Song story

Coastal Erosion

Melbourne surf pop.

Surf Rock English

At a glance

Release date
December 1, 2023
Genre
Surf Rock
Language
English
Duration
3:03

The story

About this song

Written after a summer job counting erosion markers on a beach the band used to surf. The shaker part is a jar of actual sand.

Interpretation

What the song is about

On places changing faster than memory.

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Craft and analysis

The shaker is a glass jar filled with sand from the beach in the lyrics.

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Lyrics

[Verse 1]
Coastal erosion, summer job
I counted the markers and the sand moved
The beach I learned to surf on is smaller now
Melbourne waves and markers in a row

[Chorus]
On places changing faster than memory
The shaker is a jar of actual sand
We surfed on what is slowly vanishing
And I still understand

[Verse 2]
The shaker part is real beach sand
A glass jar from the shore
I counted erosion markers all summer
And counted even more

[Chorus]
On places changing faster than memory
The shaker is a jar of actual sand
We surfed on what is slowly vanishing
And I still understand

[Bridge]
The beach I learned to surf on is smaller now
But the waves still break the same
Coastal erosion takes the sand
But not the surfing game

[Chorus]
On places changing faster than memory
The shaker is a jar of actual sand
We surfed on what is slowly vanishing
And I still understand

[Outro]
Coastal erosion
Summer job

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