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Arise! Shine!

from Decimation by Kerry Logan

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1998 was one of my most productive years of song writing and this track was one of the best of that lot. Musically, the song is in my then-favoured 6-beat feel and grows from a calm acoustic track into a full-grown, progressive rock track. The descending Em-Cm-Abm sequence in the middle of the song was symbolic of song's meaning and a strong step into a more progressive style of writing.

Lyrically it deals with a time in my life where I was becoming somewhat lethargic and allowing life to pass me by. The pastor of my church at that time spoke on the first two verses of Isaiah 60 (in the Bible) and the first line screamed at me, causing me to react and asses my life. It features a growing style of poetry that I enjoy creating, and still is one of my favourite songs.

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Arise! Shine!
Words full of warning!
I feel so wasted inside
My eyes are closed
Though I wake in the morning
My heavy disease pulls my soul from the sky

This is my life
To do as I like
The sun frowns on this one truth

The body is fine
But the mind, it is yawning
Oh, to feel healthy inside
To earn this life
Is our basic calling
I’m failing at that and losing its prize

This is my life
To do as I like
The sun is eating this one whole

How I have lost
The idea is dawning
In the business of wasting the mind
No longer am I
Living and walking
I Play the Station and watch the Sky

This is my life
To do as I like
The sun screams at this one ‘Grow’!

How long has there been something wrong?
I’ve been ‘just to busy’ for too long
I’m feeling so tired living in this messiness
My choice is to fail or be strong…

Arise! Shine!
Like the sun in Jerusalem
The glory above is shining on you!
Other places
Will be in the darkness
But in the light you will be and He will be with you too

This is my life
To do as I like
The Son shines on this one soul

credits

from Decimation, released March 15, 2019
from Third and Change [EP], released March 15, 2019
Guitar, acoustic, bass, keyboards, and vocals: Kerry Logan, drums: Bobby Logan, choir: Karen Allen, Meghan Grant, Susanna Graham, and Josh Cody.

Written by Kerry Logan. Produced, engineered and mixed by Kerry Logan. Drums recorded at NoiseWorks, Hawera, in January 2019. Recorded at SBC and Poto Road August 2018-March 2019 using a TASCAM DR40 digital recorder.

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