This is the version I recorded with my band Exitlevel in 2005. Vocals and bass by me (Ryan Van Etten). Rhythm guitar and backup vocals by Julian Sylvester. We sequenced the drums with a drum machine.
thespinarounds.com/2009/mp3-black-light-one-3-versions/
lyrics
my headache lives in your basement, painting x's on the faces, in the magazines, that come for free, on the pages that free the streets, black-and-white photo, red underline, images folding in section five, this waiting room's a little too bright, for my eyes that try to hide, on the table electric holiday, all the faces that we'll never see, black light one: conversation, we'll take five for indignation, my errant mind has left the building, and our white lies are quickly turning black
credits
from Mixtape,
track released January 13, 2009
Written and Produced by Ryan Van Etten. Performed in 2005 by Exitlevel (Ryan Van Etten and Julian Sylvester).
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