Story Behind The Song

When Helene hit, no amount of sandbags stopped the river from swallowing our living rooms. We watched our coffee tables float as throw pillows made little islands, and we could only sit on kitchen counters, feel like Titanic, and wait for the water to recede. Never has the Hillsborough risen like that. Never in my entire life. And it wasn't even a direct hit. Would it have been better to be somewhere else? Maybe...Maybe that was a bad gamble, but we had braved decades of false alarms. Then the looming Milton...the insult to injury right after we had rebuilt our walls... would we stay? We did the best we could - and just prepared it all over again.

Song Description

Florida-natives gamble about evacuating hurricanes. They board up, fill up, and more often than not, brave the wind with local loved ones. This is a sample of scenarios you'd witness through the storms.?

Lyrics

Trial By wind and rain sentencing my home state
Neighbors evacuate, but I'll be damned to leave this place

Stock up then sit and wait, glued to storm path updates
Fill up the tub and sink, pour us a doomsday drink

We did the best we can
Boards up, candles burning
We hear the wind howling
Come here and hold my hand, storm dancing

Sandbags built up like walls, while power lines all fall
Sideways rain at our door, but we've been here before

Doing the best we can
Blanket fort building
As the eye moves in
We can't control the wind, storm dancing

We did the best we can
But nature always wins
Remaining hand in hand
We can rebuild again

Trial By wind and rain, sentencing my home state
Neighbors evacuate, but I'll be damned to leave this place

Playlist Creator	Playlist Name	Date Added
Lyfe Concierge Publishing	BEST SONGS ON BROADJAM	3/3/2025