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I Promised You Light

by Josienne Clarke

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1.
24 of the hours in days Fit their nights like a glove Your unrequited meets requited love All of your losses Leave you full to the brim That’s where the light comes in The still of the night Lies calm in the palm of your hand A truth that you took too hard You will understand Love that you gave in vain Comes back round again That’s where the light remains And you ask me for a catchy chorus Knowing I’m more a sweet refrain Who am I to give you something to live for? But here’s a thought for if you ever lose your way Every grain on the shore Is worn by thousands of waves Each drop in an ocean falls And it rises again Sun in a shard of glass Will refract through the pane That’s all the light contains And you ask me for a catchy chorus Knowing I’m more a sweet refrain Who am I to give you something to live for? But here’s a thought for if you ever lose your way 24 of the hours in days Fit their nights like a glove Your unrequited meets requited love All of your losses Leave you full to the brim That’s where the light comes in
2.
This reminds me Of driving at night With you When the homes and street lights Looked like stars in the night sky And you were a dark knight A partner in crime Your crime All you left behind In running for your life These were the first lights In a long line Your eyes Wide like mine And your heart Worn tight Cold and bright For all that it might Just set alight Lighting a fire Setting it right Burning the bonds and binds Claiming the light Having the right Live however you like Go driving at night
3.
You know me better than that I’m the one that called I wouldn’t let it fall And I’ve seen it all I wouldn’t let it fail, babe That isn’t me at all You know me better than that I’m the one that tries Who will apologise And see through all the lies That they sow I’m the one who knows I didn’t save you I just let you save yourself And you didn’t save me You Just love me more than anybody else You know better than that I’m the one that will Who’d never mean you ill And I’ll be loving still All I can That is who I am
4.
Workhorse 03:10
I think it was a Tuesday It was dark There was something that I needed But I couldn’t ask Cos I don’t know how to love me The way that I should But lately I’ve been learning I don’t have to be good I don’t have to earn I can be I’m not your workhorse Or your busy bee And I won’t be your cash cow Now I will be the one If I’m making money Then I want some I think it was the lying And how it felt I tired of the standards Applied to nobody else I am going to love me The way that you should Lately I’ve been learning That I could I don't have to earn it I can be I don't have to give you things You don't give me I don't have to carry everyone If I'm going to give love Then I want some I think it was a Tuesday It was dark If there's something that I need now I will ask
5.
If this were the last time I leave you with a song Then this is the one I’d want you to hum Forget all the melancholy things I said Forget the way I pencil pain All sad and beautifully sung If that’s all done I promised you light I promised you love And I’m going to keep that promise Just this once It will be fine It will all be alright And wherever you are I love you Goodnight

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released February 4, 2022

Written, composed, arranged and produced by Josienne Clarke

Vocals & Guitar: Josienne Clarke
Drums: Dave Hamblett
Bass: Alec Bowman_Clarke
Keyboards: Matt Robinson

Recorded by Mike Hillier @ Hackney Road Studios
Mixed and mastered by Mike Hillier @ Metropolis

Cover Photography: Alec Bowman_Clarke
Design assistance and layout: Aaron Miller

Copyright Corduroy Punk Records 2021
Published by SGO Music 2021

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Josienne Clarke Isle Of Bute, UK

Songwriter/Singer 'Onliness (songs of solitude & singularity)'
Out 14.4.23 on Corduroy Punk Records

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