Light in the Dark (Original Song) | Live Video Series #11 – Danny Whitecotton

Описание: 🎶 Live Video Series | Week 11 🎶
This week’s video is an original song called “Light in the Dark.”
It’s a hopeful song written in dark times — a reminder that even when things feel heavy or uncertain, there’s still something worth reaching for. I wrote it as winter was setting in, when the days were getting shorter and the nights felt longer.
The song is about finding a way forward when things feel dim — about holding onto what still glows, even when everything else fades out.

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I’m Danny Whitecotton, a songwriter based in Wilmington, DE and Philadelphia, PA. My music blends storytelling, Americana, and folk-rock — influenced by artists like Wilco, Jason Isbell, and more.
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Lyrics:
Speak for yourself
I don’t agree anymore
To your big plans
That line in the sand
That you drew

Come back down
I won’t chase you anymore
Up in the clouds
its too far down
For me to fall

I know a thing or two about
Low expectations
The future is ripe for
Miscommunication
It’s all blind leading the blind
Until there is a cliff
I don’t want to be
The only one left

In the dark
In a car
In a barroom
On a Saturday night
In a room
Like a tomb
While on the outside
Is the vacuum of space
Between want
between need
Between everything
That is you that is me
I’m still reaching for the light in the dark
I’m still reaching for the light in the dark
I’m still reaching for the light in the dark

Probably burnt out
I don’t feel it anymore
The spark that I had
Conviction that was ironclad

So light this up
I’m not afraid anymore
To burn it all down
See what I found
When I sift through it all

I know a thing or two about
Starting over
Change is constant
Repeats forever
The steps we take
Feel choreographed
I don’t want to be
The only one left

In the dark
With no stars
In the ocean
On a stormy night
Consumed
By the gloom
I’m the only one
Running this race
Between want
Between need
Between everything
That is you that is me
I’m still reaching for the light in the dark
I’m still reaching for the light in the dark
I’m still reaching for the light in the dark