The Muse (By the Light of Common Day) - Becca Stevens

The Muse (By the Light of Common Day)
Lyrics by David Crosby
Music by Becca Stevens
From the premiere of Becca Stevens' "Regina", 6/19/15
Commissioned by the Jazz Gallery in NYC
Becca Stevens - voice, guitar
Jo Lawry - voice
Chris Turner - voice
Timo Andres - piano
Liam Robinson - keys
Nathan Schram - viola
Hamilton Berry - cello
Chris Tordini - bass
Jordan Perlson - drums
By the Light of Common Day
poetry by David Crosby
By the light of common day
Things look different
Than they did in the starlit dark
the dark was warm and clouded
it was easy to deceive yourself
and those around you in the work
to say the craziness and pain
the spreading of the stain is
exactly where you gain the spark to make it
as if being happy isn’t quite enough
somehow I needed to make it rough
enough to break it
to make those long connections
and run in wrong directions
till I break it
loose
I was wrong of course I see now
The spark is there all the time
If you know How
to listen to your calling
The muse is quietly knocking on your door
right now
you have to go faithfully each day
and open up your head some way
somehow
and what will come in answer
some strong and gentle dancer
will carry a song through your door
Some great lifting force of light
Will come to balance fearful night
Raise its voice and then raise yours
Video by Simon C.F. Yu
2nd Camera by Yusuke Suzuki
A.C Alan Kwan

[@compensure3362]

chills

[@dalerogers1135]

This is so beautiful. Amazing.

[@mrsevy2000]

great harmonies

[@johnferg02]

I've been dying to see something from this premiere of 'Regina' and hope you have more of it to upload (please)? Becca made this song available in demo format for her 'pledgers' in May (she called it By The Light/The Muse) and it's great to hear it performed with the ensemble from that night. Thank you.

[@tiradu]

I love Becca, but the drummer ......##.....??!!