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Look to the East

from Invisible Highways by Midnight Lands

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The song captures the essence of embracing change through the passage of time. It highlights the beauty in moments of renewal, using dawn and dusk as metaphors for fresh beginnings and necessary retreats. The lyrics emphasize the power of personal agency in shaping one's journey, paralleling life to an evolving masterpiece where the artist is the individual. The song conveys a sense of optimism, encouraging resilience and self-determination amid the shifting tides of existence. It sensitively portrays the emotional dance between aspirations and setbacks, urging listeners not to let heartbreak impel them further from their dreams.

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look to the east when the dawn comes
a spirit released as the sky hums
if you count on repeats of the motion
you're never alone

when you're pulled into view, into orbit
you can start it anew like a portrait
the painter is you, grey and scarlet
with all that you are, and you're longing for now

you awaken, silver light is shining down on you
with a phantom of a puncher's chance to start anew
the sky is clearing and the wind is right now at your back
for the moment no one is promised has to come to you at last

look to the west as the night falls
it's all for the best is what they call
accepting defeat when it's wise to
beat a hasty retreat

when you're down on a knee and exalting
your vision is true as it darkens
you know what you need, you can feel it
and you can resolve what you're longing for now

morning phantom of the things still yet to be
if I could feel you coming closer to me
how we vanish into ether, how we're here but we're not all the same
but you can't let every heartbreak move you even farther away

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from Invisible Highways, released August 30, 2023
Music and lyrics by B. Averch

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Midnight Lands Chapel Hill, North Carolina

Power duo brothers-in-arms featuring guitar sounds that reach for faraway places and recall shoegaze legends Swervedriver.

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