From the recording Andrew Stonehome

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“When You're Leaving”, is written from the perspective of a person who is encouraging someone that they love to follow their need to leave in order to grow.

For some reason, I always knew that part of growing up for me would include the need to leave the place that I was from in order to become the person that I wanted to become. Because of that, the idea of the hero's journey has always resonated with me. The hero sets off, faces their fears in order to become the person that they need to become, and then returns home to share their gifts. So after finishing college, I moved to the Pacific Northwest where I now live.

I’m still in the early stages of my journey and the dragons that I need to slay are mostly my own; namely my inner critic who’s seldom satisfied and whose voice has overshadowed the voice of my inner child who wants to express himself creatively. Creating music as a way of expressing myself is something I’ve wanted to do since I was young, and I’ve finally worked up the courage to begin charting my own course through the stormy sea.

As a person who has a need to chart my own course, I’m aware of the impact that this need to leave can have on the people who love you, whether it’s a parent, a partner, a friend, or a child. It can be challenging to let somebody that you love leave, even if you know that it’s what’s best for them.

As with all of the songs on my debut album, I wrote, performed, recorded and mixed myself it in my 104 year-old house.

Lyrics

When you’re leaving believe in me  
I believe in you leaving me
When you leave it will set you free  
Oh-oh-oh
Oh-oh-oh
Oh-oh-oh  

When you come to the open sea  
Then you look back so quietly  
In a moment you’ll soon be free  
Oh-oh-oh 
Oh-oh-oh 
Oh-oh-oh  

Ride wild horses  
Stand before us  
You have come so far  
Live your own dream   
You won’t need me  
You were meant to fly  

When you’re leaving you turn to me  
In your eyes I can start to see  
We’re a page in your history  
Oh-oh-oh
Oh-oh-oh
Oh-oh-oh

When you’re writing your next big scene   
With your name on the grand marquee  
You’ll find places we’ll never see  
Oh-oh-oh 
Oh-oh-oh 
Oh-oh-oh  

Ride wild horses  
Stand before us  
You have come so far  
Live your own dream   
You won’t need me  
You were meant to fly  

When you’re writing the final scene   
If the road leads you back to me  
It’s your moment to set me free 
Oh-oh-oh
Oh-oh-oh
Oh-oh-oh
Oh-oh-oh
Oh-oh-oh
Oh-oh-oh