Classic love story true to his western tx roots. One of my favorites as a story, but I think there are alot of songs that are amazing not even listed on this site. I guess I should figure out how to add them, because I have about 8 REK cd's.
Daybreak, wind is blowing strong
No escape, caught on a reef in the storm
Castaway, licking his cracked lips sore
Patient, waits, hoping the rats reach the shore? yeah? yeah
Yesterday, seems a lifetime now
Remembering, those he left and how
Out in space, laughing at all below
Island stage, plays to his thoughts and ego? yeah? yeah
Dusk fall, fading sun, no fire light
Memories amplify his plight
Gathering, searching for shelter above
Feel the sting, choking on hoarded love? yeah? yeah
Thin, cold, tired? castaway
No escape, caught on a reef in the storm
Castaway, licking his cracked lips sore
Patient, waits, hoping the rats reach the shore? yeah? yeah
Yesterday, seems a lifetime now
Remembering, those he left and how
Out in space, laughing at all below
Island stage, plays to his thoughts and ego? yeah? yeah
Dusk fall, fading sun, no fire light
Memories amplify his plight
Gathering, searching for shelter above
Feel the sting, choking on hoarded love? yeah? yeah
Thin, cold, tired? castaway
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Castaway Lyrics as written by Jake Miller Jordan Witzigreuter
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Like a lot of the other comments are saying, I think this mainly about voyeurism. If the song was about his girlfriend, then why would he use the word spy. If you are a spy it means you shouldn't be caught, that is kind of the whole point, and if you are a voyeur, the whole point of the pleasure you get from it, is the fact that the other people don't know you are watching them. See a bit of a connection there?
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This song seemingly tackles the methods of deception those who manipulate others use to get victims to follow their demands, as well as diverting attention away from important issues. They'll also use it as a means to convince people to hate or kill others by pretending acts of terrorism were committed by the enemy when the acts themselves were done by the masters of control to promote discrimination and hate. It also reinforces the idea that these manipulative forces operate in various locations, infiltrating everyday life without detection, and propagate any and everywhere.
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This is about Jerry feeling cut adrift from his former life as a "rock star" (the "shore"), something he'd always wanted, eventually found, but was then cut loose,"castaway" like an a boat in a storm.
He used to be on his island stage, all full of himself (ego), laughing at the audiences at his shows ("Don't you wish you were me?"), indulging in all the various excesses of that life. But now he's all alone, full stop, friends and family members are dead, things have spun out of control, and his own drug addiction has taken over his life. Making things worse are his memories of Layne, how he treated him (and never got to apologize or say goodbye), and what he had before things came to a crashing halt. There's a difference knowing that something is coming to an end and having it actually happen. Jerry was well aware (as he had said in interviews) that his band was coming to an end, and Layne was choosing slow suicide, but now that it had all actually happened, he was completely lost.
There's actually a video on YT of Jerry at some festival in California--he mentions it's the first time he'd been out and about for months, and lemme tell you--he looked TERRIBLE. Haggard, thin/gaunt, forcing a smile, coke-driven chatter, a former shell of himself. It was quite scary to see. Things had really caught up with him.