(a wash of light)

from a flash of dark // a wash of light by Jon, the Archivist

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this is not a sad story
this is the truth
the songs I write are just
a glorified complaint about the weather
for lack of a better term

this is not a happy ending
this is the end
it might be glad, it might be mad its just
the way that things are going
and that's just the way things are

you see my friends, we'll always have some scars

sing to me your final song
and I will teach it to every crowd
and we will sing it every word
and we will always sing too loud

one day i'll quit smoking cigarettes
one day i'll learn how to love
one day you'll learn to find happiness
and you will sing down from above

a flash of dark will not define me
in a wash of light i'll make my mark
a flash of dark will not define us
with a wash of light we'll be the spark

a flash of dark won't be our story
in a wash of light we'll save our names
a flash of dark will try to kill us
but a wash of light will be our grave

sing to me your final song...

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from a flash of dark // a wash of light, released January 31, 2015

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Jon, the Archivist Worcester, Massachusetts

Jon the Archivist lives in Worcester, MA, and this is the sound of him screaming at nothing.

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