Candlelight
by James Gordon
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A cinematic folk song with atmospheric piano and strings and a rock ballad feel to the chorus that is an intimate acoustic tune at heart.
Like most of my lyrics, it attempts to take the obvious and cliché and give it a little twist towards the bizarre and macabre.
Like most of my lyrics, it attempts to take the obvious and cliché and give it a little twist towards the bizarre and macabre.
lyrics
I rise from my grave, brush the dirt from my eyes
My heart hasn't beat since the sun fell from the sky
My stitches pull tight, I fall apart at the seams
You rest in peace, the rest of us dream
I haunt the halls of our tattered old home
Unwelcome guest, nowhere else to go
You went softly into that good night
Your ghost moved on, but mine still abides
I could only see by your candlelight, trapped in the darkness, broken and blind
I could only breathe with you by my side, now all that remains is the bitter pain that you left behind
You left me to drown in the pale moonlight
Beneath the waves, even death may die
Hope is a flickering thing perched on my soul
It calls out your name then drags me below
We were not made for sunlit hearts
We made our home in the strange and dark
We haunted each other, if we just closed our eyes
For the beat of a heart we were almost alive
My heart hasn't beat since the sun fell from the sky
My stitches pull tight, I fall apart at the seams
You rest in peace, the rest of us dream
I haunt the halls of our tattered old home
Unwelcome guest, nowhere else to go
You went softly into that good night
Your ghost moved on, but mine still abides
I could only see by your candlelight, trapped in the darkness, broken and blind
I could only breathe with you by my side, now all that remains is the bitter pain that you left behind
You left me to drown in the pale moonlight
Beneath the waves, even death may die
Hope is a flickering thing perched on my soul
It calls out your name then drags me below
We were not made for sunlit hearts
We made our home in the strange and dark
We haunted each other, if we just closed our eyes
For the beat of a heart we were almost alive
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released September 10, 2020
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James Gordon Southport, UK
James Gordon is a guitarist, singer and composer who dabbles in art, video, writing and
procrastination.
James writes strange little songs about death and sea monsters and love and zombies... all the important things in life. His music ranges from acoustic rock to cinematic metal to weird folk horror.
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Oct 2015
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