From my diary, the day I wrote the lyrics. This one started as a small poem, morphing into a lullaby where I cupped my hands into a quiet triplet clap and wailed out my grief that somehow kept turning into gratitude. I didn’t know where to put all the love I had for a person I wasn’t with anymore. We overstayed our welcome and it was time to end, but my broken heart still overfloweth – like big waves that I couldn’t control. This one was for me, with no intention of being on any record. But it became such a routine pacifier, I started to imagine a deeper heart (drum) beat, synth, and a lot more vocals. (Alas, my last album was a cappella, so I always imagine vocals first). My producer Alex Siegel and I didn’t care if this song sounded different than the rest on the album, we just wanted to match that lost, swirling feeling. Gratitude had to be the first song on this project. It just felt like the right way to welcome you into The Speechless Place.