Purple Sunset

from War With Shadows by The Naked Sun

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    The debut album by the Naked Sun - War With Shadows - is now on CD! CD includes lyrics for all the songs so you can sing along! Original artwork by Drew's wife, Hannah Lacy Myers! Free digital download of the full album!

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about

At the beginning of every addicts addiction is a moment of clarity. The substance reminds us of what promise we are given: the promise that life holds joy. We find joy in substance, but it is the devil’s promise, it is not real. This shadow is a memory:

I go out to see her
Spinning in ether
Wild winds have no name

Fall’s around me
Lightning surrounds me
Connected to that pulse

The substance takes over and connects to that primal instinct of ancestral joy: nature, art, fulfilment. Something that was lost in the creation of society and the promise of progress. Is the substance an opioid, or is the substance our modern reality?

You were nothing more than lost
A vision, a feeling I lost

I want to hold on to this feeling, but I want to lose the memory of this addiction. Therefore, I hold no regret because I knew what I was doing, and I knew why I was doing it: I reminding myself of how I want to feel.

I wouldn’t trade a million sober nights
For this purple sunset with you

The industrious landscape of the Delaware River serves as both a definition of our current reality entrenched by oppressive materialism that can be seen by both the container ships that carry the symbols of our material greed made by slaves, sent by companies, and sold to consumers. It also holds the picture of the birthplace of freedom and democracy.

Dirty old liver, Delaware River
Cleans me to the bone
Green bridge, Indian summer

You over, I go under

This dichotomy of symbols is at the crux of my dilemma: temptation vs. salvation.

But I wouldn’t trade a million sober nights
For this purple sunset
With you

lyrics

I go out to see her
Spinnin’ in ether
Wild winds have no name

Fall’s all around me
Lightning surrounds me
Connected to the pulse

Oh, you were nothin’ more than lost
Oh, you were a vision, a feeling I lost

I wouldn’t trade a million sober nights
For this purple sunset with you

Dirty old liver
Delaware River
Cleans me to the bone

Green bridge
Indian Summer
You go over, I go under
Holdin’ on to that night
(Holdin’ on to that night)

Blame it on me, blame it on me
But I wouldn’t trade a million sober nights
For this purple sunset with you

credits

from War With Shadows, released January 26, 2018
Drew Harris - electric guitar and vocals
Tim Campbell - electric guitar and backing vocals
Ken Letherer - bass
Pat Berkery - drums
Alan Sheltzer - organ, piano, keyboards
Nerissa Jaucian - backing vocals

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The Naked Sun Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

Fronted by singer-songwriter, Drew Harris and guitarist Tim Campbell, the Naked Sun have been a staple of the Philadelphia music scene since forming in 2011. Harris and Campbell are joined by Dylan Mulcahy on drums, Tom Tusler on bass, Alan Sheltzer on keys, and Bradley Moser on lead guitar. ... more

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