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Recorded on a Samsung Galaxy Note 3 in a stairwell at the Northern Virginia Community College Annandale Campus.

This song was almost renamed Burning the Midnight Oil but my little brother asked me not to.

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It's time to get up. In comes the cold.
The sunset is burning like fire; orange and violet and gold.
I head downstairs for some breakfast and I gaze at the coast.
I'm the only soul on this island, a specter, a ghost.

Soon the sky will be dark out and the ships need a light.
That's why I live in this lighthouse. It's why I'm awake all night.

My striped scarf is warm but tonight the rain will freeze. Sometimes I miss you, especially on nights like these. I head to the top of the lighthouse to turn the bright signal on thinking of that day in August we kissed on your back lawn.

Soon the sky will be dark out and the ships need a light.
That's why I live in this lighthouse. It's why I'm awake all night.

Now I'm thinking back to your smile. That infectious arrogant grin yet here I am in this lighthouse alone and drinking gin. I'm changing the light bulb and I ask where I went wrong.. You and I were so happy for so damn long.

Ah but then I remember the monsters. The shouting, the cheating, and fights. That's why I live in this lighthouse. It's why I can't sleep at night.

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from Transmissions to Trappist 1e, released May 25, 2017

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