Uploaded June 2017 | Updated September 2026, 3 weeks ago

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From "i l l u," an "Illuminated" remix album. Free download [with TWO bonus tracks, available nowhere else] here: helenaruth.com/illu

Lyrics:

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i know what the city lights
do to the night sky,
when no one’s looking
but i can’t decide...

‘cause though i crave the constellations,
the fog above my head, illuminated...
i don't know how to phrase it
it’s not a dream

and i want to see everything
and i want to breathe easily
and i want to let the night sky bleed
its blacks and blues down into me,
like a moon-bleached tapestry

and i want to see everything
and i want to breathe easily
and i want to let the night sky lean...
its dappled flank down upon me,
like a flawed philosophy

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‘cause i’ve seen what the city lights
do to the night sky.
i keep an eye, out...
i can’t decide,
somehow.

‘cause though i crave the constellations
glass towers above my head, illuminated...
i don’t know how to phrase it

and though i crave the constellations
the rain, about my head, illuminated;
i’m not sure how to say it...
i don’t know how to phrase it...
it’s not a dream...

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and i want to see everything
and i want to breathe easily
and i want to let the night sky bleed
its blacks and blues down into me,
like a moon-bleached tapestry

and i want to see everything
and i want to breathe easily
and i want to let the night sky lean,
its dappled flank down upon me...
like a flawed philosophy.

◎ ● ⦿ ◉ ⦿ ● ◎

credits:
from i l l u, released June 22, 2017
mix & production -- Circlejourney circlejourney.net soundcloud.com/circlejourney
lyrics, melody, & vocals -- Helena Ruth helenaruth.com

track art -- Helena Ruth
space photography sourced from NASA image libraries and edited

Creative Commons License
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"illuminated [broadway]" is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International License. It is an arrangement of the "Illuminated" lyrics & melody by Helena Ruth.

"Illuminated" lyrics & melody by Helena Ruth is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International License.
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