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When You're Blinded by the Light Run Time: 4:49
Written by Bill Mallonee for CyBrenJoJosh (BMI) ©1998
trusted you until it hurt
don't wanna go there for a while
barely recognized the word
i've been forgetting how to smile
it's funny how supposed friends
trip in here so fancy free
ah but when the story ends
we just rewrite our histories
and it's no good telling stories
when my ears are sealed up tight
does no good to see the sunrise
when you're blinded by the light
gave you all the best we had
of our labors and our trust
played a benefit of doubt
yeah but we couldn't raise enough
bought a one-way ticket to nowhere
on a ship called lost at sea
well it was there i found my courage
she was sleeping next to me
Lord show to me Your face
Lord show to me Your skin
Lord show to me the places
where they put the nails in
gonna crawl in there with all my fears
introduce them to my pretense
yeah introduce them to my sorrows
they'll become the best of friends
Did You Know?
Bill has introduced this song as being about humility and working through one of the hardest emotions, that being anger that ends up being self-righteous indignation. In the lyric sheet for the 'Cross the Big Pond EP, Bill says this song is about "betrayal and perspective - watch your heart."
Appeared On…
'Cross the Big Pond EP (1999)
Free For Good EP (1999)
BillTunes February 2005 (2005)
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