Name: You Are A Light (ft. Anne-Marie Allen, Kate Wilkins)
Duration: P00H04M49S
Description: A song to say thank you to someone who's had a healing influence on many lives in Birmingham.

You Are A Light (ft. Anne-Marie Allen, Kate Wilkins)

from Electric Ladywood by Dominic Hyde and Glast Dance

	/

Streaming + Download

Includes unlimited streaming via the free Bandcamp app, plus high-quality download in MP3, FLAC and more.

Purchasable with gift card

£1 GBP or more
Buy the Full Digital Album

about

A song to say thank you to someone who's had a healing influence on many lives in Birmingham.

lyrics

Shepherd on the plateaus of Picchu
Wondering when the rains will reach you,
Plaits lock like horns above shorn sides.
You are the lost herd and the rangers
You are the safety and the strangeness
A little silver resides
In your hair, glinting like the blades
Of a butterfly knife;
You are a light in this life

Was it mother painted your hands
In sulphur henna dancing bands,
In motions informing your arms?
Currents in copper oceans,
Roots twisting in devotions,
Silents psalms
Were all the words in the holy night.
You are a light in this life

M8

I'm a boatman on dust,
By day a sailor on seas of rust
A painter in iron and brick
The brush plays games,
My thoughts have no names
My nights are sharp and steep
As a peak,
And my dreams are full of strife-
You are a light in this life

White spirit on the mist
Milk breath and torches in the distance kiss
An evening prays for you
Morning of rest,
Mountain of Sunday papers
Your mom saves for you
And your name is blessed, from the east to the west,
And if the shadows start to bite,
You are a light in this life

M8

credits

from Electric Ladywood, released September 25, 2020
Dominic Hyde: songwriter, vocals, guitars, bass guitar, hand bells, glockenspiel
Anne-Marie Allen: harmony vocals
Kate Wilkins: harmony vocals

Marley Butler: engineer, mixing
Andy Gordon: mastering

license

about

Dominic Hyde and Glast Dance Birmingham, UK

Alt. folk and punk-soul band with a soft spot for thoughtful lyrics.

We love Taj Mahal, John Martyn, The Pixies, Feist, W. H. Auden and Pablo Neruda.

We hope you enjoy our music!

contact / help

Contact Dominic Hyde and Glast Dance

Streaming and
Download help

Report this track or account

If you like Dominic Hyde and Glast Dance, you may also like:

Strummerville A Go-Go #001
by Joe Strummer Fund

Strummer's foundation provides opportunities to aspiring musicians while working to prevent poverty. Bandcamp New & Notable Aug 19, 2015
go to album
Francine, i (PLX059)
by Marco Woolf

The latest from Malawian-born singer-songwriter Marco Woolf is full of rich & immersive jazz-informed tracks. Bandcamp New & Notable Aug 15, 2021
go to album
The Job
by Use No Hooks

featured on Bandcamp Radio Apr 21, 2020
go to album
Hold The Door For Strangers
by Labrador

Philadelphia-based Labrador make unfussy and empathetic alt-country meant to sincerely bolster the downcast in times of strife. Bandcamp New & Notable Jan 5, 2023
go to album
Mary Jane Dunphe & Chris McDonnell in the The County Liners
by County Liners

Country rock with sincerity, grit, and a punk pedigree. Bandcamp New & Notable Sep 20, 2017
go to album
Waving To My Girl
by Winten

A hushed and low-lit EP from this Melbourne musician, where dreamlike melodies drift across a bed of tender guitar. Bandcamp New & Notable Aug 19, 2023
go to album
Humor
by tofusmell

1990s-era indie-folk sounds back songs about love and identity on this project from the Florida-based artist. Bandcamp New & Notable Jun 30, 2023
go to album