Track 7 of the album Windowsill Weather · 2019
The Lamp Man Knocked Twice
by Wren Hallett
“The power went out in a storm, so I sat on the carpet with one little flame and wrote this by hand. I still think of the lamp man.”
singer-songwriter · candlelit folk · hushed folk · 3:31
Lyrics
The power went out when the thunder came near I sat on the carpet with one little flame Then somebody knocked, twice, soft on the door My neighbour in slippers with a torch and a flask I never knew her, only her wind chimes She said, I thought you might be on your own We sat on the stairs with the cocoa between us And talked till the shadows grew kind Thank you for knocking, thank you for the light Thank you for the cocoa in the thunder of the night I didn't know I was lonely till you sat down beside me Now the dark feels like a doorway, and the doorway's open wide She told me of winters before I was born The year that the snow shut the whole town in I told her of songs I record at my table She asked if she could hear one by the candle Thank you for knocking, thank you for the light Thank you for the cocoa in the thunder of the night I didn't know I was lonely till you sat down beside me Now the dark feels like a doorway, and the doorway's open wide When the lamps came back we didn't turn them on We let the little flame finish its work Some kindness comes in with the weather And stays when the weather is gone Thank you for knocking, thank you for the light Thank you for the cocoa in the thunder of the night I didn't know I was lonely till you sat down beside me Now the dark feels like a doorway, and the doorway's open wide Thank you for knocking Twice, soft on the door