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like i found you

her arms open
like a rain cloud
spill it all out
on the warm ground
though you’re so far 
when you come down 
can’t see where you stop

like a lost wave 
on the mountain top
drink you up
every last drop

i can hold you 
in my arms now
moving through me
like a lost cloud
in the mountains
the echoes sound
like i found you

where have you been
where you going
left like the dew
in the cold of the morning

in the millions
in the oceans
in the thunder
of the horses
where it opens
where it opens
like a lost wave
finds the ocean

her arms open


Written, recorded and mixed by Lucas Schwartz.

All instruments played by Lucas Schwartz except:

Oscar Westesson- Double Bass 

Like I Found You


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surrounded

i’m surrounded by
faces that i knew before
i’m surrounded by
echoes of the nights 
when i was waiting for
the things i never knew
that were to come

as the stars
sing the sounds 
of all the songs 
i used to love
where i’m from
there’s a light left on
it doesn’t want to believe
there’s no one 
ever coming home

there was a wave of pain
the weight of it
heavenly
noticing
the ways that weave
we’ve fit together
seamlessly
strange to me
suddenly
wildest fantasies
can lead 
to being long monotony
forgotten all
the miracles i’ve seen



Written, recorded and mixed by Lucas Schwartz.

All instruments played by Lucas Schwartz except:

Oscar Westesson- Double Bass



Surrounded

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imagine

laugh out loud
the petty things
that kept me down
so small, so small

what is and 
what was left
it will all be 
so different
so much so i can’t 
imagine 

imagine

cast away 
into the sky
rolling waves lick the sunshine
to the place where day met night 
when the stars 
learned how to shine  

Written, recorded and mixed by Lucas Schwartz.

All instruments played by Lucas Schwartz except:

Oscar Westesson- Double Bass

Imagine

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beautiful broken

the past is about
to catch up with the future
pain is the lag
of the unspoken truth here
the last one to shout
call from the rooftops
lost in the names 
lost in the prudence

and the world does
as the world does
though there’s nothing else
they’re all looking for love
a god fearing folk
praying for kingdom come
it is as it does
as below so above

all that was waiting
all that was hidden
the bar is so high now
no one can hit it
and if i’m lonely
it’s none of your business
better alone 
than to pretend contentment

the sun has decided
explosions, explosions
you do it on purpose
you don’t even notice
the castles of sand
melt into the ocean
build it of things
that are beautiful broken

Recorded and mixed by Lucas Schwartz
All instruments played by Lucas Schwartz






Beautiful Broken


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thief in the night

years come, years go by

courage to pick
love from the vine
sad skeletons
the river runs dry
is it strange 
that the stars
are holes in the sky
there’s no reason why
a snake is a snake
a life is a life

don’t know if its 
most bitter moment
to see it coming
or see it going

time is a traitor
time is a thief
in the night
the flowers are fleeting
the end is along
for the ride
endless, the end

sure he can find
the other side
alive and lonely
the river runs dry

the other side
another sight
is the light out
night after night
endless the end 

Written, recorded and mixed by Lucas Schwartz.

All instruments played by Lucas Schwartz except:

Anne Healey- Cello 


Thief In The Night

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Light & The Black is the musical embodiment of singer and songwriter Lucas Schwartz of Oakland, CA. 

An emotional and cinematic breadth.   Melancholic, and somehow nostalgic, with hints of Jeff Buckley, Neil Young, Pink Floyd, Bon Iver, and the grit of the 90's in Seattle.

Simultaneously existing in the depth of shadows and out in the blinding light.

Light & The Black

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