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A Little Light

by Eric Distad

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1.
Sisyphus 04:48
When you beat your head against the wall it's the bricks that break or it's you Sometimes you get up sometimes you fall the scrapes you make shine through The world spins despite your whims no one loses no one wins The world spins the sun will rise change the black to gold and burn the skies When the boulder seems so big and the hill is steep you'd trade your kingdom and your throne for a different view Break the grip of gravity no matter how you leap fall back down a million times there's nothing left to do The world spins despite your whims no one loses no one wins The world spins the sun will rise change the black to gold and burn the skies Sometimes the best thing to give is up sometimes the best course to set is back sometimes your the hammer sometimes the nail it's time to try another tack The world spins despite your whims no one loses no one wins The world spins the sun will rise change the black to gold and burn the skies The worlds spins and the sun will rise
2.
I loved the water Before I knew to swim I hated running Before I ever too gym I didn't need a map To find my feet to stand I knew how to rock Before I joined a band The day I met Superman I didn't need to know his name The big red S said it all My life is not the same The day I met Superman was the greatest day of all He carried me through the air He didn't let me fall I was wandering through the woods When the ground sucked me down Lost and dazed for forty days I struggled not to drown He swooped down from the sky And freed me with a smile Put me to my feet After flying for a mile The day I met Superman I didn't need to know his name The big red S said it all My life is not the same The day I met Superman was the greatest day of all He carried me through the air He didn't let me fall That's what makes Him great It's not the strength or speed He always find you When you're the one in need The day I met Superman I didn't need to know his name The big red S said it all My life is not the same The day I met Superman was the greatest day of all He carried me through the air He didn't let me fall
3.
Focus past the frame to the picture You're the woman I'm the man A house and a dog and a yard A reference blueprint A lifetime plan If only we could have the picket fence If only you would wear that dress If only we could smile a little more If only you would hide your mess A thousand bitter words to shape your mind A thousand winter suns to chill your heart A thousand little lies to keep you blind A thousand little songs, a thousand bitter songs Why won't the dog fetch my slippers Why won't they sell their car Why can't I shake the feeling That we may have gone too far There is no room to change the picture There are no poems from a perfect bride Be careful that your makeup doesn't run When you cry, when you hide A thousand bitter words to shape your mind A thousand winter suns to chill your heart A thousand little lies to keep you blind A thousand little songs, a thousand bitter songs A picture can be worth a thousand lies But in the end, a man is only one He didn't come to save a picture He's not here to make it true A thousand words is too many When all you need is two I Believe
4.
After All 04:05
Dance with the devil To reach to the sky Prance in the flames To make it all fly Claw through the sunlight To reach for the stars The feathers will drop Before reaching mars Hear a lesson We all must learn A pretty shine Means you might get burned How high you fly Is how far you'll fall That's the way it works After all Check twice and cut once Be sure to check again And when you must go Know where you have been Echoes of the earth shakes Like days that slowly fade The worst of mistakes The ones already made
5.
You can do All you want Not all is good for you I'll show the way Just do as I say Just don't do as I do Loose Lips will sink the ship Careless lives cost talk Rotten fruit shows true the root Careless lives cost talk A quiet bout Louder than a shout Sweet words won't clear the doubt Empty talk Won't make the walk They'll know you by your route Loose Lips will sink the ship Careless lives cost talk Rotten fruit shows true the root Careless lives cost talk Deeds will form you in their eyes Will they match your disguise? Loose Lips will sink the ship Careless lives cost talk Rotten fruit shows true the root Careless lives cost talk
6.
This world is not for me They teach you to lie And they teach you to kill They say save a life And nobody will They burn all the beauty And dance in the flames Then hold out a torch And call you by name They call you by your name This world is not for me They call you a brother And hold out a hand Put a hole in your back And fill it with sand From the rich to the lazy From the cold to the tall They search for an answer And won’t hear the call They won’t hear the call This world is not for me They show you an answer They give you a sign You check all your fingers And count out to nine This world can not hold me Like a cat in a sack I know the way forward I’m not looking back I’m not looking back
7.
Remnant 04:12
A cold home where echoes roam static clock beats time of its own old photograph torn in half an empty shelf an empty laugh she's not alone though that's how it seems the heart remains if only in her dreams an old shirt too much dessert an empty place a nameless hurt some time alone to call her own some crimes are best left unknown an old house no need to roam where love dwells is always a home
8.
Landslide 04:33
Like a gut punch out of a clear blue sky I’m doubled over and still can’t cry Like a bomb shell that blows out a hole sorrow’s shrapnel that cuts into my soul A falling Hindenburg a Titanic’s last gasp And a way to save the day is just beyond my grasp You can’t stop the landslide when your standing on the hill just hang on for dear life until all the land is still Like a corkscrew pulls the stopper from my heart drains out all inside till the bottle falls apart Like an ice cube that freezes you inside frozen from the moment I watched you start to hide We all get dirty sometimes when the mud sweeps us away But bruises also tell us there will be another day When the house is on fire and all that’s left is watch it burn The best thing that you can do is to live and learn
9.
Slumped through his life With his feet on the floor Gave up the fight Never settled a score Followed in the footsteps 'cause that's what you do "Dream don't pay when the bill comes due Eugene Gordon Brown" Didn't hold his head up But never let them down Never made a name Worthy of renown Eugene Gordon Brown Don't let them get you down Gotta try if you want to fly And get those feet off the ground Pop up pocket gophers Hemmed in by cube walls Hundred right turns down Endless maze halls Hidden in a billfold Like a backslider's sin Picture of a plane Crumpled worn thin Eugene Gordon Brown Don't let them get you down Gotta try if you want to fly And get those feet off the ground They may have you hemmed up In a cardboard box But no man Can put your soul in a cage Eugene Gordon Brown Eugene Gordon Brown Don't let them get you down Gotta try if you want to fly And get those feet off the ground
10.
A new road to walk alone A new word defining home And all the things you really Wished you'd said Trade vision for the truth Trade wisdom for your youth And all the years press down In your head Time to be alive To do more than just survive Through dark and pain push on And walk into the sun Try to make it on your own Stand tall and proud alone And silent wishes for the Place you know You try to do it all And learn how not to fall Try to learn to fly Before you're too low New days replace the old New sites will change your view Please always know That I'll be there with you A map without a key No path that you can see Foundations built on Shifting sand Empty ache in your soul Endless search to fill the hole And an antidote Is in My Hand
11.
Hurricane 04:54
Stand tall and proud just like a tree Bastion wall so strong all around me Blueprint plan marked land and a date for the crown Water drip wind grips and the stones fall down Will you bend Will you break when the waves knock down And the earth shakes Let the wind blow through just like the pain bend away from the hurricane Measured twice cut thrice and sanded to fit Bending blow Heavy load and it falls to the pit Vines creep Rooted deep break through the stone Chalk lines mark the signs that you plane has flown Surrender and feel green enough to bend pull life from the water flow and let the hard inside you go and know and know the storm will end
12.
Feel the seasons change again join the hearts of mortal men let the sun spring in your soul Let the tears flow again crumble walls to make amends let the holy fire unfreeze your soul As sure as the night is dark as sure as the coming tide the sun will rise A secure ray of hope a sure and warming light the sun will rise Feel the storm rage again bring the fears to an end Let the waters lift your soul Find the hurt at its start feel it tearing you apart let the sunlight heal your soul As sure as the night is dark as sure as the coming tide the sun will rise A secure ray of hope a sure and warming light the sun will rise

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NEW RELEASE! After nearly 7 years of ceaseless procrastination, the new CD is out.

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released November 12, 2012

Eric Distad - Vocals,Guitar,Bouzouki,Bass,Synth,Drum Programming, and the kitchen sink too.
Jen Distad - Bass, Backing Vocals
Jon Bennefeld - Drums, Percussion

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