{"id":357,"date":"2007-10-08T20:10:00","date_gmt":"2007-10-09T03:10:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/ayearofsongs.org\/blg\/?p=357"},"modified":"2015-10-29T16:46:52","modified_gmt":"2015-10-29T23:46:52","slug":"where-did-you-hide-that-shining-light","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ayearofsongs.org\/blg\/2007\/10\/08\/where-did-you-hide-that-shining-light\/","title":{"rendered":"Where did you hide that shining light?"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"I<\/p>\n

A<\/span>s I wrote in January of 2006, when this song first appeared in A Year of Songs, it’s the third song I wrote — and considered a real <\/span>song, as opposed to one of the several score of pretty awful early attempts. What can I say — I grew up writing free verse… no rhyme, no meter… lots of self-indulgence. It takes a while to get into the very different discipline of songwriting. Or it did for me.<\/p>\n

Anyway, this tune’s maybe a little long on portentuous vagueness — though I was clearly shooting for evocative mystery.<\/p>\n

But, believe it or not, it’s all more or less grounded in actual events. Where the song says, a man said you were the queen<\/span>… well, that’s exactly what someone said about the young woman the song addresses. To this day, I really don’t know what he meant.<\/p>\n

And that blinding, shining, white light? Well… someone<\/span> stole it.<\/p>\n

I Called Your Name<\/i><\/b><\/p>\n\n

more stream & DL options<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n

previous versions<\/i>
\nSaturday, January 21, 2006<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n

lyrics<\/span><\/span>
\nI Called Your Name<\/i><\/b><\/p>\n

I called your name
\nwhen I was afraid
\nbut you were upstate
\nand you didn’t come
\nthough I thought you might<\/p>\n

there was a time when I’d play any game
\njust to be alive
\nthere was a time
\nlong enough to wait
\ntime enough to wait
\ntime enough to bring it back
\nand stash it away<\/p>\n

a man thought you were the queen
\ndid not mean a thing
\nbut I thought it did
\nand if you were the queen
\nI wondered
\nand I wondered
\nhow you kept it hid
\nand how did you steal
\nthat shining light
\nhow did you steal that blinding light
\nhow did you steal that shining light from me
\nhow did you steal that pure white light from me
\n
\n(C)1972, 2007, TK Major <\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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