All songs / David Alan Graham
The hour before the day starts, when the sky can't decide what colour it is.
Sky goes blue
Slow, then deeper
First light blinks
One block over
Tea goes cool
Hand goes still
Nothing calling, nothing will
Blue hour, soft turns softer
Sky undimming, some other color
Blue hour, lights come on slow
Window holds still
Like the world's let go
Glass turns cool
Frames go gray
Walls go quiet
Day gives way
Lamp by lamp
Sky widens slow
Even time forgets to go
Blue hour, soft turns softer
Sky undimming, some other color
Blue hour, lights come on slow
Window holds still
Like the world's let go
No dark yet
No bright yet, just blue
Blue hour, slipping under
Hours can keep
Their own thunder
Blue hour, held in glass
Blue hour, doesn't pass
Blue hour… blue hour… just blue…
GmSky goes blue
Slow, B♭then deeper
FFirst light blinks
GmOne block over
E♭Tea goes cool
B♭Hand goes still
Nothing Fcalling, Gmnothing E♭will
B♭Blue hour, soft Fturns softer
Sky Gmundimming, some E♭other color
Blue B♭hour, lights Fcome on slow
Window Gmholds still
Like the world's E♭let go
Glass B♭turns Gmcool
Frames Gmgo gray
FWalls go quiet
GmDay gives E♭way
Lamp by lamp
GmSky widens slow
FEven time Gmforgets to E♭go
Blue hour, soft Fturns softer
Sky Gmundimming, some E♭other color
Blue B♭hour, lights Fcome on slow
Window Gmholds still
Like the world's E♭let go
B♭No dark Gmyet
No bright Fyet, just Gmblue
B♭Blue hour, slipping Funder
Hours Gmcan keep
Their E♭own thunder
Blue B♭hour, held Fin glass
Blue Gmhour, doesn't E♭pass
Blue B♭hour… blue E♭hour… just B♭blue…
This is the unfiltered pitch detection across the whole mix — vocals, bass and drums included — mapped onto a fretboard. It is not a playable arrangement and no one should try to read it as one. It is here only because it is the raw material everything else was built from.
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From the porch, Sarasota
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