“Floating Away” by Gary Dranow is more than just a tune to hum along to. Sure it’s easy to listen to, and it pulls you right away with the catchy and comforting organic music. But what holds your attention is the ethos and the pain in the lyrics. It’s when you realize the song is about grieving the love of your life whom you lost to suicide and fading away yourself as well. The narrative is woven with threads of grief, love, and the bittersweet longing for what could have been.
The Manic Emotions lightly yet emphatically express the pain through the beating of the drums. The heart-wrenching subject matter unfolds with enchanting and relaxing guitar strumming on, musically symbolizing the pain and emotion embedded in the lyrics. The backing female vocals provide a soft and sensuous vulnerability to the raw male vocals, heightening the emotional impact.
The chorus, with its haunting refrain of “floating away, he whispers to the sky,” depicts what it is like to dissociate from the world and be lost in the depths of despair, yearning to be reunited with a loved one who has departed too soon. Taken from the real-life incident of Gary Dranow’s friend, Harold Deblanc’s tragedy, the song recounts how he reunited with his friend after a decade and reconciled with him to support him through the darkest of times.
The song shows how people can heal from the worst of losses with the support of friends and family. Listen to the therapeutically affective, “Floating Away” by Gary Dranow and find your route to healing and helping.
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Review By: Naomi Joan