Name: Make Your Own Light
Duration: P00H03M17S
Description: A song about chasing inspiration. I think. You might want to ask Rod Picott.

Make Your Own Light

from Together Through the Dark by Slaid Cleaves

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A song about chasing inspiration. I think. You might want to ask Rod Picott.

lyrics

written by Slaid Cleaves, Rod Picott

You won't find it in a bottle
It's as quiet as a prayer
It's quicker than rain, thinner than air
You can't ask it of another
It's more valuable than gold
Ever out of reach
A mystery to behold

It always follows truth
It dwells deep inside
Though you search the world from low to high
You listen in the dark
In the deep of the night
You try once again, and again
You try to make your own light

You might find it in a lover
That only works for a while
Your hunger to quench, your soul to beguile
You only glimpse it for a moment
Turn your gaze away, it's gone
Everywhere and nowhere
The universe's song

If you long to go home
First you'll have to leave
If you want to laugh, you’re gonna grieve
You listen in the dark
In the deep of the night
You try once again, and again
You try to make your own light

[instrumental]

It always follows truth
It dwells deep inside
Though you search the world from low to high
You listen in the dark
In the deep of the night
You try once again, and again
You try to make your own light

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from Together Through the Dark, released March 3, 2023
performed by Slaid Cleaves and Scrappy Jud Newcomb

produced by Scrappy Jud Newcomb

recorded by Pat Manske at The Zone, Dripping Springs, Texas

mixed by Chaos Theory with Slaid Cleaves

mastered by Alex McCollough at True East Mastering, Nashville, Tennessee

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Slaid Cleaves Wimberley, Texas

Modern day traveling folk singer. He’s telling your story. Writes and records songs that strike people’s hearts and become a part of their lives.

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