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VISIONS (LP)

by Gold Light

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1.
Union 03:12
The loss of your lover was a wound Just as real as a dagger splitting your flesh into two Kept you locked through the winter inside your room While your window framed existence in a lonely view Like Lazarus lying low in his tomb You'll be coming out soon The fate of the future is what you choose But the truth is that it ain't always up to you There are things that you're just born into Like the figure of your father always looming over you Like a thief stealing lightning off of Zeus All fires need fuel The time spent in Lou pulled us through I'd have surely been a goner had it not been for you In that shotgun shack on Goss Avenue I seen the petals painted silver under the rising of the moon Like George I'd have lassoed it for you You just never asked me to The time I spend with you is far and few And the future becomes the past all too soon I'm looking forward to looking back on this with you In the garden where we started, parted and grew It's a Union that's been long overdue All flowers in bloom
2.
Rosebush 04:25
So finally my eyes can see All that lies what's underneath But if I try to keep them near Visions of god just hold me dear I don't know what you see in me That makes you stay so easily But if I try and make believe Then visions of the devil won't let me be And all this time my eyes were laid upon Visions of a light that has been lost And when you left you left your rose And I had to walk home alone And all the things I saw were turning to stone But the visions of what I want the most Are floating through this air as ghosts So finally my eyes can see All that lies and hides beneath But if I try to make it clear Then visions of god they bring these tears I don't know what you do to me That makes me stay so easily But if I try to fall asleep Visions of the devil drive deep in me And all this time my eyes were laid upon Visions of a love that has been gone And when you left you left your rose And I had to walk home alone And all the things I'd hold were turning to gold But the visions of what I love the most Are floating through this air as ghosts
3.
Visions 05:40
So you carved out a place deep inside and you go there when you need to hide Can you take me to that place tonight? Another lonesome soul by your side Sigh Aye I'd And you've found every home you have known takes you further anon up the road Take your time and just let me know Let me know when you're ready to go Go Grow Old Cus you touched me that very first time Like you'd known me all of my life Now I ain't trying to change your mind But if you go please don't leave me behind High High High A long time ago we were angels in the snow We were carved out of the clouds where I found your mouth And your blood came pouring out and over my eyes And I dreamt of the places where you and I will die All I keep are the Visions I see Till they tear me apart at the seams Flights of angels came calling for me Though you always remained within reach Ree Deem Mee Should you fall from this house of Grace and your soul takes on another face In that space between sleep and awake For you that is where I will wait
4.
Arm's Length 05:23
Used to come so easy Wonders never ceasing Every time I started sleeping Seeped into my dreams There's beauty in being You ain't always seeing Like wind whipping clean Through tops of the trees Waves washing me Out into the sea Keeping me from breathing Keeping me beneath Just outta reach Used to come so easy Visions always seizing Every time I couldn't sleep Come whispering to me Try to find some meaning Start to get the feeling Drifting to the ceiling Leaving my body Current carries me Gently down the stream Keeping my relief At Arm's Length Yeah just outta reach Don't come easy Wonders never ceasing Visions always seizing Releasing me There's beauty in being You ain't always seeing Like lying next to me Mighty pretty thing Keeping me from sleeping Keeping me from dreaming Keeping me believing that God is a place Just outta reach
5.
Grey Eyes 05:01
Well it looks like they're closing down the lines that ran from your house to the back of mine And it seems like you're severing all ties with the ones that leave you behind Well I don't know what keeps me qualified You're not the kind that's easily defined I'm not the kind that likes to try Now if this day could find a way to end by your side Set our sights on old Kentucky's sky I've got my whiskey you've got your wine Fade away with me into the night Grey Eyes Well it looks like they're taking down the pines that traced the path from the back of your house to mine And it seems like your love just up and died Well can I try to bring it back to life I don't know what keeps me so inclined I'm not the kind that's easily defined But you're the kind that loves to try Now if this day could find a way to stay by your side I've set my sites back on North Carolina Me and my whiskey you and your wine Fade away with me into the night Grey Eyes Hold on tight I've kept it all inside of me I've kept it all inside Grey Eyes
6.
Family 03:16
When you couldn't sleep You'd come looking for me We'd go down our street and climb our neighbors' tree And through their window we could see Everything we wanted in a Family So now you wanna run away When I just want you to stay Where you going to? Why can't I come with you?
7.
Bloom 03:52
Well I'm feeling kinda high Rows of roses all line my eyes Single file coming down the aisle I try to cry but I just smile Then right on cue enter my room Make their debut then bid adieu But from my window stands quite a view I see the garden needs tending to But you withdrew out of the blue Never knew had it in you Yeah you refused to give refuge You were my muse but you abused You played it safe I played it cool By time they grew took many moons Now I can smell their sweet perfume As all them fuckers begin to Bloom Well I'm feeling mighty fine Rows of houses all shotgun style Wind like the Nile they stretch for miles But my Baby's still in denial Because the world starts to confuse Try to close off all them wounds Some things you keep most things you lose What you don't use just cut em loose Don't speak in riddles don't give me clues You parlez-vous? I party too Just gimme some truth something that soothes Cus I'm getting along long in the tooth If I pull through I'll need some proof You comfort me I'll comfort you You come for me I'll come for you You come full Bloom I'll come full too
8.
Destiny 08:11
Does your heart beat true in everything you do Or does it tend to bend just slightly out of tune? With the few you choose to lend it to Or did they take it though you never asked them to? Now do you seek truth or are you just passing through? Do you see the lies they told you in your youth? When I was your fortress I held all your secrets The key was kept with pleasure til I finally surrendered To all of your anger it anchored us together But you and I knew better knew better late than never A fool of my own fortune I left come the morning But I left always knowing you were my Destiny Does your heart keep time with the rhymes in your mind Or are you just reciting lines you've memorized? And what will you decide when you finally find The line you cross still keeps you on their side Now do you need proof though you never let me through The wounds have healed but cost you most your youth When I was your fool I tried to play it cool But some scars don't always leave a visible bruise And all of your angels knew all of the angles They knew what was wagered and kept you from danger In all of their splendor they held you there forever They held us there together cus you are my Destiny You are my Destiny Now my eyes go blind from the visions in my mind I reach out to feel you by my side But find myself alone find nothing there to hold And my heart grows a hole it's never known But the scent of your roses lingers in the darkness the pleasure felt is swollen as I'm frozen to the moment And I fight with all my might against the passing of time and tremble with delight once I realize The destiny of light is to break through the night And provide a line of sight back to my eyes And the beauty that I'll see flowers blooming around me You planted the seeds just before you rose to leave It's our Destiny

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Recorded in Charleston, SC at the Smith & Cannon Apartment
during the Winter, Spring and Summer of 2015
by JOHNNIE MATTHEWS and JOE CHANG
Additional Recording done at
The Space by WOLFGANG ZIMMERMAN
and Apt A by DAN McCURRY

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released March 11, 2016

All songs Written and Performed by
JOE CHANG: Vocals, Guitars, Bass, Drums, Piano,
Synthesizers, Glockenspiel, Tambourine, Saw
with
JOHNNIE MATTHEWS: Bass on “Rosebush”, Guitar on “Bloom”
JESS OLIVER: Drums on “Bloom”
WOLFGANG ZIMMERMAN: Drums on “Arm’s Length” & “Destiny”

Mixed by WOLFGANG ZIMMERMAN
Mastered by NESEY GALLONS

Cover Layout by MEGAN ELGER w/ JOE CHANG

Thank you to Johnnie, Jess, Dan McCurry, Megan, Wolfgang,
Nesey, Adam Cullum, Nick Kovacs, Casey Ellis, Andy Woodward,
Dane Smith, Josh Carpenter, Brett Nash, Keon Masters, Hunter Park,
Reba Fraser, Hearts & Plugs, all friends and family.

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Gold Light Asheville, North Carolina

Tracking through cinematic tales of heartache, love and loss while bouncing between genres from 50’s rock and roll to post-punk to classic country, Gold Light becomes a catchall for Chang’s prismatic take on American music.

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