He has been working as a solo artist since 2003. Brad continues the Dispatch legacy by spending time building relationships, both locally and overseas, and by investing in a community of listeners who desire more than just music. His first solo album, Watchfires, was released in February 2005 on his new label Third Surfer.
Braddigan is an intense soul, a visionary living a wild and traveled life with a clear purpose of bringing people together. Music, film, family, surfing, and hanging with kids in far-away lands are his passions. Whether he's touring in the states or working on one of his projects in Central or South America, his approach is the same, it's never what you do in life, but the heart with which you do it, he offers.
Music
Braddigan has a kind of touching music. Not touching in the surface, but something deep. Today, we lack of artists that composes and plays putting all hearts and feelings on it, but this scenery started to turn up some years from now, and Braddigan is one of the artists handling the change.
Running to Stand Still
Braddigan Lyrics
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woke up from where she was
lying still
saying i gotta do something about where were going
steped on a steam train
out of the driving rain baby
run from the darkness in my mind- whoah yeah
singing
a la la light of day a la light of day
sweet the sin bitter tast
in my mouth
i see 7 towers
but i only see 1 way out
you gotta cry with out weeping
talk without speaking
scream without raising your voice
you know i took the poisin
from the poisin stream
and i floated out of here
singing
a a la la light n day
a la la light n day a la light n day
woooo oooo oooo ooo
she runs through the steets
her eyes painted red
under black belly cloud in the rain
in through doorway
she brings me those white golden peals
stolen from the sea
she is raging, she is raging
and the storm blows up in her eye
she will suffer the needle chill
shes running to stand still
im still running, im still running
im still running all the way home
im still running, im still running
im still running all the way home
oooo oooooo ooooo ooooooo
The song "Running to Stand Still" by Braddigan tells a story of a woman who wakes up and realizes she needs to change something about the course of her life. She steps onto a train to escape her troubles and runs from the darkness she feels inside her mind. The chorus of the song, "a la la light n day," gives the listener a sense of hope and optimism for this woman's journey.
The second verse of the song brings up the concept of sin and the idea that there is only one way out of the seven towers the woman sees. This is a reference to the Bible's Book of Revelation, which mentions the seven deadly sins and seven seals. The woman must cry without weeping, talk without speaking, and scream without raising her voice in order to break away from her past and escape her troubles.
The final verse focuses on the woman's physical journey through the streets, as she brings the singer white golden pearls stolen from the sea. She is raging against the storm blowing up in her eye, symbolizing the difficulties she faces along the way. She is running to stand still, which means she is doing everything in her power to keep moving forward despite the obstacles in her path.
Line by Line Meaning
so she woke up
She became aware
woke up from where she was
She awoke from a state of mind
lying still
She was motionless
saying i gotta do something about where were going
She realized she needed to change the direction of their lives
steped on a steam train
She pursued a new journey
out of the driving rain baby
She escaped from the adversity
run from the darkness in my mind- whoah yeah
She fled from her own negative thoughts
singing
She expressed herself through singing
a a la la light n day
She sang the melody 'light and day'
a la la light of day a la light of day
She sang the refrain 'light of day'
sweet the sin bitter tast in my mouth
She enjoyed the pleasure despite its consequence
i see 7 towers but i only see 1 way out
She saw many obstacles, but only one solution
you gotta cry with out weeping
She felt the need to express sorrow without tears
talk without speaking
She needed to communicate without using words
scream without raising your voice
She wanted to vent her emotions without being loud
you know i took the poisin from the poisin stream
She succeeded in overcoming the source of her problems
and i floated out of here singing
She escaped the unpleasant circumstances while still expressing herself through music
she runs through the steets
She moved quickly in the city
her eyes painted red
Her eyes showed signs of crying
under black belly cloud in the rain
The gloomy weather added to the sorrow
in through doorway
She entered a building
she brings me those white golden peals stolen from the sea
She offered something valuable that she acquired from a difficult situation
she is raging, she is raging and the storm blows up in her eye
She is furious and the emotions are overwhelming
she will suffer the needle chill
She knows that there is pain ahead
shes running to stand still
She is making an effort despite not making progress
im still running, im still running im still running all the way home
She is persevering despite facing hardships
oooo oooooo ooooo ooooooo
She hummed a melody
Contributed by Eva A. Suggest a correction in the comments below.
e k
So beautiful cover!!