Light & Night
| Light & Night | |
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| Written by | Rob Cantor, Zubin Sedghi, Andrew Horowitz, Ross Federman |
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| Appears on | The Magician’s Elephant book MP3 Download Code, Admittedly Incomplete Demos, Turn The Lights Off, Good & Evil (pre-gap track on 2022 reissue) |
| Sung by | Rob Cantor, Nellie McKay |
| Genre | Rock |
| Language | English |
| Links: | YouTube Bandcamp Demo (Bandcamp) |
Light & Night is a song written by Rob Cantor, Zubin Sedghi, Andrew Horowitz, and Ross Federman.[1] It features Nellie McKay and was released on September 8th/9th 2009 as a free download from http://mp3.walmart.com/elephant with the purchase of Kate DiCamillo’s book The Magician’s Elephant.
As of now, it is available on the Turn The Lights Off single and as the pre-gap track on Needlejuice Records' reissue of Good & Evil.
History
On August 12th 2009, Andrew would report they would be heading into the studio with a female singer to record a new song, and that it would release in the fall of 2009.[2]
In a December 2009 interview with Hiddeninthesand.com, Rob Cantor explains the band was approached to write the song for the book which was soon to be released. After reading the manuscript and deciding they had the time to do it, they wrote the song[3] and it would be demoed by solely Rob on piano.[4] They sent it to Nellie McKay and she agreed to sing on co-lead vocals on it.
A demo of Light & Night was released on Admittedly Incomplete Demos on December 15th 2015.[4]
Light & Night was released as part of the companion 7" Turn The Lights Off single on August 26th 2022, alongside Needlejuice's reissue of Good & Evil.[5] This would be the first time the track was released in lossless quality.
Trivia
- Light & Night was written by 4 members of the band, making it one of their most cooperatively written songs to date.
- It was discovered that the inside flap of each book provided the same code and webpage to enter the code. Essentially, there was no purchase necessary to get the song. The song was available up until March 31st, 2010 at http://mp3.walmart.com/elephant
Lyrics
These are currently unofficial lyrics, transcribed by the fans.
ROB: We ought to leave a light on, leave a light on underneath the moon Sitting in the sight of every eye, I believe in you Open your window look out and see me Slow I am coming a long way to be NELLIE: An accidental light on, such as I am, by the lonely sun Ever is the light on, is the light on, ever meant to run Cold but I'm outside and waiting to see Blowing the snow coming closer to me BOTH: Tonight I'm arriving alive and alight Tonight all the black and the gray and the white And I want to be like you are the one light I want to see your eyes looking back and into mine NELLIE: Better when the light comes in the night time opening the door Hoping to be right, it's open every night So whatcha waiting for? BOTH: Open your window look out and see me Slow I am coming a long way to be Tonight I'm arriving alive and alight Tonight all the black and the gray and the white And I want to be like you are the one light I want to see your eyes looking back and into mine ROB: Something is real, maybe not Something is gone Something is here, only thought All that you want Everything else will follow BOTH: Tonight I'm arriving alive and alight Tonight all the black and the gray and the white And I want to be like you are the one light I want to see your eyes looking back and into mine
Demo Lyrics
We ought to leave a light on, leave a light on underneath the moon Sitting in the sight of every eye, I believe in you Open your window, look out and see me Slow though I'm coming a long way to be An accidental light on Such as I am, mother's only son Ever is the light on, is the light on Ever meant to run Cold out, you're outside I'm waiting to see Glow in the snow coming closer to me Tonight I'm arriving alive and alight The left and the right is too gray in the night And I want to be like you are the one bright I want to see eyes A-better when the light comes in the night I'm opening the door Hoping to be right, it's open every night So whatcha waiting for? Open your window look out and see me Slow though I'm coming a long way to be Tonight I'm arriving alive and alight The left and the right is too gray in the night And I want to be like you are the one bright I want to see eyes Tonight I'm arriving alive and alight The left and the right is too gray in the night And I want to be like you are the one bright I want to see eyes
Tabs/Chords
Nothing here yet!
Personnel
Music & Lyrics: Rob Cantor, Zubin Sedghi, Ross Federman, Andrew Horowitz
Studio Version
Produced by Andrew Horowitz
Vocals: Rob Cantor, Nellie McKay
Additional Vocals: Zubin Sedghi
Electric & Acoustic Guitar: Rob Cantor, Joe Hawley(?)
Piano & Keyboards: Andrew Horowitz
Drum Kit & Percussion: Ross Federman
Bass: Zubin Sedghi
Demo Version
Vocals: Rob Cantor
Piano: Rob Cantor(?)
References
- ↑ ASCAP database entry for Light and Night
- ↑ Andrew Horowitz tweet
- ↑ Hiddeninthesand.com's Ultimate Interview with Tally Hall which took place on December 14th, 2009
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 Light & Night (Demo). Bandcamp
- ↑ https://needlejuice.bandcamp.com/album/turn-the-lights-off Turn The Lights Off (Single). Tally Hall. Bandcamp. Released August 26th 2022. Needlejuice Records
| Good & Evil | |
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Never Meant To Know · & · You & Me · Cannibal · Who You Are · Sacred Beast · Hymn for a Scarecrow · A Lady · The Trap · Turn the Lights Off · Misery Fell · Out in the Twilight · You · Fate of the Stars · Light & Night* (pre-gap bonus track) * indicates tracks only available in the 2022 CD rerelease |
| Singles | |
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Banana Man (Demo) · Ruler Of Everything (Demo) · Good Day · Welcome To Tally Hall · Light & Night · You & Me · & · Nathan Naimark · Club Can't Handle Me (featuring Casey Shea) · Just a Friend · Turn The Lights Off (b-side: Light & Night) |