Always Shine

4 weeks ago by @philkmills

Always Shine

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Liner Notes

In the early 1970s, there was a Canadian group named Edward Bear that had some hits, including "Last Song". I like the song, but one line bothers me: "You'll come looking for the light, and it won't be there".

The interesting thing, to me, about using their song to trigger a response is that -- in spite of the title -- Edward Bear wrote their own follow-up to it, but from a different angle.

Lyrics

It’s not a searchlight; it’s not a torch
Just a lamp behind a window, shining on the porch
If you can see it, don’t be afraid
I’ve nothing more to say about the choice you made.

The songs have gone silent
But the light will always shine
For someone who once was a friend of mine.

I marked your travels, then I lost track
After 10 too-hopeful tunes about you coming back.
You’ll never settle and that’s just fine
But everybody needs a place to rest sometimes

The songs have gone silent
But the light will always shine
For someone who once was a friend of mine.

Love is a strange word to use this way
It means both more and less than what I want to say
Discarded lovers, your life’s debris
We don’t fall out of friendship quite so easily

The songs have gone silent
But the light will always shine
For someone who once was a friend of mine.

The songs have gone silent
But the light will always shine
For someone who once was a friend of mine.

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