“Drift Away” by Steven Universe (ft. Sarah Stiles)

Actually the Steven Universe song “Drift Away” only features the vocals of Sarah Stiles. And she is portraying a character by the name of “Spinel” from “Steven Universe: The Movie”. Thus the lyrics of the song are sung specifically from Spinel’s perspective.

You can view the lyrics, alternate interprations and sheet music for Sarah Stiles's Drift Away at Lyrics.org.

The titular attribute of ‘drifting away’ is actually applied to yet another character named “Pink Diamond”. Pink Diamond is Steven Universe’s mother and Spinel’s former best friend. And basically, this song details how Pink mistreated Spinel.

The story goes that Pink left Spinel waiting in a garden for her for six millennia, “stand(ing) very still” the whole time as part of a game. Indeed Spinel did not cease from this activity until she learned that Pink had passed away.  Thus Spinel is accordingly furious and serves as the main villain in the film. And in this song, she’s telling Steven Universe what it was exactly, i.e. the aforementioned experience, which turned her into a bad guy.

Conclusively we can see that Spinel still possessing a sense of adoration for Pink which includes admiring her son, Steven Universe. But at the end of the day, she considers herself “a fool” for having endured the ‘cruelty’ which Pink heaped upon her for countless centuries.

Lyrics of "Drift Away"

When was “Drift Away” released?

“Drift Away” was released by Cartoon Network Music on 2 September 2019. This song appears as track number 27 on the soundtrack album of “Steven Universe The Movie”. Other notable tracks from this soundtrack album include “Other Friends” and “Let Us Adore You“.

Who composed this song?

The song was written by the creator of “Steven Universe”, Rebecca Sugar. She wrote it alongside singer-songwriter Aimee Mann. FYI, Mann voices one of the characters in “Steven Universe: The Movie”.

6 Responses

  1. Samantha says:

    Isn’t it also about how she abandoned her for her colony and planet.

  2. Steven universe Nerd (^_^) says:

    This song is my favorite and I can somehow relate to it

  3. Anonymous says:

    Pink diamond can
    go jump of mount everest

  4. I ANGY ABOUT WHAT PINK DID TO STEVEN SO ?£&@*^+> HER!!! says:

    RIGHT PEOPLE!!!
    We need to do something about Spinel.

    PINK DIAMOND CAN GO JUMP IN A VOLCANO

  5. Anonymous says:

    i love spinel and this song is probably one of my favorites in su, next to ‘its over isnt it’ ‘here comes a thought’ ‘other friends’ and ‘let us adore you’

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