| Light And Night | |
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| Written by | Tally Hall |
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| Appears on | MP3 Download Only |
| Sung by | Rob Cantor, Nellie McKay |
| Genre | Rock |
| Language | English |
Light And Night featuring Nellie McKay 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.
History
In a December 2009 interview with Hiddeninthesand.com [1], Rob 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 and sent it to Nellie and she agreed to sing on it. When asked if the song will be included on any upcoming album, Rob said there are no plans to do so. They do own the rights to the song, however, so they could if they wanted to.
Trivia
This song truly was written by multiple members of Tally Hall, making it one of the most (if not THE most) cooperatively written songs to date.
It was discovered that the inside flap of each book provided the SAME code and the SAME webpage to enter the code. In fact, the webpage you downloaded it from even tells you that very same code in order to get the song! So essentially, there was no purchase necessary. 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 Glow in 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
Footnotes
- ↑ Hiddeninthesand.com's Ultimate Interview with Tally Hall which took place on December 14th, 2009