Lightning BugI pushed plainly through the membrane We've been drifting for so long We've come this far
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 Will they shut me out from heaven? 7 8 9 10 11 For this, they'd shut me from heaven
Up so high I cannot see What's lying still in wait for me
Sea is strong Sky is true I am so in love with you
Skin turns red I stay blue Will I stay in love?
When I was young I disappeared And my brother found me there He called my name I turned away And the echoes still decay... (1 2 3 4 5 6 7, will they shut me out of heaven?)
Is it wrong to disappear? To find Nobody and hold him near?
(if they were the hand that knocked And I the one with key to lock Would I forbid them entrance or Allow them gladly through the door?)
Forget all the playgrounds and the parks And grow accustomed to the dark...
Lightning Bug - Luminous Veil (Official Audio)Lightning Bug2020-01-12 | I pushed plainly through the membrane We've been drifting for so long We've come this far
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 Will they shut me out from heaven? 7 8 9 10 11 For this, they'd shut me from heaven
Up so high I cannot see What's lying still in wait for me
Sea is strong Sky is true I am so in love with you
Skin turns red I stay blue Will I stay in love?
When I was young I disappeared And my brother found me there He called my name I turned away And the echoes still decay... (1 2 3 4 5 6 7, will they shut me out of heaven?)
Is it wrong to disappear? To find Nobody and hold him near?
(if they were the hand that knocked And I the one with key to lock Would I forbid them entrance or Allow them gladly through the door?)
Forget all the playgrounds and the parks And grow accustomed to the dark...
___________ LYRICS: To keep that feeling of sky Pressed between words It can’t be done So why do I try? Why do I try?
Twig by twig, the dove builds its nest To carry its future, storm after storm So I make a home for you in me Brick by brick Storm after storm Storm after storm With the instinct of an insect That senses peril yet flies towards warmth One tender touch can last a whole lifetime
To keep that feeling of love Pressed into song It can’t be done So why do I try? In the hope that you will hear it So far away So dimly alive But alive
Directed by Kit Zauhar Cinematography by András Ladocsi Choreography by Nicole Fuentes Edited by Mar Jardiel Color by Natasha Wong at RCO VFX by Danni Huang Lighting by Ingmar Chen Performed by Sarah Bolander and Audrey Kang Assisted by Dane Hagen Music by Lightning BugLightning Bug — Opus (Official Music Video)Lightning Bug2024-03-19 | LYRICS:
The winter rains fell for seven weeks straight And no one was sure it would ever abate We took shelter indoors and awaited the sun But weeks turned to years and the sun didn't come It didn’t come…
How soft Softly we turn Turn into dust The faster that we burn…
Now low lies the moon, its light fading fast O’er faraway hills of cinnamon grass As we dim into dusk, dissolve into past We say, “Nothing good in this life is meant to last…” Could it ever last?
How soft Softly we burn Burn into dust The faster that we turn…
Under any hand but yours my heart won’t beat Only you can rouse me from my sleep So I dream of fertile earth and tender breeze And I’ll keep dreaming till I am summoned back to life by your heat
I wish the gods would turn me into a tree But keep my mind distinct, alive, and free My trunk will thicken with ring after ring My fingertips will blossom in the spring
I’ll grow branches supple and strong for you to climb I will raise you ever closer to the sky Beneath my shade you’ll pass the time And in the fall you’ll watch me lose my mind
My leaves will paint the ground below with red As one by one they tumble from my head Till just my lonely skeleton is left And in my bareness you will think me dead
Under any hand but yours my heart won’t beat Only you can rouse me from my sleep So I dream of fertile earth and tender breeze And I’ll keep dreaming till I’m summoned back to life by your heat.
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CREDITS: Music by: Lightning Bug Lightning Bug is: Logan Miley, Kevin Copeland, Dane Hagen, and Audrey Kang
Choreographed and performed by: Sarah Bolander Written, directed, and filmed by: Audrey Kang Puppetmasters: Dane Hagen and Logan Miley Edited by: Woody Ray and Audrey Kang Additional sound and design by: Woody Ray Color and finish by: Natasha Wong at RCO Styled by: Celine EriksenLightning Bug — Luminous Veil (Official Music Video)Lightning Bug2024-01-28 | We're waking up our channels to prepare for the vulnerable thrill/thrilling vulnerability of releasing new music this month. This is a film Tomonari Nishikawa made for our song "Luminous Veil," from our first album, "Floaters". He's a filmmaker and artist who had a huge influence on me.
LYRICS: I pushed plainly through the membrane We've been drifting for so long We've come this far
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 Will they shut me out from heaven? 7 8 9 10 11 For this, they'd shut me from heaven
Up so high I cannot see What's lying still in wait for me
Sea is strong Sky is true I am so in love with you
Skin turns red I stay blue Will I stay in love?
When I was young I disappeared And my brother found me there He called my name I turned away And the echoes still decay... (1 2 3 4 5 6 7, will they shut me out of heaven?)
Is it wrong to disappear? To find Nobody and hold him near?
(if they were the hand that knocked And I the one with key to lock Would I forbid them entrance or Allow them gladly through the door?)
Forget all the playgrounds and the parks And grow accustomed to the dark...Lightning Bug - A Color of the Sky (Official Visualizer)Lightning Bug2021-08-13 | 'A Color of the Sky' from Lightning Bug's new album 'A Color of the Sky' out now.
Listen to 'A Color of the Sky' and order Vinyl/CD/Cassette here: https://LightningBug.lnk.to/AColoroftheSkyID _____ Visuals by Melanie Kleid _____
LYRICS: I turn to poetry I turn to the books I read To say what I mean
But words... Words are absurd And letters cause more pain So I’ll tell it to you plain
I’ll always be your friend I love you has no end And with that, I send Us both into mystery And I’ll try not to worry Because it’s only a story
Fat Possum is a Record Label based in Oxford, Mississippi, New York & London
We're Trying Our Best... #LightningBug #AColoroftheSkyLightning Bug - Reprise (Official Visualizer)Lightning Bug2021-08-10 | 'Reprise' from Lightning Bug's new album 'A Color of the Sky' out now.
Listen to 'A Color of the Sky' and order Vinyl/CD/Cassette here: https://LightningBug.lnk.to/AColoroftheSkyID _____ Visuals by Melanie Kleid _____
LYRICS: The skies vault higher in September Till the end of our days, I’ll remember The colors are strong And the feelings are true
Fat Possum is a Record Label based in Oxford, Mississippi, New York & London
We're Trying Our Best... #LightningBug #Reprise #AColoroftheSkyLightning Bug - Wings of Desire (Official Visualizer)Lightning Bug2021-08-06 | 'Wings of Desire' from Lightning Bug's new album 'A Color of the Sky' out now.
Listen to 'A Color of the Sky' and order Vinyl/CD/Cassette here: https://LightningBug.lnk.to/AColoroftheSkyID _____ Visuals by Melanie Kleid _____
LYRICS: My heart is made of water My heart is made of flame If it’s my own hand that hunts me Then who am I to blame?
The river rambles as my hand falls through the grain Of lines that even love and passion cross in vain
The past is made of stardust The future’s shifting sand If it’s my own path that’s drifting Then where am I to land?
And as I try to hold the meaning in my hand It runs like water through the spaces that expand
Fat Possum is a Record Label based in Oxford, Mississippi, New York & London
We're Trying Our Best... #LightningBug #WingsofDesire #AColoroftheSkyLightning Bug - The Return (Official Visualizer)Lightning Bug2021-08-03 | 'The Return' from Lightning Bug's new album 'A Color of the Sky' out now.
Listen to 'A Color of the Sky' and order Vinyl/CD/Cassette here: https://LightningBug.lnk.to/AColoroftheSkyID _____ Visuals by Melanie Kleid _____
LYRICS: For all my foolish errors and the beauty I have drunk I think I’ll learn to live my life as wisely as a monk Turn off my phone and live alone in everlasting peace But is my soul to turn to stone when my childish wanderings cease?
Such petty things that I have bought and such ugly things I’ve thought The times I should’ve let it go, but instead I blindly fought My mother says I’ll never find all the happiness I sought To duck my head and just obey all the lessons I’ve been taught
I’ll run ahead to leave it behind Look at the sky and count the colors I find All the colors I find
But as I stare into the heart of my own twisting fire The songs yet to be written flock around me like a choir
And with each note, the spirit unwinds Look at your mind and count the colors I find All the colors I find
Fat Possum is a Record Label based in Oxford, Mississippi, New York & London
We're Trying Our Best... #LightningBug #TheReturn #AColoroftheSkyLightning Bug - A Color of the Sky (Live in Vermont)Lightning Bug2021-07-30 | 'A Color of the Sky' from Lightning Bug's new album 'A Color of the Sky' out now.
Directed by Kit Zauhar Cinematography by Owen Smith-Clark Edited by Mar Jardiel Mastered by Clay Jones Music by Lightning Bug
*Special thanks to Kelly and Scott* _______________
Listen to 'A Color of the Sky' and order Vinyl/CD/Cassette here : https://LightningBug.lnk.to/AColoroftheSkyID
Fat Possum is a Record Label based in Oxford, Mississippi, New York & London
We're Trying Our Best... #LightningBug #AColoroftheSkyLightning Bug - I Lie Awake (Live in Vermont)Lightning Bug2021-07-27 | 'I Lie Awake' from Lightning Bug's new album 'A Color of the Sky' out now.
Directed by Kit Zauhar Cinematography by Owen Smith-Clark Edited by Mar Jardiel Mastered by Clay Jones Music by Lightning Bug
*Special thanks to Kelly and Scott* _______________
Listen to 'A Color of the Sky' and order Vinyl/CD/Cassette here : https://LightningBug.lnk.to/AColoroftheSkyID
LYRICS: When the light of day decays And the sunset fades Sky is dark and grey I lie awake
And in the night, I see All the people that I used to be And then, I dream About the love I used to hold So close and dear to me The visions fill my eyes until I ache I lie awake
The hours have no name The minutes feel the same I lie awake
And in the night, I see All the friends I failed, or lost Or left behind of me And all the things I didn't mean to break I lie awake
Fat Possum is a Record Label based in Oxford, Mississippi, New York & London
We're Trying Our Best... #LightningBug #ILieAwake #AColoroftheSkyLightning Bug - The Chase (Official Visualizer)Lightning Bug2021-07-23 | 'The Chase' from Lightning Bug's new album 'A Color of the Sky' out now.
Listen to 'A Color of the Sky' and order Vinyl/CD/Cassette here: https://LightningBug.lnk.to/AColoroftheSkyID _____ Visuals by Melanie Kleid _____ Follow Lightning Bug on... Instagram: instagram.com/lightningbugpjs Facebook: facebook.com/lightningbugpjs
Fat Possum is a Record Label based in Oxford, Mississippi, New York & London
We're Trying Our Best... #LightningBug #TheChase #AColoroftheSkyLightning Bug - I Lie Awake (Official Visualizer)Lightning Bug2021-07-20 | 'I Lie Awake' from Lightning Bug's new album 'A Color of the Sky' out now.
Listen to 'A Color of the Sky' and order Vinyl/CD/Cassette here: https://LightningBug.lnk.to/AColoroftheSkyID _____ Visuals by Melanie Kleid _____
LYRICS: When the light of day decays And the sunset fades Sky is dark and grey I lie awake
And in the night, I see All the people that I used to be And then, I dream About the love I used to hold So close and dear to me The visions fill my eyes until I ache I lie awake
The hours have no name The minutes feel the same I lie awake
And in the night, I see All the friends I failed, or lost Or left behind of me And all the things I didn't mean to break I lie awake
Fat Possum is a Record Label based in Oxford, Mississippi, New York & London
We're Trying Our Best... #LightningBug #ILieAwake #AColoroftheSkyLightning Bug - Live in VermontLightning Bug2021-07-15 | Lightning Bug performing tracks from their new album 'A Color of the Sky' in Vermont.
Directed by Kit Zauhar Cinematography by Owen Smith-Clark Edited by Mar Jardiel Mastered by Clay Jones Music by Lightning Bug
*Special thanks to Kelly and Scott* _______________
Listen to 'A Color of the Sky' and order Vinyl/CD/Cassette here : https://LightningBug.lnk.to/AColoroftheSkyID
Fat Possum is a Record Label based in Oxford, Mississippi, New York & London
We're Trying Our Best... #LightningBug #AColoroftheSky #LiveInVermontLightning Bug - A Color of the Sky (Album Full Stream)Lightning Bug2021-06-27 | Lightning Bug's new album 'A Color of the Sky' out now.
Listen/Stream order Vinyl/CD/Cassette here : https://LightningBug.lnk.to/AColoroftheSkyID
00:00 The Return 06:41 The Right Thing Is Hard To Do 10:27 September Song, pt. ii 14:25 Wings of Desire 19:18 The Chase 20:50 Song of the Bell 24:57 I Lie Awake 29:13 Reprise 30:43 A Color of the Sky 35:25 The Flash _____ Follow Lightning Bug on... Instagram: instagram.com/lightningbugpjs
Fat Possum is a Record Label based in Oxford, Mississippi, New York & London
We're Trying Our Best... #LightningBug #AColoroftheSky #FatPossumLightning Bug - The Return (Live in Vermont)Lightning Bug2021-06-25 | 'The Return' from Lightning Bug's new album 'A Color of the Sky' out now.
Directed by Kit Zauhar Cinematography by Owen Smith-Clark Edited by Mar Jardiel Mastered by Clay Jones Music by Lightning Bug
*Special thanks to Kelly and Scott* _______________
Listen to 'A Color of the Sky' and order Vinyl/CD/Cassette here : https://LightningBug.lnk.to/AColoroftheSkyID
LYRICS: For all my foolish errors and the beauty I have drunk I think I'll learn to live my life as wisely as a monk Turn off my phone and live alone in everlasting peace But is my soul to turn to stone when my childish wanderings cease?
Such petty things that I have bought and such ugly things I've thought The times I should've let it go, but instead I blindly fought My mother says I'll never find all the happiness I sought To duck my head and just obey all the lessons I've been taught
I'll run ahead to leave it behind Look at the sky and count the colors I find All the colors I find
But as I stare into the heart of my own twisting fire The songs yet to be written flock around me like a choir
And with each note, the spirit unwinds Look at your mind and count the colors I find All the colors I find
Fat Possum is a Record Label based in Oxford, Mississippi, New York & London
We're Trying Our Best... #LightningBug #TheRightThingIsHardToDo #AColoroftheSkyLightning Bug - The Flash (Official Visualizer)Lightning Bug2021-06-25 | 'The Flash' from Lightning Bug's new album 'A Color of the Sky' out now.
Listen to 'A Color of the Sky' and order Vinyl/CD/Cassette here : https://LightningBug.lnk.to/AColoroftheSkyID _____ Visuals by Melanie Kleid _____
LYRICS: Tunneling mind building tunnels that confine and blind you You've made your mistakes, but it's the path that you take that defines you I hunt for the signs like I chase for the words I can rhyme to And my tunneling mind tunnels deeper so that I can barely find the truth
Light throws shadow Who can know where the time goes? In the things you'll never know Is where the real wisdom grows
Fat Possum is a Record Label based in Oxford, Mississippi, New York & London
We're Trying Our Best... #LightningBug #TheFlash #AColoroftheSkyLightning Bug - The Right Thing Is Hard To Do (Live in Vermont)Lightning Bug2021-06-21 | 'The Right Thing Is Hard To Do' from Lightning Bug's new album 'A Color of the Sky' out now.
Directed by Kit Zauhar Cinematography by Owen Smith-Clark Edited by Mar Jardiel Mastered by Clay Jones Music by Lightning Bug
*Special thanks to Kelly and Scott* _______________
Listen to 'The Right Thing Is Hard To Do': https://LightningBug.lnk.to/AColoroftheSkyID Pre-order Vinyl: lightning-bug.bandcamp.com/album/a-color-of-the-sky Spotify: https://LightningBug.lnk.to/AColoroftheSkyID/spotify Apple Music: https://LightningBug.lnk.to/AColoroftheSkyID/applemusic
LYRICS: As a child, I used to hide In the nooks of playground slides And time... Time was on my side Then the years went by and I Found different ways to hide I learned how to lie And keep the things I felt inside
The right thing is hard to do When you’ve got so much to lose Still in fear, it’s hard to move When you’ve got so much to prove Doubt Ebbs and flows Well, I’ll let it flow..
So they say they'll build a wall Of steel that rises grim and tall And turn away those Seeking shelter most of all Fires burn and the waters rise As we turn from what we know is right And time... Is time still on our side?
The hard thing is right to do When we’ve got so much to lose And closer to the root I see When I look past the fallen leaves Love steady grows So I’ll let it grow, grow and grow So I’ll let it grow...
Fat Possum is a Record Label based in Oxford, Mississippi, New York & London
We're Trying Our Best... #LightningBug #TheRightThingIsHardToDo #AColoroftheSkyLightning Bug - Song of the Bell (Official Lyric Video)Lightning Bug2021-05-26 | 'Song of the Bell' from Lightning Bug's new album 'A Color of the Sky' out now. Pre-order Vinyl/CD/Cassette: https://LightningBug.lnk.to/AColoroftheSkyID
Fat Possum is a Record Label based in Oxford, Mississippi, New York & London
We're Trying Our Best... #LightningBug #SongoftheBell #AColoroftheSkyLightning Bug - September Song, pt. ii (Official Video)Lightning Bug2021-04-21 | 'September Song, pt. ii' from Lightning Bug's new album 'A Color of the Sky' out now.
Directed and choreographed by Sarah Bolander Cinematography by Owen Smith-Clark Performed by Sarah Bolander and Audrey Kang Edited by Mar Jardiel Assisted by Lightning Bug _______________
Listen to 'September Song, pt. ii': https://LightningBug.lnk.to/AColoroftheSkyID Pre-order Vinyl: lightning-bug.bandcamp.com/album/a-color-of-the-sky Spotify: https://LightningBug.lnk.to/AColoroftheSkyID/spotify Apple Music: https://LightningBug.lnk.to/AColoroftheSkyID/applemusic
LYRICS: The skies vault higher in September Till the end of our days, I’ll remember How colors feel stronger and feelings so true That even the flowers smell more like you
The sunset brings me to fruition I am raw, I am new in the transition The colors burn stronger and the feelings burn true And even the flowers smell more like you
#LightningBug #SeptemberSongPtii #AColoroftheSkyLightning Bug - The Right Thing Is Hard To Do (Official Video)Lightning Bug2021-03-17 | Animated by Melanie Kleid Story by Melanie Kleid and Audrey Kang Directed by Audrey Kang
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LYRICS: As a child, I used to hide In the nooks of playground slides And time... Time was on my side Then the years went by and I Found different ways to hide I learned how to lie And keep the things I felt inside
The right thing is hard to do When you’ve got so much to lose Still in fear, it’s hard to move When you’ve got so much to prove Doubt Ebbs and flows Well, I’ll let it flow..
So they say they'll build a wall Of steel that rises grim and tall And turn away those Seeking shelter most of all Fires burn and the waters rise As we turn from what we know is right And time... Is time still on our side?
The hard thing is right to do When we’ve got so much to lose And closer to the root I see When I look past the fallen leaves Love steady grows So I’ll let it grow, grow and grow So I’ll let it grow...Lightning Bug - The Lonely Ones (Official Video)Lightning Bug2020-07-01 | "The Lonely Ones" by Lightning Bug
"Much like one must strip down their own firm beliefs to arrive at a core from which something new and truer can be built, we did this with The Onely Ones to make The Lonely Ones. The Onely Ones is sort of about the solitude of human existence and how I find it impossible to show someone else what exactly lives inside me. Logan was doing some final mix work on it when for a moment, he isolated some guitars that said something new and truer. All the percussive bombast of The Onely Ones was gone, and another melody emerged. So we sampled that bit from The Onely Ones and built it back up by following the shape of the sampled chords and leaning into the new melody. Probably obvious from the title, but The Lonely Ones is meant to pull from the loneliness that lives in The Onely Ones and let that one emotion sing. Try listening to it as if you are listening to a storm."KAGED Ep. 01 | Lightning Bug - No Place To Fall (Townes Van Zandt cover)Lightning Bug2020-03-26 | Lightning Bug - No Place To Fall (Townes Van Zandt cover)
KAGED - A Fat Possum video series where musicians cover a different theme in each episode. For episode one Ellis, The Districts and Lightning Bug take on songs from the Fat Possum catalog.
Directed by Owen Smith-Clark and Audrey Kang Cinematography by Owen Smith-Clark, Audrey Kang, and Vincent Puleo Edited by Owen Smith-Clark With Kevin Copeland, Audrey Kang, and Vincent Puleo
Lyrics: I have living in me Something weeping Curled inside it lies there Sleeping
When you smile, I see Hollow things through which the past is shimmering Then I feel it move in me...
We did not Choose our hands Intertwining
I did not Choose my heart Its endless pining
When you smile, I see All the bad that I can be Then I feel it move in me...Lightning Bug - October Song, pt. ii (Official Audio)Lightning Bug2020-01-12 | "October Song, pt. ii" from the album 'October Song'