Story Behind The Song

This song explores the ever-present problem of trying to live in the moment and be fully present with the ones you love the most. Musicians with families often find themselves "like two ships passing in the night" with their partners. The message of "Here and Now" is this: don't spend time worrying about the future or fretting about the past when you should just "be" with someone in the present.

Lyrics

Your boots were stuck in yesterday's mud
When I hopped on that bullet train
Speeding toward tomorrow
We're miles apart, two stranded hearts
Pushing the doubts away
Beating back the sorrow

I want to be here with you now
With a mind as clear as paradise
And heart beat twice as loud
                     
Can we find a place to meet
A sweet and peaceful in between
Face to face, cheek to cheek, here and now
Can we find a common ground
Let it go and just slow down
Heart to soul, flesh to bone
Here and now, here and now

I spend my nights in these neon lights
And your eyes never see the stars
Drowned beneath the blue skies
We might concede eventually
Blending our chemistries
And watch our dreams collide

I want to be here with you now
With a love as thick as poetry
And a sky without a cloud

Can we find a place to meet
A sweet and peaceful in between
Face to face, cheek to cheek, here and now
Can we find a common ground
Let it go and just slow down
Heart to soul, flesh to bone
Here and now, here and now

There's a calm wind on the lake where we first met
And a sunken ship that waits beneath the depths
To rise above this battleground
To rise and break the chains that hold us down

Can we find a place to meet
A sweet and peaceful in between
Face to face, cheek to cheek, here and now
Can we find a common ground
Let it go and just slow down
Heart to soul, flesh to bone
A place in time to call our own
Living only for this moment
Here and now, here and now