Written/Performed/Produced/Mixed by: 
Rachel Chevat (Rainlights)

Mastered by: 
Nicolas Essig

-

Lyrics:

when my phone dies, my eyes don't know where to look
so i stare up at the wall, straight past the books
and imagine you are near, 'til my vision's blurred with tears
when my phone dies, my eyes don't know where to look

when my phone dies, my eyes turn into a thread
and they lace through empty space across this bed
where i picture that our skin can still be interwoven
when my phone dies, my eyes turn into a thread

but if i wrote you a letter, sent it across the ocean,
if i told you i love you with a paper and a pen,
would it feel more real than this neon blue message?
when my phone dies, and i'm on my own again

when my phone dies my eyes don't know who i am,
so i study all the creases in my hands
and the moment feels long, but the power comes back on,
and i go back to the place where i began

but if i wrote you a letter, sent it across the ocean,
if i told you i love you with a paper and a pen,
would it feel more real than this neon blue message?
when my phone dies, and i'm on my own again

when my phone dies and i don't know who i am,
when my phone dies and i'm on my own again

© Rachel Chevat 2022

When My Phone Dies

Written/Performed/Produced/Mixed by: Rainlights

Lyrics:
belting songs out on the road
acting young as we grow old
parking lots and politicians
astral charts and intuition

“do i have a soul?” you ask me by the train
pizza at the show and heavy summer rain
i don’t have an answer i sure really hope it’s true

“do i have a soul?” you ask me by the train
takeout sushi rolls and heavy summer rain
mazzy star reminds me of you
when they play

architects and arsonists
are perfect exact opposites
subway rides across the bridge
always keep your magnet on my fridge

“do i have a soul?” you ask me by the train
pizza at the show and heavy summer rain
i don’t have an answer i sure really hope it’s true

“do i have a soul?” you ask me by the train
takeout sushi rolls and heavy summer rain
mazzy star reminds me of you
when they play

© 2022

Mazzy Star Reminds Me of You

Written/Performed/Produced/Mixed by: Rainlights

Lyrics:

I didn’t get to say bye at the hospital,
you were already gone two minutes after they called,
I scream down the hall

The coffee you made me was still on the table,
your leftover lunch in the refrigerator
how small in the scheme of it all

And that was the longest drive
up to the Upper West Side, what is time? 
Walk the line, feel the break

And everyone’s sorry 
‘cause no one know what else to say

How does it feel?
How does it feel?

The last time I saw you, you stood at the door
of my bedroom and said you’d be home around four,
see you then, but never again

And usually you’d kiss mom twice on the cheek,
but this time you kissed her not two times, but three, 
did you know,
was it time to go?

And that was the longest drive
up to the Upper West Side, what is time? 
Walk the line, feel the break

And everyone’s sorry,
it's alright, there's not much to say

How does it feel?
How does it feel?
How does it feel?
How does it feel?

© 2022

how does it feel?

Release Date: 02 May 2023

Written/Performed/Produced/Mixed by: Rainlights

Lyrics:

I wish I knew your dreams before they got lost in the stream
of high degrees, and more pragmatic conversation

I wish I saw the home you made with the girl who made a mistake,
before you decided I was vacation

I wish I grasped you thoroughly,
I’d take the class, study the scenes
of who you are
and who you’ve never been

And maybe most importantly,
if I knew you outside of me,
I’d finally be able to forgive

I wish I had a gifted eye for thoughts you cannot clarify, 
I’d paint the empty space with constellations 

I wish I held the hand you hold when it was late and getting cold,
but I’m just waiting for you at the station

I wish I grasped you thoroughly,
I’d take the class, study the scenes
of who you are and who you’ve never been

And maybe most importantly,
if I knew you outside of me
I’d finally be able to 

I wish you grasped me thoroughly,
I wish you saw the things I see,
the girl who sits beneath the surface skin

And maybe, most importantly
if I knew you outside of me
I’d finally be able to forgive

© Rainlights 2023

Forgive

Written/Performed/Produced/Mixed by: Rainlights

Artwork by: Rainlights

Lyrics:

I got blood on the back of my brand new sneakers,
I guess I never learned how to break them in just right,
and there are cracks on the side of this old blue speakers,
I guess I never tuned in until I listened that night

And through the white noise,
I almost hear the stars,
and darling, though I wish it was, 
I know that it was never love,
it's just something we call "ours"

And you look so good when you run to me,
take my shoes off, show you the injury,
and you kiss my hands where the moon can see,
wipe a new slate down, say you found your peace, but,
you're not on your knees, 'cause,
you are never coming home

And through the white noise,
I almost hear the stars,
and darling, though I wish it was, 
I know that it was never love,
it's just something we call "ours"

And through the white noise,
I almost hear the stars,
and darling, though I wish it was, 
I know that it was never love,
it's just something we call "ours"

© Rainlights 2023

Brand New Sneakers

Composed, performed, produced and mixed by: 
Rainlights

Cello by:
Talia Hunter

Mastered by:
Adam Haggar 

Lyrics:

I hear your records play from across the hall,
they smell like coffee, marijuana, and fall,
they sound like laughter, squeaky shoes, Brooklyn rain,
a quiet joy you'd never have to explain

I hear your records play in rooms I can't find,
I watch you sitting on the couch in my mind,
you read your books, you take a glance at the game,
the light is warm,  the living room stays the same

I hear them in the car, I hear them in the yard,
sometimes they're symphonies,
sometimes they're like a breaking heart,
and just to hear you sing, God, I'd do anything,
I'd sell my soul to let you know I'm always listening 

My mother says it's time to give them away,
let someone new love what's become hard to play,
I sift through covers, trace the names of the bands,
the colors of a life that's out of my hands

I hear them in the car, I hear them in the yard,
sometimes they're symphonies,
sometimes they're like a breaking heart,
and just to hear you sing, God, I'd do anything,
I'd sell my soul to let you know I'm always listening 

I hear them in the car, I hear them in the yard,
sometimes I hear them when I'm playing on my old guitar,
and just to hear you sing, God, I'd do anything,
I had a dream that you came home,
you were just living

Your Records

Written, performed, recorded, produced and mixed by: Rainlights
Mastered by: Adam Haggar

Lyrics:

Somewhere in a hotel room
the winter feels warm
and every weary manmade truth
that used to bring me war
they're sleeping peacefully
beneath the old TV tonight

Somewhere in a place unknown
you talk about the stars
you smile through your telephone
and make the ether ours
and even without sight
I'll dream of ways that we
can feel the light

All the ways that I'm not graceful
all the stories I am grateful for
they make a door that leads me
somewhere where somebody sees me

All the ways that I'm not graceful
all the stories I am grateful for
they make a door that leads me
somewhere where somebody sees me
and he's wonderful
so far

Somewhere in a future near
I'll hold you in my arms
and we will laugh and be sincere
and drink the evening's charm
and I'll forget the time
and dream of ways that somewhere can be mine

All the ways that I'm not graceful
all the stories I am grateful for
they make a door that leads me
somewhere where somebody sees me

All the ways that I'm not graceful
all the stories I am grateful for
they make a door that leads me
somewhere where somebody sees me
and he's wonderful
so far

Somewhere

Lyrics:

Look at you with blonde hair,
in the soft air
open window,
river town

Watercolor brushstrokes
watch your hands float
through the pages
where you're found

There you go, auburn waves
a summer's day
mother's dress and
city streets

Dancing to your records
modern Hepburn
there is magic
when you speak

You go for a night swim, let the light in
where the moon cradles the sea
You go for a bike ride, let your mind glide
down the hill, between the trees

You go for the blue swirl of a new world
touch a sky I've never seen,
you go for a night swim

September apartment
grow a garden
with your girlfriend
make a home

Long walk through the best part
of the old park
where the pond's silver and slow

Here we are in London,
holy weekend
satin skirts and 
silver rings

Floating through the gold light
of an evening
I hold on to everything 

You go for a night swim, let the light in
where the moon cradles the sea
You go for a bike ride, let your mind glide
down the hill, between the trees

You go for the blue swirl of a new world
touch a sky I've never seen,
you go for a night swim

You go for a night

You go for a night swim,
let the light in
take the present, set it free

You go for a bike ride
let your mind ride
down the hill, second to breathe

You go for the blue swirl
of a new world
make a plan, follow it clean

You go for a night swim
You go for a night
You go for a night swim,

Rainlights

Popular tracks