“Beyond the Blue Sky” revisits a time in Chapell’s life when the band he was in had broken up on a side of the road before they even reached the first destination of the tour. It followed Chapell’s footsteps hitch hiking all the way back to New York City alone — an experience that would always feel slightly different when you look back at various stages in life, but it’s an unforgettable one that Chapell is now opening to share with us.

In 1989, just upon crossing the border to Canada, their drummer had a mental broke down and drove off with the van that filled with their entire equipment. At that moment, they realized that the tour was canceled and the band has broken up. The unfortunate and sudden experience was then followed by months of solitude on the road while making the way back to the city.

Chapell concentrates the core feelings of that experience in the mood-filled reoccurring theme. As Chapell sings, screams, and whispers, “I will fly,” the theme comes back as well carrying the complex feelings and weight of that experience, but the song also leaves the details and the experience up to the listeners, in which, everyone could explore in their own ways.

“Beyond the Blue Sky” holds the same emotional value as a full-length movie. Of course, the stories behind it would probably already make a good movie. The song form draws you in, engaging you on a pure emotional level without going too much in-depth about everything yet it compresses everything. You could feel the freedom and the positivities, but also there’s the cruel twist of destiny that makes you curse and laugh at the same time. Things would have turned out very differently if one detail was different.

“Gotta get away, gotta get away,” speaking about the strong desire to escape a less fortunate situation. The body might be in physical hell, but the mind seeks the beyond. At the same time, it’s also about moving forward and freeing oneself from a situation that might not even be the best scenario.