ZeCoop says:
What an absolute honor to work with Kelly on this song (we are still discussing different things about it and I've since added piano). When we first talked about maybe changing the structure, first off, it is hard, since I record my instruments live and can't just shuffle as one does with midi) and second, it's FAWM and I likely didn't have time. I had a feeling there was something else, though and when I posted it I realized why I had composed it the way I did. It all worked out and I could not possibly be happier with the song. Kelly just absolutely nailed the essence of this song. I listened to it about 10 times in a row as I drove somewhere on Sunday and it broke me up every time. The lyrics can be interpreted different ways, and I interpreted it a different way than most perhaps, based on my emotions. It meant a LOT to me that she had crafted the song the way she did. It's incredible to me, and I can't thank her enough. 😀
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I didn't really process this song in my mind until I thought about naming it, while in the car to a funeral visitation for a friend's mom. There's been far too much of that for me this year, and as I listened to the song in my head I realized that the mood of the song shifts up and down, kind of like my emotional state in the last month and a half. Generally moody, but with periods of both sadness
and happiness mixed in. The cycle of the song starts and ends moody with emotional swings both ways in the middle.
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So I wrote this one after coming home from work a couple days ago, when i saw my 1960's Silvertone Parlour guitar on the wall and realized I hadn't used it yet. I got it for $25 3-4 years ago off Craigslist and it sounds and plays so differently than my regular acoustics. The first acoustic riff in this song was pretty much the first thing i played and the rest of the song came pretty quickly. I had an idea how i wanted the structure to be and figured out parts, but when I went to record the Silvertone just wasn't full enough for what I wanted it to sound like. Lush and wide... I tried to record it that night, but specific picking patterns are hard for me and I couldn't get it right when the record button was pushed so I shelved it.

The next day after work it went well and I recorded my 6-string and 12-string acoustics, followed by one of my electric guitars. Add a bunch of shakers (4) and a couple of cymbals and it's ready to be my number 14. 😀

Kellyanne:
So, my path through this piece wasn’t as straight and narrow as with @slawbleu’s Sundazzle (or with my pal Garry’s - @gm7 still a WIP! Kristian did basically EVERYTHING on our collab, so my part was super easy. And my tune with @nancyrost was pure synergy and shazam!)

This is the most emotional song I've ever written because of how much the music made me feel. When I first heard this piece without knowing the title or the meaning behind it, I cried. A lot. It broke (or fixed) something in my heart. I’m not yet sure which.

When I tried to set the vocal rhythm to it, I felt a big resistance inside. I just couldn’t fit myself in the song structure. I worried I couldn't carry the listener for this length of song and I wanted to do a good job. I suggested a structural change, to which John rightly said “not right now”, so we both agreed it will be a post now for him but wait and see for me. 
I'm glad he said no. 😀

So he posted it as his 14th song along with a title and some liner notes about the meaning. I read the liner notes and then put the song down again. Then, at 2:30 am on Friday after a very long week at work…Shazam! I knew what to do.

@zecoop seriously laid out some sonic red carpet for me. It was so easy for me to nestle my vox in to round out the gorgeous instrumental mix he created. I originally had a compressor on my vocals, but I decided against it and used another plug in, instead, but upped the reverb on it. I will want to sing this again later, to fix some of the small mistakes and scoops - too many scoops. But I'm pretty happy with this overall.

This is a song about emotional honesty and how we cope with love, longing, loss, regret, risk, resolve…

It’s not about me. But I can understand the speaker’s perspective. I tend to use my brain to solve emotional problems. The problem with that is that I also use my brain TO CREATE THEM.

The speaker is citing new and exciting theories of the physical world to explain their heart to their beloved. (I’m not sure the water thing is 100% true, but it’s too beautiful not to use.) The other verse refers to quantum entanglement. That’s true. Even if the recipient of that love never really gets it, showing up on someone’s doorstep in the rain with this in hand might prove the point well enough to let them in again for a good while. Sometimes that’s the best we can do.

Stay - a simple word but a difficult/complex ask.


Gear:
Breedlove Atlas Stage acoustic 6 string
Tacoma DM912 acoustic 12 string
Agile AL3100 Les Paul into a Traynor YBA-1 amp (with Uni-Vibe and Reverb pedals)
Shakers: Egg, large studio, maracas and a homade shaker my daughter made years ago in school art class. 😀
Ride and crash cymbals.
Yamaha P-90 digital piano