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Salt and Light (original live demo)

from Salt and Light Live​/​Demos (Free to DL) by Simon Dwight

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This track has a couple of influences hidden within. You can probably think you hear Dylan, but the truth is that Bill Mallonee was a big listen of mine at the time, and you can just about go to any album and hear this type of song. So just like I put out 'Shot Down' which was me doing Dylan, this is me doing 'Mallonnee'.

It is definitely an autobiographical piece of work, and one which works very well for me.

This is the first demo I made of the track, and in all the other demos and recorded versions I have tried since, this one has the best feel. There is a video of the track on my youtube page which comes near, but just doesn't have the kind of excitement I feel when I have a 'new thing' going'

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Salt and Light

No signs of growth,
No new shoots peeking through
No journey to the far side,
No buds are born anew

Been in hibernation for such a long, long time
I’m waking to a new world and washing off the grime

I’m just trying to live
A little Salt and Light
Just trying to bring some taste
To the darkness of the night

Been in hibernation for such a long, long time
I’m waking to a new world and washing off the grime

And all my dreams keep twistin’
Like the lonesome windy way
And I’m hoping for a kingdom
And the dawn of a new day

I’ve wandered far and weary
With nowhere to rest my head
I’ve often stopped and wondered
Under the stars I will make my bed

And Patrick he saw through it
As his arms stretched towards the stars
And the world back then was empty
No cars, no bars, no guitars

Been in hibernation for such a long, long time
I’m peeling off the old skin,
Of the man who’s dead and gone
As the sunshine of this new world
Reveals the presence of the One.

©Simon Dwight 2013

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from Salt and Light Live​/​Demos (Free to DL), released July 10, 2014
Written, performed, recorded, mixed and mastered by Simon Dwight

Recorded in Great Linford, Milton Keynes February 2013

Licensed by Tide Recordings 2014

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