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The Light Goes Out

from The Last Man by Oliver Franklin

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Some subtle ghost is reaching back for me
Failing now to hide behind my face
Here he is declaiming with my voice
There you glimpse him standing in my place
Before the light goes out
Before the light goes out

Icy fibers knit into my heart,
Beating hard and straining towards the sun
Trembling fingers pull the strands apart,
Light them up like candles one by one
Before the light goes out
Before the light goes out
Before the light goes out
Before the light goes out

We could start over with a different past in mind
Nothing has died here, we can stop time before the light goes out

So let the blood flow back into the wound
Drive the arrow deeper through the tree
Don’t lose your head, bring out your dead, we can make it easy

'Cause I have taken time out of my day
To give the world the finger and be done
And still it seems to go out of its way
To turn each petty curse into song
Before the light goes out
Before the light goes out
Before the light goes out
Before the light goes out

We could start over with a different past in mind…

Do you know where you are?

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from The Last Man, released July 1, 2015

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Oliver Franklin Boulder, Colorado

Oliver Franklin is a songwriter, composer and performer from the Pacific Northwest who now lives in Colorado. His raw but literate songwriting is a consistent through line as his musical explorations wind through ambitious electronic settings, gritty folk noir and lush psychedelia. ... more

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