female:
Freedom
Male:
My breath
Female:
My breath
Male:
The breeze
Female:
The breeze
Together
I'm riding the tide
Cause it's here
I'm alive

This union between darkness and dawn
The horizon unveils the line
Her warmth ignites desire
Rejuvenates my soul with light
Each salted inhale feeds me
Nourishing what was once parched
Each exhale washes away tarred memories
Humbled beneath this sky

I am only
One breath beneath forever
Harbored within
The womb of black sands
Within her I merge
No longer just a man

Male:
Time is standing still
Female:
Freedom
Male:
I feel freedom
Female:
Freedom
Male:
Arms to the sky
Female:
Higher
Male:
I feel freedom
Female:
Freedom
Male:
My breath
Female:
My breath
Male:
The breeze
Female:
The breeze
Together
I'm riding the tide
Cause it's here
I'm alive

Serenity
My reality
Embraced by this resting glow
Ascending toward timelessness
Beneath a colorful canvas of stars
Indigo
I float
I roam
Each rotation feeds clarity
Anesthetized from pain
Enormity consumes
She anchors
She tames
This mind once manic
Bathed clean
Re-made

Male:
Time is standing still
Female:
Freedom
Male:
I feel freedom
Female:
Freedom
Male:
Arms to the sky
Female:
Higher
Male:
I feel freedom
Female:
Freedom
Male:
My breath
Female:
My breath
Male:
The breeze
Female:
The breeze
Together
I'm riding the tide
Cause it's here

This won't end
This can't end
This won't end
Remain
Contain
This won't end
This can't end
This won't end
This clarity I need

I am only
One breath beneath forever
Harbored within
The womb of black sands
Within her I merge
No longer just a man

Male:
Time is standing still
Female:
Freedom
Male:
I feel freedom
Female:
Freedom
Male:
Arms to the sky
Female:
Higher
Male:
I feel freedom
Female:
Freedom
Male:
My breath
Female:
My breath
Male:
The breeze
Female:
The breeze
Together
I'm riding the tide
Cause it's here
I'm alive

Uplifted by the breeze
Infused
Cleansed
Of yesterday's indignation
Serene
Within the tepid blue
Reborn
Renewed
I choose
This moment in time
This second
I savor
I am
Just a breath
Beneath forever
A life upon these sands
I step forth
Alive
I'm
No longer
Just
A
Man

I'm no longer
Just a man
I'm no longer
Just a man
Freedom
Freedom
Freedom
Rise
Towards freedom
Rise
Towards freedom
Breathe
Belong
Forever
Freedom
Freedom
Beneath sapphire skies
I'm no longer
Just a man
I'm here
I've always been here
Freedom
I'm no longer
Just a man
Watchillie

Riding the Tide was inspired by one quiet morning while listening to birds outside my window. In that moment I imagined standing alone on a warm black sand beach before sunrise, surrounded by the rhythm of the ocean, the morning breeze, and the effortless songs of seabirds. As the waves erased footprints from the shore, I was reminded how temporary our worries can be when viewed against something far greater than ourselves.


The song became a meditation on presence. Rather than searching for freedom somewhere in the future, it explores the idea that freedom can be found by fully inhabiting the present moment. The ocean, the wind, the sand, and the rising sun become symbols of renewal, gently washing away fear, regret, and the emotional weight we often carry through life.


One line became the philosophical center of the song:


"I am only one breath beneath forever."


To me, this represents humility and perspective. Human life is brief, yet every breath connects us to something timeless. The recurring image of riding the tide is not about surrendering to defeat, but trusting the natural currents of life instead of constantly struggling against them.


As the song progresses, the relationship between the male and female voices evolves. The male voice reflects the individual experience, while the female harmonies gradually become an extension of nature itself, almost as if the ocean, the breeze, and the earth are quietly responding. By the outro, the human voice begins to fade while nature remains, suggesting that the world continues its timeless rhythm long after our own thoughts have become still.


The closing declaration, "I'm no longer just a man," is not about becoming something greater than human. Instead, it expresses the realization that we are part of something infinitely larger than ourselves. In that awareness, the boundaries between self and nature begin to dissolve, leaving only gratitude, stillness, and the quiet freedom that has been present all along.


Riding the Tide is an invitation to pause, breathe deeply, and remember that sometimes the greatest healing doesn't come from changing the world around us, but from allowing ourselves to become fully present within it.


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Sebayt Sessions is a collection of musical conversations exploring wisdom, resilience, curiosity, connection, and the lessons hidden within life's journeys. Through reflection and storytelling, the album invites listeners to consider not only where they are going, but what they are learning along the way.

Throughout Sebayt Sessions, wisdom is portrayed not as certainty but as continual discovery.

Recurring themes include:

Human connection
Reflection
Exploration
Growth
Legacy
Curiosity
Perseverance
Wonder

Many songs focus on journeys rather than destinations.

Physical journeys become emotional journeys.

Historical journeys become personal journeys.

The album suggests that understanding often emerges not from arriving somewhere new but from learning to see familiar things differently.

At its heart, Sebayt Sessions is about learning from life itself.