This Lesser Light

from Retreat From Certainty by John Christian

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This is another song from 'The Dead Of Night' preserved as close to the original as I could.

The greater rule the day - the lesser rule the night. This line is from the the book of Genesis. I am an atheist and so I don't buy the stories in the bible. But this passage fascinated me. The great, being the sun, rules the day and the lesser light, the moon, rules the night. You can take that wherever you want to but for me, it is a cool thing to think of the night as lesser but still rule. As a musician, I have spent more time being productive during the lesser light. Perhaps that is why I have a moody nature to my art.

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The most familiar object in the night sky
Revealing shades of a brighter light that the sun hides
Moving in and out as if it were a tide
This lesser light contemplative passion
Will it kiss again forlorn and forgotten
Unable to imagine with a dark eye

A source of Aurora throwing stones to hasten time
A pale Nocturne in dark arenas frowns and smiles
The greater rule the day the lesser rules the night
This lesser light contemplative passion
Will it kiss again forlorn and forgotten
Unable to imagine with a dark eye

The lone path is sweeping through the night sky
Because the law is stoking fear should we all die – remember that
The greater rule the day the lesser rules the night
This lesser light contemplative passion
Will it kiss again forlorn and forgotten
Unable to imagine with a dark eye

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from Retreat From Certainty, released May 29, 2016
John Christian - acoustic guitar, electric guitar, vocals, bass, sound effects, drums, arrangements, and productions.

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