By The Light
Ok kiddos, here’s the 6th and final blahwg/video/song post for the new EP. Album Release Show May 12th is less than 2 weeks away, so best get to work on memorizing the words and prepping your dance moves.
“By The Light” is by far the mushiest love song I’ve ever written:
By The Light
By the light of the ATM booth
I look at my wallet picture of you
and remember the day I took it
how we stayed in bed till late afternoon
Honey to tell you the truth
I never loved nobody the way I love you
By the light of the ATM booth
I shiver and wait for the rain to conclude
It took a lot of guts to talk to you
but I’d hate myself if I didn’t follow through
as you brushed the snow off your car roof
I asked and you smiled and right then I knew
you’re like sight in the night
cast shade on the day
the blind could read by your light
the sun should be ashamed
‘cause it’s half as bright as you
By the time I took that picture of you
something tied us together we couldn’t undo
but you’d already made your next move
bought a ticket to somewhere I couldn’t follow you
The night before you had to leave
I lay awake just watching you sleep
it was a picture that I tried to keep
an image erased when first light crossed your cheek
you’re like sight in the night
cast shade on the day
the blind could read by your light
the sun should be ashamed
‘cause it’s half as bright as you
So we tried to make like they weren’t real
the things that we said and the way that we feel
but the feelings wouldn’t leave me be
even in my darkness they forced me to see
you’re my sight in the night
my shade in the day
the blind could read by your light
the sun should be ashamed
‘cause it’s half as bright as you
By the light of the ATM screen
I look at the money it just gave to me
It’s all I’ve got it’s all I need
for a ticket to you ‘cross the land and the sea
It’s also the first Heaves song where a dude who’s really just a rhythm guitarist has the unprecedented audacity to take TWO guitar solos, and for each one, I panned four different solos. I encourage you to surf the sound wave of a different solo each time you listen. You like guitars? This song’s got eleven of ‘em. Some simply strum, some swell and dissolve, some chime, some shape shift.
… including the first appearance of the All American 70’s Epiphone on a Heaves song (but certainly not the last).
Like the gorgeous vocals of Emily Brewster? This song has a choir of eight yearning Emilies on it, each Emily swimming in her own seasky of reverb. Why don’t you duck inside the light and wait a few minutes for the rain to conclude.
