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Lights Low

by Cecilie Anna

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The first of the songs Cecilie Anna was inspired to make when long-time favourite voices Bill Callahan and Will Oldham suddenly started releasing songs together. Her head nearly exploded while listening to their take on Cat Steven’s ‘In the Blackness of the Night’ and she immediately made ‘Lights Low’. Not only does it pay tribute to their voices, it’s also a hommage to Cat Steven’s song which tells the story of a young soldier dying on the battlefield in a war not of his own. The song encourages us to try to care for and nourish what is left after dark times, and to attempt to build something new with love and patience.

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Set the lights low, baby
Feel the fire in the night
In this quiet, lovely light
Falling ashes from the fight
Set the lights low, baby
In this quiet, lovely light
Burning ashes from the fight
Set the lights low, baby

When the storms are ending
Crows gather ‘round your path
II: Singing hazy songs of sorrow
With letters from your past
When the storms are ending :II

I lost my senses
I feel you ramble
I lost my joy
I feel you stumble
When the crows are dancing
In the early morning rain
And the blackness of the night
Comes fresh in from the fight
Take this broken land, baby
And the blackness of our lives
Comes pouring down our spines
Take this broken land, baby
Quiet, lovely light

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released September 7, 2023
Words and Music: Cecilie Anna
Vocal, Pump organ: Cecilie Anna
Recording, Mixing and Co-Producer: SirSound, Stord
Mastered by Alex Wharton in Abbey Road, London
Cecilie Anna Records 2023

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Cecilie Anna Hordaland, Norway

Cecilie Anna is a Norwegian Artist and Songwriter.

Her first release 'Going North' appeared in 2016 with her band Familieforetaket. A spirited debut it marked her out as a raw talent.

The following year saw the release of 'I'm Here' a starkly accomplished and astonishingly haunting album.

2021 brought her third album, New Bird, which took the form of a lo-fi exercise in elegant emotions. ... more

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