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The lyrics focus on a character who has abandoned all his connections and is now like driftwood - "breaking into pieces... hollow and of no use, waterfalls will find you, bind you, grind you". Driftwood is a song for the person in your life who has so much potential and, yet, doesn't use it, because they're afraid of falling on their backside ...
"Driftwood" is a 1978 single by the English progressive rock band the Moody Blues. It was the second single released from the album Octave , after " Steppin' in a Slide Zone ". Written by Justin Hayward , "Driftwood" is a slow love ballad, in a similar manner to " Nights in White Satin " and " Never Comes the Day ."
The song has been recorded by other performers. [4] The song is sometimes known by one of its verses, "Tempie let your hair roll down" [citation needed], and is the basis for the campfire song "I Wish I Was a Little Bar of Soap" [citation needed]. Natalie Wood sings two verses of the song in the 1947 film, Driftwood.
Bowman rated "Acadian Driftwood" as "one of Robertson's finest compositions, equal to anything else the Band ever recorded." [2] According to The New Rolling Stone Album Guide critic Mark Kemp, "Acadian Driftwood" is one of three songs on Northern Lights – Southern Cross, along with "Ophelia" and "It Makes No Difference," on which "Robertson reclaims his reputation as one of rock's great ...
Driftwood (band), an Americana band from Binghamton, New York; Driftwood, the project name used by the group Shocksteady to release the trance single "Freeloader" Driftwood, a 2001 album by Eddi Reader; Driftwood, a 2014 album by Wolfgang Muthspiel; Jimmy Driftwood (1897–1998), American folksinger and songwriter
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WAKEFIELD, N.H. - Four people were found dead on Christmas Day in Wakefield, New Hampshire from suspected carbon monoxide poisoning, authorities said. State Fire Marshal Sean Toomey said police ...
Octave is the ninth album by the Moody Blues (the eighth by this particular line-up), released in 1978, and their first release after a substantial hiatus following the success of the best-selling Seventh Sojourn in 1972.