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24 Hours in Cathedral Park

by Lewis the Light

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Sometimes II 03:18
You have been dreaming of your own demise sleeping in a tent out by the old train station in the morning you walk over to the REI bathrooms to wash your face you try to steal some gloves but they catch you again When you walk toward town everything looks the same you have lost all connection to this place Sometimes thats the way things go Sometimes thats the way things go Sometimes thats the way things go In the evening the sky turns orange then purple, then grey On go the streetlights turning each building a different color Later that night you try to sneak into one of those fancy hotel on the square but the doorman throws you out Sometimes things go this way sometimes things go this way sometimes things go this way
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Every time the sun comes up you get these flashbacks and all the flashbacks are about that summer You took a job working at the Santa Fe Opera Tonight you are testing your luck at the casino after work you drank just a little too much or just enough when the sun came up you knew how the day was going to go probably not well You had a little x on your forehead you may have joined a cult you have all these new contacts in your phone someone named Rainbow someone named Cheyanne and your tongue was stained blue your tongue was stained blue your eyes were still bloodshot and you are not wearing any shoes and you have a tattoo of a rainbow on your ankle At work the next day everyone is invisible to you and you still aren't wearing any shoes and your tongue is stained blue there is a voice that tells you what to do Five years on you still got that rainbow tattoo you still got that rainbow tattoo you still got that rainbow tattoo
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We snuck into the church right before it was to close we hid out underneath one of the pews when they locked up we had our run of the place we drank all the communion wine and you passed out with a rosary around your neck and your arm across your chest I said a prayer for you and I went to sleep too oh yeah I went to sleep too We woke up early Sunday morning the priest was tapping on your leg we got kicked out and walked down toward the square I was still so hungover from that wine that I couldn't see five feet in front of me we sat down on a bench and watched the morning come in and watched the birds fly off south oh you said a prayer for them and I said a prayer for them too
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Involvement 02:02
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Washout 02:28
And then the rains came over the mountain you tried to hold your breath in just for a moment Here on this street you know the way you are trying to drive drive somewhere somewhere out of here And then the rain it keeps coming it washes out the road it washes out the highway and the way out over the mountains you are just trying to find somewhere you are just trying you are just trying to find somewhere to go Oh it was a washout It was a washout It was a washout everywhere It was a washout everywhere You are still trying to pack your bags you are still trying to keep the water out It was a washout It was a washout everywhere
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You keep trying to outrun police cars but they are too fast you turn the corner and see those lights again and duck into an alleyway Into the store from the back door and try to hide in the beer closet but of course they find you In the drream you were five years old again in the dream everything is different Oh you stare at the walls There are no more windows there are no more walls The lights go out again you stare at your feet and then fall asleep and dream No more windows No more windows
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I'm trying I'm having a crisis of faith right now You look up at the church in the last bit of daylight the streetlights come on the moon keeps rising in the sky You see something or maybe you see you see nothing I see nothing I see nothing too I'm having a crisis of faith the sky gets real dark you have nowhere to go and I don't have anywhere to go either
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Money 02:08
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Oh you are just trying to put your head on someone's shoulder and fall asleep for a little while fall asleep because you haven't slept for so long You walk by a church and then another church all the buildings look the same all the buildings look the same oh you see the morning faintly out in the ether you see the morning faintly oh you, you are not going to sleep you are not catching any sleep If you had your way things would be different you buy one of those sandwiches they sell at that store you are not getting any sleep and there are some colors in the corner of your eye
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Burning Out 07:34

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Extra songs and alternate versions from the Lewis the Light album "The Narrow World Gets Dark"
lewisthelight1.bandcamp.com/album/the-narrow-world-gets-dark

Ambient synth-y dream folk for walking through back alleys and by cathedrals at night

Recorded: September 2021 - March 2022- San Francisco, CA

Instruments used: microKorg synthesizer, acoustic guitar, wood flute, free online drum machine, baby monitor

Any money paid for this album will be given to the SF Coalition on Homelessness (www.cohsf.org)

Santa Fe
Redeployment - Phil Klay
Terror Twillight - Pavement
Cathedral park in the last bit of the day's light

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released May 6, 2022

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Lewis the Light San Francisco, California

"Satisfied with his care and the width of his belly, Lewis escaped and returned to San Francisco, where he was arrested after ripping open his clothing and asking passersbys to witness the divine light that burned in his breast."

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