“If there's a bright center to the universe, you're on the planet that it's farthest from.”
— Luke Skywalker, A New Hope

Credits:

E.G. Phillips: vocals
Chloe Mendola: cello
Daniel Riera: flute
Felipe Ubeda (Cigarbox Man): guitar
Omree Gal-Oz: piano
Curtis Aikens: upright bass

Recorded at Airship Laboratories in Richmond, CA
Neil Godbole: recording engineer
Recorded & Mixed by Nahuel Bronzini 
Mastered by Andrés Mayo Mastering

Arranged & Produced by Nahuel Bronzini & Felipe Ubeda 
Written by E.G. Phillips
(c) 2025 Ducks With Pants Music

Lyrics:

Clawing my way through earth on all fours
Lost between the surface and core  
A droplet of sun? A glimmer of sky?
I’m a hatchling drawn to the luminous shore 

Thought I’d break out into the open
I’d be overlooking a glittering ocean
Standing on the edge of white crystalline cliffs
Stiff winds a sip of ambrosia
I was wrong…		I was wrong…	I was

Mistaking a trick of the light for
The place where tomorrow shines the brightest —   I was
Mistaking a trick of the light for
The place where tomorrow shines the brightest

Unmoored and storm tossed in a morass of desire
As irrepressible as ancient Greek fire
It crumbles to sand I rub from my eyes
As I float back into my mundane quagmire

I had felt the filling of the sails
The lift of the hull riding the waves
A burst of speed carried me forward
Farther in moments than I’d moved for days
Now it hurts…	Now it hurts

I must erase all memory from sight of
The place where tomorrow shines the brightest
I must erase all memory from sight of
The place where tomorrow shines the brightest

When I’m with you
I like myself best
Want to feel your pleasure
Under my fingertips
Now you’re a galaxy overtaking my cosmic horizon

Time is cruel, time heals our wounds
Its measurement seems so crude
It’s running out, it’s wasted now
Where does it go when it eventually moves?

There’s a universe inside us both
There’s the universe we share
I wish I could synchronize them all
Or learn somehow not to care

I want to go back… I want to go back…

And retrace my steps and bridge the divide with 
The place where tomorrow shines the brightest
Awake in the morning with you at my side in
The place where tomorrow shines the brightest
The place where tomorrow shines the brightest
The place where tomorrow shines the brightest

The Place Where Tomorrow Shines the Brightest [Tricks of the Light EP]

This 1970s Folk album delves into the quiet struggles and enduring resilience of forgotten communities and individuals against the backdrop of changing rural landscapes

The Bell Tolls for the Lost

When the Well Runs Dry

The Ballad of Old Man Hemlock

Whispers from the Ancient Wood

The Widows of Willow Creek

The Blacksmith's Hammer

The Pilgrim's Gate

River Flows to the Silent Sea

The Seed and the Stone

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E.G. Phillips is a songwriter based in San Francisco.  His lyrics are whimsical and cinematic.   He's twice been the "Songwriter In Residence" at Bazaar Cafe and he hosts and annual "EGPhest" event in August where he invites Bay Area performers to come and play his songs for his birthday.

He is the front man for the fake band Ducks With Pants.

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