Name: Daylight
Duration: P00H02M37S
Description: I used to play an instrumental version of this tune at my piano gigs back in the 80's. A favorite of my fans, I gave it lyrics in 2018 in order to include it in EDEN IN BABYLON. "Daylight" from EDEN IN BABYLON © 2010-2021 by Andrew Michael Pope.

Daylight

from Eden in Babylon Demo by Andy Pope

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I used to play an instrumental version of this tune at my piano gigs back in the 80's. A favorite of my fans, I gave it lyrics in 2018 in order to include it in EDEN IN BABYLON. "Daylight" from EDEN IN BABYLON © 2010-2021 by Andrew Michael Pope.

lyrics

TAURA:
Daylight!
Breaking in beams from Eastern skies -
Daylight!
Bursting the dreams that demons devise.

Daylight!
Coming in droves like geese in flight:
Loosed from coves of the night . . .

Daylight!
Bringing the hope of what's to be.
Daylight!
Scanning the scope of mornings to see.

Daylight!
Spreading her rays across the lawn -
Lift your gaze
Through the haze
Lift your praise
To the dawn.
Awaken the dawn!!

© 2018-2021 by Andy Pope. All Rights Reserved.

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from Eden in Babylon Demo, released September 8, 2021
Keva Shull on vocals, Andy Pope on piano. This piece was recorded using an iPhone 7 in an acoustic chamber.

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Andy Pope

I was born at 11:30 on a Friday night, when all across America, people were partying, and surely there was a standing ovation taking place at some Performing Arts venue, somewhere. With all those bizarre influences acting upon me at the moment of my birth, you'd think people would cut me some slack concerning my wild and oft-erratic personality. ... more