Unaware of what or why I was writing, I wrote "Rolling Waves Of Blue" the week before my brother Andy’s death. I thought it was strange that I’d written a song about surrender and death—until I received a phone call early on Sunday morning, September 9th, 2018.
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"Rolling Waves Of Blue" is out now everywhere 👇
🎧 Spotify
📻 Bandcamp
📺 YouTube
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A huge thank you to community radio across Australia and independent radio in Ireland for giving these quiet acoustic songs such a warm home over the last few weeks.
Recorded live in a makeshift Sydney home studio—one acoustic guitar, a few mics, and zero overdubs—"Rolling Waves of Blue” is the 2nd single from my forthcoming solo album, Blue Shadows & Golden Light (Monochromatic Edition), releasing Wednesday, Dec 16, 2026.
Rolling Waves Of Blue
I followed the river
Down to the sea
An’ from here to the horizon
It’s just the rolling waves an’ me
An’ I go rolling in, into those rolling waves of blue
Into those rolling waves of blue
I surrender to the riptide
An’ submit to the undertow
Solid ground is just a memory
From when I had somewhere else to go
An’ I go rolling in, into those rolling waves of blue
Into those rolling waves of blue
Into those rolling waves blue
Into those rolling waves of blue
I followed the river
An’ the river followed me
An’ from here to the horizon
It’s just those rolling waves, blue
It’s just those rolling waves of blue
An’ I go rolling in to the blue
Into those rolling waves, rolling waves
Into those rolling waves, rolling waves
Into those rolling waves of blue
Written by: Rory Faithfield