From the dawn-lit shores of Auckland, 24-year-old Alba Rose (whose Spanish-derived name poetically nods to daybreak) crafted The Long Road – the kind of song that wraps around your shoulders like that perfectly worn cardigan you reach for when life gets messy.
Released as the lead single from her upcoming EP First Light, this track doesn’t just walk the line between indie-soul and jazz; it dances along it with surprising grace.
The retro-soulful instrumentals paired with her hypnotic voice transforms personal uncertainty into a captivating anthem.
Especially with the intricate rhythm section flow beneath edgy guitar riffs that dance playfully with soft piano melodies.
The magic sparked in Spain, where post-breakup wandering through her ancestral village sparked an unexpected epiphany.
Streets steeped in family history became the perfect backdrop for questioning everything – and somehow finding answers in the uncertainty.
Alba’s The Long Road feels like a musical fog light for twenty-somethings stumbling through their existential mazes.
It’s remarkable how Rose turns uncertainty into something so inviting.
The Long Road feels less like a song about being lost and more like an invitation to get lost together – preferably with good jazz and better company.
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Alba Rose The Long Road Lyrics
We got a long way to go
A long way to go
Verse 1
Piecing the puzzle
The space between the lines
Holding each other
Repeat and redefine
I see it in your eyes
I can see it in your smile
Loves always the answer
I’m missing my best friend
Were walking together
While we understand
The way we move the world
When its so hard to find
Cause we got a long way to go
A long way to go
Chorus
You and I together
We’ve fallen from the same branch
Open up the answers
The truth is knowing that
We got a long way to go
A long way to go
But I see the road
Pero veo el camino
El camino
Whisper ‘I want to make sense of it all, I want to know, want to know’
V2
I want to be wiser
Don’t want to grow older
To be or to say
Its pulling me back as I push it away
When the dreaming feels honest
It’ll hold out its hands and give it a name
The practice the patience the promise the romance the words
All saying the same
CH2
Cause you and I together
We’ve fallen from the same branch
Open up the answers
The truth is knowing that
We got a long way to go
A long way to go
But I see the road
Pero veo el camino
El camino
long way to go
A long way to go
If you want to make sense of it all
Make sense of this world
We got a long way to go
A long long way to go
But I see the road
Pero veo el camino
Pero veo el camino
I want to make sense
Want to make sense of it all
Dame el camino el camino
Pero veo el camino