(footsteps shuffle) (zipper zips) (equipment shuffles) (gentle guitar music) - Hello, my is Orlando Peña.

This is my buddy, Jake Stanzer.

We're gonna play a song for you called "Waxing."

(relaxed rhythmic guitar music) (relaxed rhythmic guitar music continues) (relaxed rhythmic guitar music continues) ♪ My love, I know ♪ ♪ You get down often ♪ ♪ Trying to deal with all of my mess ♪ ♪ But I know your strength ♪ ♪ You reassure me every day ♪ ♪ And you believe in all of my dreams ♪ ♪ Saying you ooh ♪ ♪ You ooh ♪ ♪ You see for years I've been around ♪ ♪ Just wading through the prospects ♪ ♪ I was looking for my other half ♪ ♪ And through that I lack ♪ ♪ You still take my hand ♪ ♪ And you walk with me down this path ♪ ♪ Playing ♪ ♪ Hey yes ♪ ♪ Oh yeah yeah ♪ ♪ You know ♪ ♪ I know your past ♪ ♪ Every darkened corner like they were my own tracks ♪ ♪ But the love that we have ♪ ♪ It's so much greater than ♪ ♪ We will always, it'll always ♪ ♪ It's gonna bring me back ♪ ♪ You say ooh ♪ ♪ You ooh ♪ ♪ The years I've been around ♪ ♪ I've been wading through those prospects ♪ ♪ I was looking for my other half ♪ ♪ And through all that I lack ♪ ♪ Oh, you still take my hand ♪ ♪ And you walk with me ♪ ♪ Down this path ♪ ♪ My love, yeah ♪ ♪ Oh yes, oh yes ♪ ♪ Oh oh, my love ♪ ♪ My love, oh ♪ ♪ You say ♪ (relaxed rhythmic guitar music) (relaxed rhythmic guitar music continues) ♪ You ooh ♪ ♪ You ooh ♪ ♪ And you ooh ♪ ♪ You ooh ♪ (gentle guitar music fades) - The meaning of the song "Waxing," or how it came about, it was actually one of the first songs I wrote.

I was living on Brady Street right next door to Art Smart's Dart Mart when I was like 22.

And again, I wanted to work on songwriting, but I'm a wildly distracted person.

So I thought going to live on my uncle's goat farm in the middle of nowhere would be a good way to focus.

And I had written a song called "Waning" while I was still here in Milwaukee.

It's sort of about, you know, like a waning moon.

Like, your light is fading.

You're sort of like shrinking in size and you're just not feeling like your whole self.

And so that was part of what kind of pushed me to move and make a change.

And after a few months of being there, I was just feeling really good.

It's a real big self-esteem boost when you move somewhere on your own, entirely new.

And so I was just staring at this big, bright full moon one night.

I went down there with my dog and like a van full of gear, pretty much, and they were breeding Great Pyrenees on the farm.

And so there's the Great Pyrenees and my dog are running laps around this farm, and they're howling.

And these coyotes like howling in the distance back at 'em.

And I'm staring at this big, bright full moon just drinking this like Mexican, like moonshine, essentially.

Just, you know, feeling really good about where I'm at.

And so I decided to write the answer to "Waning," which is "Waxing."

I was staring at this big, bright moon and just feeling really good about everything and sort of proud of myself for what I had done.

And so I decided to write this love song, but I didn't.

I was still new there, so I didn't know anybody yet.

So I just kind of say I wrote it to the moon.

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