Light & Night

Light & Night
Written by	Tally Hall
Appears on	MP3 Download Only
Sung by	Rob Cantor, Nellie McKay
Genre	Rock
Language	English

Light & Night by Tally Hall 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 , 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

• Light and Light was written by every member of Tally Hall, 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
• A demo of this song was released on Admittedly Incomplete Demos, featuring only Rob on lead vocals. It can be assumed this was the version sent to Nellie for her approval

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