Taken from the album 'Lahayna' by Lahayna released 20/11/2017
Recorded at The Way studio, Hackney
Engineered by Luke Buttery
Produced by Luke Buttery & Lahayna
Artwork by C Church based on an original design by S Roper.
lyrics
'When The Lights are Low'
A cold night burns outside
Burns like my desire
God let me rest
Shake these feelings from my mind
No regrets
Wish I could say that was no lie
But words unsaid, stuck in my head
When I left for the last time
I didn’t want to leave I should’ve told you that night
I can’t let you slip away
Everytime it feels like the end of the line I’m back begging you to stay
Seeing shadows when the lights are low
But no-one else is in sight
Shadows when the lights are low
There’s nowhere to hide
Oh my pride
Left me blind couldn’t see the signs
No defence
Won’t you save this foolish heart of mine
Coz all this time
All this time thought I was holding the dice
But now the lights are low
See these tears I cry
I know I did you wrong I should’ve made it all right
Oh but now it’s too late
Thought I was the one moving on with my life, see this mess of a man today
I’m seeing shadows when the lights are low
No-one else is in sight
Shadows when the lights are low
There’s nowhere to hide
You know I’ll try and stand strong now girl
Though it’s hard to carry on
With half a soul
Know I got to let you go
But at the back of my mind
You’re at the back of my mind
And when the lights are low you come in from the back of my mind
Now I’m seeing shadows when the lights are low
But no-one else is in sight
Shadows when the lights are low
There’s nowhere to hide
credits
from Lahayna,
released November 20, 2017
Written by M Edun
Performed by Lahayna (J Ullman, M Edun, C Church, R Littlebury)
Cerebral palsy curbed his ability to play guitar the conventional way, so Nagoda learned double slide, this is his debut LP.
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