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Half Light

from Turn Up The Dark by David Backshell

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The sky hangs like a tarp over me
Bleeding rain, while I sleep
Through the holes the stars leave
The night air has been talking to me

I'm picking up the pieces, pulling on the line
There's all this broken fiction in my mind
The paint's peeling at the edge of the sky
Memories coming back in the wash of time

Am I out here on my own
Chasing shadows of the people I've known

Don't leave me in the half light

Days coming on like breaths leaving me
Stretching out to places I can't see
I'm waking up with all this empty
And I can't seem to fix what's broken in me

Out here in a ghost town
I'm hoping yesterday's going to come back around

Don't leave me in the half light
(Am I out here on my own
Chasing shadows of the people I've know)

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from Turn Up The Dark, released March 31, 2023

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David Backshell Toronto, Ontario

Born in Montreal, raised in England, settled for Toronto, David Backshell is a machine that turns coffee, cigarettes and long nights into songs. Distilling struggle, debts, a lost home, nameless faces, he constructs delicate songs that stretch beyond the confines of conventional pop. ... more

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