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A Billion Searchlights

by 27

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    7 Off-Center 'Searchlight' (Friends & Family Only)
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1.
Sometimes I feel I’m still a child Looking for the arms Arms of a mother Sometimes I feel I’m running wild Looking for the heartbeat of another Heart of another Somebody to tell me Keep going I am still a work in progress Don’t take me for a mess I’m not a mess Everybody wants a cure Everybody wants to know There’s something more, something for sure And I think we can find it If we keep going Keep going We’ll find a cure, we’ll find a cure We’ll find a cure for it We’ll find a cure, we’ll find a cure We’ll find a cure and fix this I wanna know what you feel Just keep going Keep going Just keep going Sometimes I feel I’m still a child Looking for the arms Arms of a mother
2.
I’ve got my searchlight Out here in the wild How can I be the only one I can see for miles Looking for the people It’s like I’m stuck in a circle I’ll be running up behind myself soon Don’t want to spar with the darkness Gonna follow the moon Looking for the people Tell me I’m not sleeping Are my bleary eyes telling lies Something strange and beautiful is happening Never seen a night so bright Looks like it’s not the moon I’ve been following Couldn’t dream this if I tried It’s a billion other searchlights Lighting up the sky Look at all the people
3.
I’m holding on To the remaining days of summer They always fly Faster than a photograph And I think it’s more than just the weather The time I spend with you is just better And there is nothing I would rather do Than spend all my summer days with you I like when you remind me Of my favorite day of the year Then in the dark of winter You say the days will only grow from here And I think it’s more than just the weather The time I spend with you is just better And there is nothing I would rather do Than spend all my winter days with you And there is nothing I would rather do
4.
I keep my peripherals inside Of these heart shaped shades But you slip through the sidelines And flicker in and out of frame So, I soften the filters And I convolute the sound I see what I pretend to see And edit as I go along When the truth hurts, just tell me lies Another take, another rewrite When the truth hurts, just tell me lies Give me your artificial sunlight Well, I’ll keep making this movie The backdrop to another place I’ll be what I pretend to be Let’s shoot the scene, cut to the chase When the truth hurts, just tell me lies Another take, one more rewrite When the truth hurts, just tell me lies Give me your artificial sunlight I’ll shine it on something simple Something beautiful Something real
5.
Stay with me for now Hidden in the plainest sight There you are, there you are As if I were blinded by your light There you are, and here we go Now as we rise from the bottom of the sea Those deep ocean eyes look so familiar to me The rough arrives, the rough arrives Do all I can to make it right I know that you’ve seen everything With those faraway, faraway eyes Lost among the many Found among the rare Until the smallest of infinities I dream that you could stay right here So, stay with me for now Until they call you home Nothing will ever shine brighter Than my blue moon diamond My diamond Can’t see light without the shade So they say, oh, so they say Like a precious stone, we’ll always glow A love that’s love, not fade away Found among the many Now we’ve made it to the shore Until the smallest of infinities I dream that you will never go So, stay with me for now Until they call you home Oh, nothing will ever shine brighter Than my blue moon diamond My diamond
6.
I’ve got a chain of cans around my leg Keeps reminding me what to forget I’ve got a mob of pictures chasing me Saying “don’t look”, but it’s all I see Looking for a different kind of noise Maybe the sound of someone else’s voice So, I’m turning up the radio As loud as it can go Too quiet to sleep A thousand whispers make a scream I twist and shout Only one thing’s gonna save me now Turn it up, play it louder Turn it up, drown the crowd out Want to move the static, turn the dial And try to find a voice inside To turn the table and speak to me Oh, DJ, set me free Let me try to help you break the chain With tables turned I know you’d do the same And when everything is going wrong I’ll play your favorite song Too quiet to sleep A thousand whispers make a scream Let’s twist and shout Only one thing’s gonna save us now Turn it up, play it louder Turn it up, drown the crowd out Turn the radio louder now Turn the radio louder now Just a little bit louder now Turn it up Until I break the chain The noise runs through my veins It’s time to break the chain And turn it up
7.
The mirror ball sparks like the sun on the sea Casts a spell with its ghosts of 1001 bees And the music is loud Here we are in the crowd But it feels like it’s just you and me Dance close to me Like innocent lovers With nowhere to be Let’s hold on to tonight while the stars are aligned Isn’t it strange it could change anytime While we decide what to do with our lives Let’s hold on, let’s hold on And dance close to me Like innocent lovers With nowhere to be As long as we just hit rewind Freeze the frame, pause the line We’ll never see the way it ends Let’s never see the way it ends Let’s keep on dancing while we can Before you and I testify and are made to stand tall Before a justice supreme overriding it all Before distance is the criminal and time is the crime Before the last call, before the last call Dance close to me Like innocent lovers Dance close to me ‘Cause innocent lovers Have nowhere to be
8.
Push Keep my peripherals inside Of these heart shaped shades Inside Flicker in and out of frame Behind the truth Behind the truth is where you lie I see what I pretend to see Flicker in and out of frame Behind the truth Behind the truth is where you lie Behind the truth Soften Shaped shades Inside Flicker in and out of frame Behind the truth, behind the truth Behind the truth is where you lie Behind the truth
9.
I can see clearly now the rain is gone. I can see all obstacles in my way. Gone are the dark clouds that had me blind. It's gonna be a bright (bright) Bright (bright) sunshiny day. It's gonna be a bright (bright) Bright (bright) sunshiny day. Oh, yes I can make it now the pain is gone. All of the bad feelings have disappeared. Here is that rainbow I've been praying for. It's gonna be a bright (bright) Bright (bright) sunshiny day. Look all around, there's nothing but blue skies. Look straight ahead, there's nothing but blue skies. I can see clearly now the rain is gone. I can see all obstacles in my way. Here is that rainbow I've been praying for. It's gonna be a bright (bright) Bright (bright) sunshiny day. It's gonna be a bright (bright) Bright (bright) sunshiny day. It's going to be a bright (bright) Bright (bright) sunshiny day. Bright bright bright bright bright (bright) bright (bright) Sunshiny day It's gonna be a bright (bright) bright (bright) Sunshiny day. It's gonna be a bright (bright) bright (bright) Sunshiny day. It's gonna be a bright (bright) bright (bright) Sunshiny day. Bright bright bright bright bright (bright) bright (bright) Sunshiny day

credits

released July 30, 2021

27:
Maria Christopher
Terri Christopher
Adam McGrath
Ayal Naor
with Alex Rose aka Nightblind
and Eric Propp, Tina Christopher,
& Lee Christopher

All songs written & produced by 27
except ‘I Can See Clearly Now’
written by Johnny Nash
and ‘Arms Of A Mother’ remix
produced & mixed by Alex Rose & 27

Recorded by 27 at The Garment District
except ‘I Can See Clearly Now’
intro & outro mixed by Greg Moss &
recorded by Kenneth Thomas
live at The Wiltern, Los Angeles, CA

Mastered by Bob Weston
at Chicago Mastering Service

‘Searchlights’ painting and
‘Keep Going’ art / labels by Cory Murchy
Digitization of painting by Austin Kihn
Layout by 27

The airwaves aren’t complete
without Jeff Breeze
Rest in peace, friend

For Pita & Duane / Piggy & Thicket
We love you

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