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Before the Lights Go Out

from A Lesson in Breadcrumbs by AMINAH

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This is the second to last track on the album, but really the last track of the concept. This is the track in which Aminah says goodbye. It almost didn't make it on the album because of its highly personal and dark nature. This song also features an after-life promise and proposal of sorts because some ties are ever broken by transitioning out of the physical world. This song is in some ways more important than all the others because it was written as more of a letter if Aminah decides to escape the forest. One person in the physical world currently holds the burden of contacting the person who this song/letter was written to in hopes of providing some sort of comfort for the passing, when the time comes.

lyrics

When I go
I want you to know
I let it hurt for too long

Remember me
Before the lights went out
Before the blood & life drained out
It was in my hands
I’m no longer in yours

And how could I do this
To you, especially
Just trust me
It was my protective instincts

Every day I was trapped
Every that you punished
Was my voluntary death
at someone else’s hands
(remember when I was in ur hands?)

I’m so sorry for your loss
No one will love you quite as much
It’s true, it’s true
But this way
No one will hurt you like I do
Don’t let em hurt you like I do

When I meet the soil
When I meet the fire
You’ll know I bowed out gracefully
Just another shot of whiskey
This next chapter, I go alone
I go it alone

We get wrapped up in the fiction
Tireless make believe
But there’s too much truth
In our story
For either one of us to leave
And when I go

Remember me
Before the lights went out
Before the blood & life drained out
It was in my hands
I’m no longer in yours

You’ll forever be the knot
In my heart
That’s kept me from slipping
And falling apart
Now let me go,
It’s time to let me go

It’s okay to feel relieved
It’s okay to go on, just believe
These mistakes, they were my own

I’ll save you a seat
On the other side
Don’t want you to hurry
Just take your time
One day the right song will play
The perfect letter will be read
And it’ll be our time again
But until then

Remember me
Before the lights went out
Before the blood & life drained out
It was in my hands
I’m no longer in yours
It’s time to let me go
I’m slipping through your hands

© 2013 Aminah & Fox Hunt Records, LLC. All Rights Reserved

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from A Lesson in Breadcrumbs, released December 16, 2013
Lyrics, music, guitar, and vocals: Aminah

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AMINAH Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

Aminah is a Boston-bred, Brazilian native—an avid reader of Rainer Maria Rilke and a poet herself. She is influenced by a variety of artists: Maynard J. Kennan, Melissa Ferrick, Ani Difranco, Tori Amos, 7 Year Bitch, & Tom Waits. She has resurrected the words from within her in her first solo full-length album with emotive notes & stirring lyrics. ... more

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