Sanctuary

Sanctuary is a bonus track off of Wesley Evans' second album, Satisfied. The song is one of two bonus tracks (along with Future), and only appears on the Bandcamp edition of the album.

Background
Sanctuary was one of the tracks written for Satisfied. The song was was later scrapped from the album altogether. After recording the album, Evans decided to go back and record this song, and put it as a bonus song on the album. Evans chose to do this, because he really liked the hook of the song.

Composition
Sanctuary is an electropop song, that deals with letting someone enjoy being out of your life. The song is written in the key of D Phrygian at 124 beats per minute, and lasts for 3 minutes and 17 seconds. The song follows the chord progression: dm-F-Bb-gm-Eb.

Lyrics
Where have you gone to

I need someone to help me out

I’m falling apart

I need some water for this drought

I gave you my word

I’d always have your back

But it wasn’t returned

I would have been more wary

If I knew we were just temporary

But you found your peace

You found your sanctuary

You have found your peace

I wouldn’t want to disrupt you

But I want to know

Everything you have been up to

I gave you my word

I’d always have your back

But it wasn’t returned

I would have been more wary

If I knew we were just temporary

But you found your peace

You found your sanctuary

You found your sanctuary

You found your sanctuary

You’re living in your sanctuary

Where your life is good

But I’m stuck here and you won’t come back

Don’t know why you would

I would have been more wary

If I knew we were just temporary

But you found your peace

You found your sanctuary

I would have been more wary

If I knew we were just temporary

But you found your peace

You found your sanctuary

Trivia

 * While writing the song, Evans' kept going and back and forth between the titles "sanctuary" and "temporary"

Discography