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Crack of Light

by Luke Brindley

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frank armstrong Hands down the best album of 2015. The best musicians are psalmists whose songs are compelling and enjoyable both lyrically and musically. Luke Brindley (like Paul Simon or Mark Heard) is that kind of musician, and this album is perfection from start to finish. Favorite track: Mercy.
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1.
CRACK OF LIGHT Is that the sound of dancers at the wedding feast Or soldiers marching in the city street? Even the cries of joy and weeping sound the same Every whisper of wisdom gets drowned out By the relentless modern screaming sound Can you still hear your true name? I need a compass - I need a center I’ve got vertigo tonight I was born in darkness Looking for a crack of light My hands are raw from feeling my way along the walls Knees are busted from breaking my fall In a world where love and mercy make no sense Suddenly there's this tiny hand in mine And I’m leading the way though I’m nearly blind And can barely see to take the next step There’s a faint glimmer up ahead Like sunlight glinting off the edge of a knife I was born in darkness Looking for a crack of light So let the fire of understanding burn off the haze of superstition The pruning sword of truth cut back these apparitions Like the night gives way to the dawn I hear echoes of a song from long before Maybe older than we've had these human forms And it keeps me pressing on - pressing on Through this land beneath the shadow of death Through noonday dark as midnight I was born in darkness… Toward a peace i might never find Like some ever-receding horizon line I was born in darkness Looking for a crack of light I was born in darkness Looking for a crack of light
2.
Kit Car 02:39
KIT CAR They gave me gasoline In champagne flutes Dry bones In versace suits A Ferrari body On a Pontiac chassis You wouldn't believe the kind of things They tried to get passed me I want real love Real love Real love I’ve got to have it Got to have it Satin sheets Over a bed of nails Incisors snarling Behind the virginal veil Bloody hands Slid in velvet gloves Their own hubris Like favor from above I want real love Real love Real love I’ve got to have it Got to have it
3.
CAN’T BE SATISFIED The judge and the jury Waiting at the hearing The alibi turns up dead The witnesses disappearing Who's gonna gimme the truth? Who's gonna testify? I can't be - I can't be satisfied Sucking on the crack pipe of power High in the penthouse suite I bought everything they sold me On the tv and magazines This bloodline carries curses I drained the bottle dry Still I can't be - I can't be satisfied I’ve run to the end of highway Turn my vision inside to see Knelt with the congregation Trying to believe Everything I love's disappearing A beautiful chord rings out and dies And I can't be... My baby's love is it's own continent So heavy I could cry Still I can't be... I can't be satisfied I can't be... I can't be satisfied
4.
BROKEN VOICES What colors do you see on the blank canvas? What scenes on the empty stage? Give us a light to pierce the dark Speak what you feel not what you think you should say What do u see when u look thru the lens? What songs on the blank page? World of beauty - world of terror Don't be afraid - don't look away The truth is sung by broken voices The truth is sung by broken voices Broken voices - just like yours Every song is unfinished Every cry goes unheard We all speak a broken language Every sentence - every word The truth is sung by broken voices The truth is sung by broken voices Broken voices - just like yours This moment is now - ancient and forever These days are for making the pieces whole Maybe you lose part of yourself Maybe you find your soul The truth is sung by broken voices The truth is sung by broken voices The truth is sung by broken voices Broken voices - just like yours Broken voices - just like ours
5.
ROCK AND ROLL I must have missed the big rock ending The drum roll - the cymbal crash It was just a slow fadeout No encore - no guitar smashed Fog machine is sputtering The roadies sweeping the stage I take my bow to an empty bar As the door slams and the feedback fades It's rock and roll Rock and roll We used to be young, now we're old All that glitters ain’t gold It’s rock and roll yeah Rock and roll I took my songs to Nashville To get some pretty faces to sing em A buddy from back in Virginia Asked me if I’d bring him Well, find out who's got ur back When you need help to stand And who your friends are When the money starts changing hands Chorus Crushed cans on the floor Like casings neath a gun Up all night fighting a battle That nobody won God damn the day I first picked up A guitar and a pen But I’ll lay down tonight, get up tomorrow And do it all over again Chorus It's rock and roll Rock and roll We used to be young, now we're old It didn’t turn out exactly like we were told It’s rock and roll yeah Rock and roll
6.
Be Love 03:12
BE LOVE You don't need to check the going rate You don't need to pass the collection plate You don't need to wait till the camera's on You don't need me to sing you this song Just be love Be love Be love Be love Just be love Be love Be love Be love now You don't need to wait for the right time You don't need to look for wonders or signs You don't need some fancy degree Or understandIng of deep mystery Chorus Instrumental Break You don't need to wait till your friends are looking You don't need to memorize some book and You don't need to wait till you understand Just need an open heart and an open hand Chorus Instrumental Break
7.
Mercy 02:51
MERCY The city’s on fire There’s death in the air Followed the sirens to the crime scene But I was already there We're all watching and waiting While the refuge of hope burns Is there anything worth saving? We got nowhere to turn I’ve walked these streets in ruins I've heard all the stories The faint whispers Of coming glory But it's a carnival of chaos As festival of fools There are wolves in the pulpits Snakes in the pews I’m calling out for mercy Mercy come and rock my soul I’m calling out for mercy Mercy come and rock my soul Mercy come and rock my soul If I had my way I'd tear this building down Start all over In some other town Maybe I’m holding out For a sign from above Heavenly choirs Angels or a dove Chorus Now I'm staring down darkness Of the deepest kind Barely holding on to this hope That’s yours and mine If ever we needed it We need it right now Tell me you’re with me And never back down Chorus
8.
THE WORLD I WANT Give me peace within and without More power to the ones who heal The strength to speak not what we ought to say, But what we really feel More time with this sweet family of mine Truth without superstition Enough money to pay the bills would be nice And love without condition That’s the world I want That’s the world I want That’s the world I want I want it…I want it More time to make music with my friends And be present right here, right now Comfort for the broken hearted Plenty of laughter to go around Free from invisible chains that bind us My spirit lifted on wings of song Free from false beliefs that blind us A legacy of love when I’m gone… That’s the world I want That’s the world I want That’s the world I want I want it…I want it If there’s a stand I gotta take - I’ll take it If there’s a hand I gotta play - I’ll play it If there’s a plan I gotta make - I’ll make it Whatever it takes - whatever it takes That’s the world I want That’s the world I want That’s the world I want I want it…I want it
9.
SONG ON THE WIND Come quickly to the window I see fire in the streets below Riots and seeds of revolution Borne on ones and zeros I see men disfigured by desperation Ruled by lusts and appetites Like the coyote and his carrion The junkie and her spike I see a young mother and her child Forsaken in the night While the preacher primps like a prom queen Until his hair is just right I see black rain stain the concrete Village woken by the turbine whine In the silence after the strafing I hear the mother's cry I see em storming the beach at normandy Young men - born to die I see jesus in the garden Asking his father, “why?” I hear a song on the wind I hear a song on the wind I hear a song on the wind Keeps me hoping, working, and pressing on I felt like a unwelcome stranger In my own home Laying next to her in our bed Never felt so alone Our hearts were cold and our souls Were torn end to end But we made it through Never going back again I hear a song on the wind I hear a song on the wind I hear a song on the wind Keeps me hoping, open, and healing I held my newborn daughter As she first opened her eyes I held my grandmother's hand As she breathed her final sigh When I see all my days behind me Lightning flash of my lifespan is through In your hour of darkness I hope that you Hear a song on the wind Hear a song on the wind Hear a song on the wind Keeps you hoping and working I hear a song on the wind I hear a song on the wind I hear a song on the wind Keeps me singing, hoping, and pressing on I hear it in the green room Hear it in the delivery room In the supermarket In line at the dmv On the boardwalk I hear it right now Can you hear it right now?

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released June 9, 2015

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