"Rope Dancer" from Ramsey Thornton
Announcing Ramsey Thornton's standalone single, "Rope Dancer". This track musically and lyrically explores how it feels to attempt to deliver on people’s expectations of you.
Ramsey’s intricate instrumentality circles around, trying to find balance within the rhythm. The ebbs and flows of the banjo and guitars mirror the lyrics of “Rope Dancer”. Thornton’s lyrics express frustration with the inevitability of failure. No matter how the narrator contorts to fit new expectations, there is always a communication breakdown. The relationship described in “Rope Dancer” is just that, trying to balance on a tightrope line that you will fall off of, because you keep tightening the line. The more you seek stability, the more chaotic life becomes.