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Light From A Dying Star

from Light From A Dying Star EP by The Enigmatic Foe

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about

This one of my favourites. I knew I wanted Jason Martin and Josh Dooley (MAP) involved. I think I had just heard MAP's "Monk With A Gun" and fell in love with Josh Dooley's atmospheric guitar work. Funny thing is, when I went to record the demo to send to Jason, he thought Josh had played on the demo because it sounded like his playing. Due to scheduling issues, we couldn't get Dooley to play on the album but Jason reassured me my abilities were enough. "LFADS" was another of several songs about one particular girl who has thrown me for a loop for 2 years. She knew I liked her, I knew she had feelings for me but she chose to not pursue them and I could never understand why she couldn't see what was right in front of her. I drew blatant inspiration from a song called "Light From A Dead Star" by the band, Lush, and started to write a lyric about how I wasn't going anywhere as an artist. It was too trite and I didn't want to whine about a dying career. I'd rather whine about girl.

lyrics

You said you had nothing left to give

but I know you just said it to retreat

That your love is some flickering filament

that's too tender, so you just admit defeat

Don't you want something beautiful, your body so celestial
Growing dim, going out
The light from a dying star
You had your moment to shine

Don't let your past rule over you
You are brighter than to be filled with regret

if you'd only make connection and let yourself feel

we might form a constellation

Don't you want something beautiful, your body so celestial
Growing dim, going out
The light from a dying star
You had your moment to shine
We had a moment to shine

The distance is killing me gazing up through the telescope
I watch as you fade away (you're making a big mistake)

credits

from Light From A Dying Star EP, released August 24, 2007
Jared Colinger - vox, guitar, keys
Jason Martin - drums, percussion, keys
Steve Dail - bass

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The Enigmatic Foe Knoxville, Tennessee

With sharp lyrics, the playful pop bite of the best of the 70s and 80s, and the kind of self-deprecation usually reserved for a Woody Allen movie, Jared Colinger's lyrics run the gamut from the joy of new love to disillusionment with the old, from wanting to like yourself to being afraid of what we have in our minds.

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