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In A Low Dark Light

by Sleepy Driver

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1.
The Night 04:01
I put my hand into the fire It did not burn, ooh it did not burn I wandered in this world awhile Where will I turn, ooh where will I turn? And all I know for certain: we’ll all be someone’s servant And the end, I know will come again I’m stepping in, I’m stepping out Into the night, ooh into the light And though I’m free, I know I’m tied To your side, ooh right to your side And all I know for certain: we’ll all be someone’s servant And the end, I know will come again I’ve been within, I’ve been without I’ve been the light, ooh I’ve been the doubt And no one’s clean when it gets out When it gets out, ooh when it gets out And all I know for certain: we’ll all be someone’s servant And all I know for certain: we’ll all be someone’s servant
2.
Mile Marker 04:35
Mile marker, mile marker, count ‘em off, son Between what once was and what’s begun Mile marker, mile marker, count ‘em off, kid Between what we should do, and what we did And I know your face like the back of my hand And I’ve dreamed of you all across this land And maybe one, maybe two, maybe three days in I’m losing track of where I’ve been And the night of the fire, when I got home When I came through the door You said hold me Ah Julianne, Julianne, how do you tell Between what you give and what you sell? And our innocence, innocence, where did you go? You’re off learning things you shouldn’t know And the night of the fire, when I got home When I came through the door You said hold me like you never will again Mile marker, mile marker, count ‘em off, son Between what once was and what’s begun Mile marker, mile marker, count ‘em off, kid Between what we should do, and what we did And can you still feel my face on the back of your hand? We’re still doing things I don’t understand And maybe one, maybe two, maybe three days in We’ll find our way back from where we’ve been And the night of the fire, when I got home When I came through the door You said hold me like you never will again
3.
Baby Don't 03:43
Baby don’t, baby don’t Baby don’t keep your love from me You got the kingdom, I got the key Peek in your keyhole on one knee I got the hammer, you got the nail Let’s take this tiger by the tail Baby don’t, baby don’t Baby don’t keep your love from me I got the shovel, you got the dirt I got the tool, put me to work You got the fuel and I got the flame Show me the line, I’ll sign my name Baby don’t, baby don’t Baby don’t keep your love from me You got the kingdom, I got the key Peek in your keyhole on one knee I’m a perfect clock, I’ll keep good time Be my six, I’ll be your nine Baby don’t, baby don’t Baby don’t keep your love from me
4.
Our love, where did you go? You’re like a setting sun I lie around gnawing the bones Just like a silverback dog And we came to learn what we don’t deserve And our song keeps playing along And every note hits down So hard, like lead in the soul Just like a cannonball And we came to learn when what’s lost returns Our love is stronger than the both of us Let’s go, I’ll follow you down To where the light is low And hold on, we’ll hold on so tight Until the feeling goes And we came to learn when what’s lost returns Our love is stronger than the both of us And maybe our hearts, our hearts won’t fail us now
5.
I can hide it on the mountain I keep it buried in the sand Maybe locked up in a tower Tight in the fingers of my hand It keeps me on the straight and narrow It keeps me knowing where I stand But nothing scares me more than losing my fear Nothing scares me more than losing my fear When I stand up to the lions When I lie down with the lambs When I’m walking through the fire I’m brushing ashes from my hands It keeps me knowing where I’m going It keeps me knowing where I stand But nothing scares me more than losing my fear Nothing scares me more than losing my fear And when I feel the hard times pulling me astray I’m going to let the pure fear set me on my way
6.
Here’s how it is, I just restlessly spin in the wind A weathervane, baby, hinged on a dream And you’re like the blowing breeze And here’s how it’s been, on the road now for too many days This highway song just gets harder to sing The further you get from me ‘Cause I’m like a tractor that rusts in the snow And you’re like a trailer that’s hitching to go And how does that song go, let’s sing it How does that song go, let’s sing it All the way home Here’s how it is, I’m a padlock and you’re like a chain When consequences, they start making sense We are mending that fence again And here’s how it’s been, all these sunsets are starting to blend I want your headlights to shine up ahead And bring you back home to me
7.
The call came in at 5 o'clock Sunday And everything turned around And now they're pulling up stakes, and locking up the gates They're pulling those towers down And all our follies, all our fears Came tumbling down the line, all right When the hard times come, they come so fast And they come without a sound And all the newspapers said "The dream is dead, "There's no money left in this ground." And everybody knows just how it goes When a city becomes a town We've been a long time coming home To not know what we came here for It's been so long since we've been gone Since we packed our luck and went And now there're too many hands and not enough plans To get us back on the map So in a taillight glow and our heads hung low We’ll return to where we left We've been a long time coming home To not know what we came here for
8.
Under the power lines, just past town Just three miles from where your sister was found You cried in the car and hid from the moon While the wind in the power lines whistled a tune It went, “la, la-la, la-la.” She was just sixteen, still had the smile of a child You couldn’t keep her in on a Friday night She felt the pull of the lights, the pull of the town Where the work men came and threw their money around And her friends they swore they danced in the hall Till she left on the arm of a man with a voice like a radio song They danced in the hall Till she left on the arm of a man with a voice that went, “la, la-la, la-la.” When the trial adjourned you could tell by their eyes The jury was believing every one of his lies The way he said her name like he was wasting his breath And he sat with a smile when the verdict was read Oh and two weeks passed with a hum and a haw While you fattened your hate and you sharpened your claws Then on a Friday night, in a wig and a dress You walked up to him and said, “Let’s make a mess.” So you drove him down a long dirt road You kissed his neck and turned the radio on Yeah, down a long dark road, as you were held in his arms You pulled out a knife and turned the radio on, it went … You made him cry, you made him beg For all the times he said her name Under the power lines, just past town Just three miles from where your sister was found You cried in the car and hid from the moon While the knife in his heart, it beat out a tune It went, “la, la-la, la-la.”
9.
The Doubt 05:22
I cannot decide what I’m more afraid of The things we haven’t tried or what we’re not prepared for No color of a lie could ever make things right, love When all we leave behind is everything we came for And I know I have felt my fortune to be gone With every card I’m dealt, and every coin I’ve tossed When everything we’ve built comes crashing to the ground I will shake my fist and say, “Jesus, come on down “Let’s settle this.” This house let out a sigh, underneath the weight of Everything inside, and all it couldn’t hold, love Don’t cover up their eyes when we cross the town line When all we leave behind is everything we came for
10.
I’m not coming down the mountain, I’m not heading for the hills I’m face down in the fountain, loaded to the gills Well I knew that I had lost you by the perfume in your hair And now the bottle’s got me broken and every lonely tear Falls down, down, down Well I’m packing up my satchel, I’m gonna come to take what’s mine If we can bury all our hatchets, I’ll load it to the line When I’m loaded I ain’t level, when I’m level I ain’t right I keep wishing on the stars, ‘til all the stars at night Fall down, down, down Well the cool hand of the morning reached in and touched my brow It took me by the soul and pulled the darkness out Now all the pharaohs and the sultans, all the emperors and kings Their fortunes’d pale beside you, if you would wear my ring I’d kneel down, down, down
11.
Till he returns or calls me home, I will prepare, I will prepare Till he returns or calls me home, I will prepare, I will prepare Through darkest days or blackest night, I feel him there, I feel him there Through darkest days or blackest night, I feel him there, I feel him there I say his name on every breath, on every breath I say his name I say his name on every breath, on every breath I say his name And when he takes me by the arm His face is golden like the sun And I’ll take shelter in his love When he returns, when he returns I keep my lamp so full of oil, I keep my light shining so bright I keep my lamp so full of oil, I keep my light shining so bright And when he takes me by the arm His face is golden like the sun And I’ll take shelter in his love When he returns, when he returns

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Ross Neilsen says:
"Growing up I was drawn to songs by story tellers like Neil Young, Dylan, The Band. I loved the imagery. I loved that they were tales and not just songs about chicks (although i do love songs about chicks!). These artists shaped my tastes and expectations about what I like in a good song. Peter Hicks has a gift for writing concise narratives. Each song is like a three or four minute film taking the listener away and into a narrative world full of imagery and texture."

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released June 19, 2012

All songs by Peter Hicks
Produced, recorded and mixed by Ethan Young-Lai and Peter Hicks
Mastered by J. Lapointe at Archive Mastering

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"... melancholic acoustics meets college rock meets boots-clad roots meets Exile On Main St. - You are never bored in Sleepy Driver's company." - Johan Kronquist (Rootsy - Sweden)

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