
Floating Amongst the Stars
by TomboFry
released 2024-04-26
About this album
I can't believe I spent 3 years recording this album (very inconsistently!).
It's been the strangest time - this was originally going to be an album about daydreaming and feeling alone while stuck in my house during lockdown, but as time progressed I learnt more about myself and started to actually understand these feelings. While themes of daydreaming are still ever present throughout, I eventually realised quite late into the process that I'm actually just singing about autism, ADHD, and gender dysphoria. That's right, I've got the full wombo combo, and maybe I'll speak about it more one day in the future.
Tracks 8, 9, and 10 are more lighthearted fun, and have much less to do with the overarching theme, but they're songs I'm still really proud of and would love for you to hear. Fun fact, back in 2018 on a livestream I once said I'd eventually make a proper song about cats, and here we finally are!
All lyrics, instruments, vocals, production by TomboFry (now moonfloof).
I had some help and inspiration with the lyrics on tracks 8-11, from someone who goes by Papaya. He didn't want any credit but he's a wonderful person and I couldn't just not!
Artwork by ✨ Sleepiest Designs ✨
6. Every Waking Moment
Duration
07:35Lyrics
Every waking moment
Misshapen and I'm tired
A vacant feeling lingers on my mind
Staring at the pavement
Can't bear to look around
For fear of what the other people find
Something's got to change
A life can re-arrange
But I am scared that I cannot rewind
Dread now towers over
I'm just trying to fuel the fire
Wondering what hope I can see
High up in the mountains
And deep within a city
Is the answer staring back at me?
Or is it already there?
Am I unaware?
Locked away and I just need the key
I'm free
to get it wrong
We're free
to sing along
Picking up the pieces
To find they're all re-wired
Trying to put them back just how I found
A new communication
A new chance to survive
I'm treading lightly on unsteady ground
And now I'm rearranged
This doesn't feel so strange
Now my voice is finally safe and sound
I'm free
To get it wrong
We're free
To sing along
I'm free
To get it wrong
We all need
To belong
Happiness is in the air
I'm floating up again
And now I never want to come down
I'm free
To get it wrong
We're free
To sing along
I'm free
To get it wrong
We all need
To belong