i
It’s cold but there’s a light a burn a bright light
always blazing inside
It’s dark but there’s a light a burn a bright light -
that’s all there is
that’s all we are
I light a match, I fight the switch, I grind up broken mirrors
clean up / weep, clean up / grieve / clean up, breathe
I’m tuning in and tuning out, I choose all my own tunings
this I know
I don’t know anything
ii
I’m sure that there’s a light, a burn, a bright light
ablaze inside of him (even if he don’t yet know)
I’m sure the rose can bloom inside his cavern, in his cage
this I know
I don’t know anything
His love earned the title of god but like all idols
he failed me – he was ordinary
I’m sure his love was pure, I’m sure his eyes were blue
I’m sure of what – I never knew him at all
iii
It’s hard, she falls apart, but there’s a mirror that she’s holding –
it is shimmering inside
and all her broken plans, her broken man, the broken
show her sacred shadows that she’s been avoiding
The veils and blinders distort the image she reflected on her body
Her sweatshop spins like turnstiles, she never said consent
to the invasion of her wisdom
the mutilation of her freedom
the creation of a victim inside her head
Cry into the sun
Lie under the sun
Die under the sun
credits
from Tree of Series,
released June 4, 2013
stephanie carlin - vocals, acoustic guitar
xander naylor - electric guitar
javi santiago - piano
russ flynn - bass
wes reid - percussion
music, lyrics and arrangement by stephanie carlin
recorded live by pete thompson at hoboken recorders, hoboken nj
mixed by andy baldwin at rola pola, brooklyn ny
mastered by heba kadry at the lodge, new york ny
