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Let in the Light

by Emily Barnes

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1.
I can't turn off the switch, when the light bulb goes off, it feels just like this. A jubilant high, but the plaster is set, and my weary bones are on the mend again. Come feed me serendipity. Keep coming for me because I am hungry. For good morning sun, good morning moon, good morning sweet Adirondack loon. Sing me your songs high up into the dawn as the fog is lifted from this journey I'm on.
2.
Uncertainty 04:03
I pour a cup of coffee, hope I made it strong Leaves a ring on the counter top that will probably sit too long I'm drinking from my flowered cup but all the flowers died Now all that's left are thorns there sitting by my side Will the sun still rise in the East each morning? Will it leave me lonely without a warning? I don't know, I don't know Another day spills together leaving dew drops on my feet I can't shake this feeling of impending uncertainty and I'm painting it by numbers but all the paint has dried Now all that's left are scales of monochrome black and white Will the sun still rise in the East each morning? Will it leave me lonely without a warning? I don't know, I don't know Everything changes, this much I know is true I'm still banking on my same sky being blue Will the sun still rise in the East each morning? Will it leave me lonely without a warning? I don't know, I don't know
3.
Nothing ever comes easy Everything always comes slow Waiting for the break in the waves But you’re stuck in the undertow Nothing ever comes quickly Everything’s quietly numb Waiting on the right side Of the swing of the pendulum But it’s not all it’s cracked up to be When your only friend is lonely It’s quiet company When you’re living alongside lonely Nothing is ever certain Everything is over you know Waiting to catch up in the game But the pace is never slow Nothing is ever steady Everything breaks and then mends Waiting for the film to keep rolling To see if you make the end But it’s not all it’s cracked up to be When your only friend is lonely It’s quiet company When you’re living alongside lonely Waiting for the wind to pick up the wind to pick up the wind to pick up I am waiting for the wind to pick up the wind to pick up it must But it’s not all it’s cracked up to be When your only friend is lonely It’s quiet, quiet company When you’re living alongside lonely
4.
You're like a bouquet of flowers That died yesterday You're like a rain cloud that's hovering Over my sunny day So now I am walking away I don't need your love to validate me anyway I have learned to love myself I have learned I am worth more then your wealth You've become a sickness That's no good for my health You're overrated too complicated Dysfunctional and inebriated to see That your love is just not Good enough for me You're like a snow storm on a humid July morning, July morning You're like the perfect dress but the seams Already been torn So now I am walking away I don't need your love to validate me anyway I have learned to love myself I have learned I am worth more then your wealth You've become a sickness That's no good for my health You're overrated too complicated Dysfunctional and inebriated to see That your love is just not Oh your love is just not Oh your love is just not Good enough for me
5.
I have been counting The steps I’ve been taking To keep you an arms distance away I have been tracing the floors I’ve been pacing Trying to keep this at bay Baby ooo, maybe I want to love you right Baby, ooo maybe we all need cracks to let in the light Who am I kidding I have been falling All the way from the highest branch I must refrain from the sound of your name I fear I want to take hold of your hand Baby ooo, maybe I want to love you right Baby, ooo maybe we all need cracks to let in the light I have to keep part of me tucked away Lock and key Throw my worries to the wind or lose them at sea I am in trouble now darling don’t you see? That you have found the key Baby, I think maybe that I want to love you right Baby, ooo maybe we all need cracks to let in the light
6.
I can’t wait for your holy breath to Come on in and tickle my neck Your soft glow is touching my skin I can’t wait to take you in again I’m putting that pen to those blank slate pages And I can’t wait to escape all this craziness Midnight Moon You’re always gone too soon How I’m always longing for My midnight muse Your profound beauty is the only thing I see It’s taking every single piece of me Like the waves just rising to fall I’m going to break I’m going to break down your walls I’m writing it down Note by note I’m going to catch you before I croak Midnight Moon You’re always gone too soon How I’m always longing for My midnight muse Like the church bells ring on Sunday morning I fall to my knees and pray I never live to see the day you’re slipping from my window pane Never to be seen again Midnight Moon You’re always gone too soon How I’m always longing for My midnight muse
7.
Just a little girl of merely four Waiting patiently for you at the back door But you're late for our date again No you were not there to tuck me in Now I'm flipping through the pages Of my well worn family album Hoping that you'll dance across my mind I wish that you would linger longer I wish you had spent a little more time My hairs in curls and it's up in a great big bow Here's to hoping you're the only one who knows Watching squirrels at the Whitehall Inn they're Harvesting their crops again It's a great big world that I'm living in It's filled with contradiction Now I'm flipping through the pages Of my well worn family album Hoping that you'll dance across my mind I wish that you would linger longer I wish you had spent a little more time But the weight is heavy on my fragile shoulders and I think it's too much for me to bare I'll always love you and I know I've told you so But it's time I stop meeting you there Just flipping through the pages Of our well worn family album Hoping that you'll dance into my life I don't want you to linger any longer here's to hoping I can leave this pain behind I'm just hoping I can leave this pain behind
8.
Conviction 03:25
I am shackled to these chains that are weighing me down A bird inside a cage begging to be found When my feet hit solid ground I will wait for you like the dove for morning dew Outside my window view I will hold onto every note every word That we wrote that we spoke With such conviction Smack dab on the reality runway Sometimes I want to be a runaway When I find a place to lay I will wait for you like the dove for morning dew Outside my window view I will hold onto every note every word That we wrote that we spoke With such conviction Every promise that was made was not meant to be broken Every youthful fountain, every magic potion The waves in the ocean, fall with my emotions If I don’t take the west bound train I will wait for you like the dove for morning dew Outside my window view I will hold onto every note every word That we wrote that we spoke I will wait for you like the dove for morning dew Outside my window view I will hold onto every note every word That we wrote that we spoke With such conviction With such conviction
9.
Let Love Win 04:21
Now you listen here You’re not fooling me my dear All your worries and your fears They will disappear When you let down your guards Just hold me tight Everything will turn out right If you just stay the night Turn down the lights And let me get inside Now just follow through Stop contradicting you And the words your body reads And the heart my body needs Won’t you just give it up? Won’t you just give it in? And let love win I can’t go on With the notion you’ll be gone And one day you’ll change our song Your heart will belong To somebody new So please let me in Let this chapter begin Don’t keep me wondering Where you’ve been And where you’re heading to Now just follow through Stop contradicting you And the words your body reads And the heart my body needs Won’t you just give it up? Won’t you just give it in? And let love win I am done explaining myself to you I need an answer and I need it soon Now just follow through Stop contradicting you And the words your body reads And the heart my body needs Won’t you just give it up? Won’t you just give it in? And let love win
10.
You can keep collecting rocks but One by one they'll weigh you down You can keep each penny tossed that's Spinning round and round The dreams you have are many so don't let them fade They'll disappear just as quickly as they're Being made And the birds don't wait for the snow to fall and the sun don't quit for the rain and the flowers they still bloom Even through all your pain So what are you waiting for? Oh the birds they're heading North They're weathering through this storm So tell me What are you waiting for? You can spend your whole life building That house of sand One gust of wind could come and Rip it from your hands Stability is slipping through your Fingertips You can never get back all the Time you've missed And the birds don't wait for the snow to fall and the sun don't quit for the rain and the flowers they still bloom Even through all your pain So what are you waiting for? Oh the birds they're heading North They're weathering through this storm So tell me What are you waiting for? Oh the birds they're heading North They're weathering through this storm And tell me What are you waiting for? Tell me What are you waiting for?
11.
I don't know who I'll be at 28 Will I desire finer things Hope I've gotten there too late Will I still have the hope that I'll make those pearly gates? Is that who I'll be at 28? I don't know who I'll be at 33 Will I have more bills and less time being free? Will I buy a plot of land or move back to the sea? Is that who I'll be at 33? I know I've got a lot to get to Many more roads and cities to pursue I hope I give a lot and take a little less each time Close tight my eyes and enjoy the ride I don't know who I'll be at 45 Will I still spin records just content with getting by? Will I still enjoy the simple things that money just can't buy? I hope that's who I'll be at 45 I don't know who I'll be at 64 Will I stare into a TV screen until I start to snore? Will I talk with my children about when our country was at war? Is that who I'll be at 64 I know I've got a lot to get to Many more roads and cities to pursue I hope I give a lot and take a little less each time Close tight my eyes and enjoy the ride I know exactly who I am I don't spend my time penning perfect plans I've got just what I need inside of these two hands I know exactly who I am I like this person I've become It took me many years to learn to be young I know my time here as only just become and I like this person I've become I know I've got a lot to get to Many more roads and cities to pursue I hope I give a lot and take a little less each time Close tight my eyes and enjoy the ride Close tight my eyes and enjoy the ride

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released March 10, 2017

All songs written by Emily Barnes
Produced by Emily Barnes and Mike Herz
Mixed and mastered by Don Sternecker @ Mix-O-Lydian
Banjo, Mandolin, Lead Guitar- Joseph Palmisano
Cello- Loni Bach
Violin- Rebekah Stickler
Piano- Mike Herz

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Tucked away in a town so tiny it isn't found on most maps, singer-songwriter Emily Barnes can be found sitting on the stone steps of her 200 year old home stitching together the latest melody from the fabric of her mind. T

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