Blue LA
A haunting meditation on memory, loss, and the father-son bond told through the lens of a Santa Monica carousel. The shifting tempo mirrors emotional tides—childhood fear transforming into adult longing and acceptance. A cinematic ballad about learning to fly on your own.
Lyrics:
There's a carousel out on a pier
Horses grimace up and down
and round above the waves
It's a cloudy day in blue L.A.
A weekend visit, Saturday
and daddy's come to play
Take my hand
Don't be afraid anymore
You can fly high away
Into the night I'll remember
I will remember
I will remember
I'll remember you
Today is the day I ride alone
A fear of wooden horses just won't do at nine years old
But I'm frightened by the lights, the sounds
Strong hands lift me up and I take hold to a cold brass pole
Take my hand
Don't be afraid anymore
You can fly high away
Into the night I'll remember
I will remember
I will remember
I'll remember you
Round and round and round
Round and round
Round and round and round and round and round and round and round and round
Were you here now, we could laugh
About a boy who fell from a carousel
cried 'til we got home
And we could walk out on that pier
And I could finally hear how a man can fly all on his own
All on his own
And you could take my hand
Don't be afraid anymore
You can fly high away
Into the night I'll remember
I will remember
I will remember
I'll remember you
And the cloudy day in blue
On a cloudy day in blue L.A.