{"id":8260,"date":"2011-11-25T17:08:52","date_gmt":"2011-11-25T17:08:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.thelefortreport.com\/blog\/?p=8260"},"modified":"2011-11-25T17:45:29","modified_gmt":"2011-11-25T17:45:29","slug":"light-friday-still-in-thanksgiving","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.thelefortreport.com\/blog\/2011-11\/light-friday-still-in-thanksgiving\/","title":{"rendered":"Light Friday&#8211;Still in Thanksgiving"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-8268\" title=\"02\" src=\"https:\/\/www.thelefortreport.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/02.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"475\" height=\"317\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thelefortreport.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/02.jpg 475w, https:\/\/www.thelefortreport.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/02-150x100.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.thelefortreport.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/02-450x300.jpg 450w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 475px) 100vw, 475px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Let the shoppers darken the day-after.\u00a0 We&#8217;re still leavened by the light of thanksgiving.\u00a0 <a href=\"http:\/\/steadycraig.tumblr.com\/\"><strong>Craig Finn<\/strong><\/a> (of faves,<strong> The Hold Steady<\/strong>) captures it well in his song, <em><strong>One Single Saviour<\/strong><\/em>, as performed earlier this year on <a href=\"http:\/\/minnesota.publicradio.org\/\"><strong>Minnesota Public Radio<\/strong><\/a>.\u00a0 Check it out below, followed by the lyrics.\u00a0 Thankfully, Finn will soon be making his way around the US solo (well, without the Hold Steady backing) in support of his impending new solo album,\u00a0 &#8220;<a href=\"http:\/\/vagrant.com\/artists\/bio\/72-craigfinn\"><strong>Clear Heart Full Eyes<\/strong>&#8221; on <strong>Vagrant Records<\/strong><\/a>.\u00a0 After <em><strong>One Single Saviour<\/strong><\/em>, check out the first track (<em><strong>Honolulu Blues) <\/strong><\/em>released by Finn of the new album and then its lyrics.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Wits: Craig Finn sings One Single Saviour (Live 4\/15\/11)\" width=\"635\" height=\"357\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/pcZfuUJC8Ro?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>&#8220;One single savior<br \/>\nOne way to be right<br \/>\nI said one simple prayer towards the darkness<br \/>\nI took two steps into the light<br \/>\nYour soul left my body<br \/>\nYour sight left my eyes<br \/>\nI turned my back on the business<br \/>\nI quit picking up shipments<br \/>\nPretty sure we&#8217;re all gonna die<\/p>\n<p>And the road, it keeps bringing me<br \/>\nAll the things we want and need<br \/>\nWe don&#8217;t really want them anymore<\/p>\n<p>So your lay your head down on my ribs<br \/>\nListen to the life I&#8217;ve lived<br \/>\nListen to the love I have to give to you<br \/>\nDance a little closer, let me rescue you<\/p>\n<p>One single savior<br \/>\nSome friend on the phone<br \/>\nOne for the road, one for the team<br \/>\nToo tired to get up, too broke to stay home<br \/>\nOne simple devotion<br \/>\nOne way to get right<br \/>\nI pulled the shades on the sunshine<br \/>\nNow it&#8217;s just me time<br \/>\nI&#8217;m pretty sure we&#8217;re all gonna die<\/p>\n<p>On the highway up ahead of us<br \/>\nAre all the things we wanted but<br \/>\nNothing really matters anymore<\/p>\n<p>So pull a chair up to the bed<br \/>\nPut your hands up to my neck<br \/>\nPut my mouth up to your broken wing<br \/>\nListen to the songs that I sing<\/p>\n<p>Listen to the songs that I sing<br \/>\nUnder my breath<br \/>\nAs I die a peaceful death<br \/>\nThese are all the songs that really got to me<\/p>\n<p>You and me both<br \/>\nAs we wait in joyful hope<br \/>\nDeliver us Lord from our anxiety<br \/>\nAs we wait in joyful hope<br \/>\nAs we wait in joyful hope<br \/>\nAs we wait in joyful hope<br \/>\nas we wait in joyful hope&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><object classid=\"clsid:d27cdb6e-ae6d-11cf-96b8-444553540000\" width=\"100%\" height=\"81\" codebase=\"http:\/\/download.macromedia.com\/pub\/shockwave\/cabs\/flash\/swflash.cab#version=6,0,40,0\"><param name=\"allowscriptaccess\" value=\"always\" \/><param name=\"src\" value=\"https:\/\/player.soundcloud.com\/player.swf?url=http%3A%2F%2Fapi.soundcloud.com%2Ftracks%2F26616125&amp;\" \/><embed type=\"application\/x-shockwave-flash\" width=\"100%\" height=\"81\" src=\"https:\/\/player.soundcloud.com\/player.swf?url=http%3A%2F%2Fapi.soundcloud.com%2Ftracks%2F26616125&amp;\" allowscriptaccess=\"always\"><\/embed><\/object><span><a href=\"http:\/\/soundcloud.com\/vagrantrecords\/craig-finn-honolulu-blues\">Craig Finn &#8211; Honolulu Blues<\/a> by <a href=\"http:\/\/soundcloud.com\/vagrantrecords\">Vagrant Records<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<p><strong><em>Honolulu Blues<\/em><br \/>\n<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>&#8220;A man darkened our doorway. He said he\u2019s here to share the good news.  He had a smile straight from the movies. But when I looked down at his  shoes. There were holes and they showed his toes. The right was left.  The black was brown. And later on in the garage I couldn\u2019t find my  chainsaw. In the distance I heard trees just falling down.<\/p>\n<p>I was underneath the city. I was riding around on trains. Fell asleep  before Nassau Ave. And I ended up in Maine. There were big tall trees  and rocky coastline. And the waves came in so wild. But for all the  natural beauty there were still so many kids that were asking me for  something that could help them to get high.<\/p>\n<p>We\u2019re all good. We\u2019re all bad. We\u2019re euphoric and we\u2019re sad. We roll  the rock away and check the tomb. We\u2019re awake and we\u2019re aware that we\u2019re  confused and cold and scared. And the cross reminds us that He died for  me and you. Woke up in the ocean with the Honolulu Blues.<\/p>\n<p>Joan Didion and Graham Greene. Said roughly the same thing. You bring  your Jesus to the jungle. Try to teach people to sing All the hymns  that you love because you learned them as a kid and they make perfect  sense to you. There\u2019s a point in time when thousands die. And you\u2019ve got  to maybe think that maybe Jesus isn\u2019t getting through.<\/p>\n<p>We\u2019re freezing in the forest. There\u2019s no wood to heat the house. We  took axes to the furniture. We pulled the floorboards out. There\u2019s  animals scratching at the door. And they know we\u2019re gonna die. There  were big tall trees and rocky coastline. And the waves came in so wild.<\/p>\n<p>We\u2019re all wild. We\u2019re all free. We\u2019re all back from Tennessee. With  the souvenirs to prove that we were there. We\u2019re flying around in  planes. We\u2019re riding around in trains. Searching out those panoramic  views. Woke up in the ocean with the Honolulu Blues.<\/p>\n<p>We\u2019re all good. We\u2019re all bad. We\u2019re euphoric and we\u2019re sad. We roll  the rock away and check the tomb. We\u2019re awake and we\u2019re alarmed at the  scars scratched in your arm. The cross reminds us that He died for me  and you. Woke up in Oahu with the Honolulu Blues.&#8221;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Let the shoppers darken the day-after.\u00a0 We&#8217;re still leavened by the light of thanksgiving.\u00a0 Craig Finn (of faves, The Hold Steady) captures it well in his song, One Single Saviour, as performed earlier this year on Minnesota Public Radio.\u00a0 Check it out below, followed by the lyrics.\u00a0 Thankfully, Finn will soon be making his way [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-8260","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-music"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thelefortreport.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8260","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thelefortreport.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thelefortreport.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thelefortreport.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thelefortreport.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=8260"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.thelefortreport.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8260\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thelefortreport.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=8260"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thelefortreport.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=8260"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thelefortreport.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=8260"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}