I wrote this song after my first long-term relationship ended. It was interesting looking back at my younger self and taking a more detached perspective on this very emotional time of my life.
The song came out of that strange in-between state: trying to distract myself, trying to think less, while every feeling kept circling back anyway. There was guilt in it, because I was the one who made the decision. There was anger too, and grief, and gratitude, and a kind of emotional exhaustion that made me wish for nothing more than one quiet moment without all of it pressing in at once.
What I still love about this song is how direct it is. It doesn’t try to be clever. It doesn’t hide. It simply says what it feels.
The original version was much more open and theatrical, with free piano, horn, and orchestral textures carrying the emotional weight. You might say it carried more pathos 😉. This new version keeps that heart, but gives it more shape and movement without losing the rawness.
It feels like a memory of standing in the middle of too many emotions at once, still carrying love, still carrying blame, still carrying loss, and not yet knowing how to lay any of it down.
Lyrics
Moment Of Peace
[Intro]
I took a detour on the motorway
The streets were shimmering with rain
Lights reflected on the wet cement
Cars passing by in haze
[Verse 1]
I leave the thinking to the radio
’Cause every thought feels wrong
The city breathing through the wavering glass
While I lose sense of time
[Pre-Chorus]
Yet I can still my mind no more
I can’t put it to sleep
Some things aren’t ready to be put to rest
No way to leave them on their own
[Chorus]
’Cause I will always remember this
And I will always stay true to my heart
And I would gladly give up my feelings
Just for a moment, a moment of peace
[Verse 2]
We had built our lives in borrowed rooms
We had learned each other’s ways
And we filled the spaces differently
But still we shared our days
I was the one who gave us up
I was the one who made the call
But knowing doesn’t make it light
Why does it feel like I took the fall
And still I miss it all
[Final Chorus]
’Cause I will always remember this
And I will always stay true to my heart
And I would gladly give up my feelings
Just for a moment, a moment of peace
A moment of peace