Name: Light
Duration: P00H03M57S
Description: Once our basic needs are met, all that's left is the quest for knowledge. Of course, meeting our basic needs isn't all that simple either.

Light

from Light (2019) by James Dean Cotton

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Once our basic needs are met, all that's left is the quest for knowledge. Of course, meeting our basic needs isn't all that simple either.

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From the day that I crawled out of the sea
I was only looking for the light
I let the waves have their gentle way with me
Covered up in water, green and white

Came the day that I finally took a breath
Cold air salt upon my tongue
Turned my back upon the fading water’s edge
Set a course for the rising sun

Nothing’s changed in a billion years
I still hold this holy instrument between my ears
Till there’s nothing but the call and the echo to hear
Listen for cannons and the fight
Nothing left but looking for the light

On the day I fell out of control
And into the arms of those I loved
Swimming under water, all the breath that I could hold was
Finally released to everyone

Nothing’s changed in a billion years
I still hold this holy instrument between my ears
Till there’s nothing but the call and the echo to hear
Listen for cannons and the fight
Nothing left but looking for the light

Nothing but the call and the echo to hear
Listen for cannons and the fight
Nothing left but looking for the light

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from Light (2019), released June 29, 2019
James Dean Cotton: lyrics, music, vocals, guitars

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James Dean Cotton Seattle, Washington

James Dean Cotton hails from the Missouri Ozarks where bluegrass and Americana infused an easy, 70's acoustic style. He writes and performs solo and with the acoustic duo, American Sons, in the Seattle area.

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