Original song ‘Clouds’ by Laura Murray and Julian Wagner — NPR Tiny Desk Contest 2026 скачать в хорошем качестве

Original song ‘Clouds’ by Laura Murray and Julian Wagner — NPR Tiny Desk Contest 2026

Hope you enjoy our original song 'Clouds' - we really loved making this together :) ____ We wrote Clouds from a shared feeling that so many people carry — the longing to feel weightless. To exist without being pulled down by expectation, pressure, or noise. It’s about wanting to drift for a moment, to be free enough to be fully yourself, without anyone asking you to be more or less than you are. We work together daily as music educators at Keith’s Music House, and outside the studio we’ve built a creative partnership rooted in listening, trust, and musical conversation. That connection is at the heart of this performance. We’re recording this at Keith’s Music House, where we both teach and where we first met. It’s a space filled every day with students of all ages learning, growing, and finding their confidence through music, and it’s where our own musical partnership began. All of the teachers here are working instrumentalists, and when we’re not teaching, we often play together in different combinations — sometimes as a full band, and sometimes just the two of us. Laura is also a pianist and often writes and performs her songs at the piano, but Clouds felt like it needed the openness and intimacy of just voice and guitar. This room holds a lot of music, and it feels special to share this song from the place where it all started for us. _____ Lyrics Clouds I watch the world pass me by Does it notice me at all I wish I could slip through the cracks like the wind No one expecting anything but Here I am Stuck in the space between Wanting and running afraid of what I could lose If I let myself feel this Too much I wanna be weightless Drifting forever Unseen untethered I wanna be weightless Gravity's letting me go am I finally losing control I'm fallin for you Somedays I fade like a shadow Or a word someone let go too soon I could just drift and no one would see But I still feel your eyes on me Here I am Stuck in the space between sky and the silence afraid of how Far I'll fall If I let this become something Real I wanna be weightless Drifting forever Unseen untethered I wanna be weightless Gravity's letting me go am I finally losing control I'm fallin for you I wish I was written in weather Not lightning not thunder Just part of the sky Like clouds that don't beg to be seen, just Bearing the weight of the rain Don't need to shine Are you still in your head, I wish I was too I wanna be weightless Drifting forever Unseen untethered I wanna be weightless Gravity's letting me go am I finally losing control I'm fallin for you I watch the world pass me by