Track 2 of the EP Cloud Chorus · 2011
Night Market, Lanterns Going Out
by Odalys Fern
“I wrote this after wandering a night market as the stalls closed, steam still hanging in the lamplight. The tape hiss is the room I recorded in.”
lo-fi · lo-fi folk · tape haze · 3:57
Lyrics
The noodle man wipes down his counter slow Steam still curling in the paper glow A girl counts coins by the fruit stall light Folding up the last of the night Plastic tarps come down like sleepy eyes Someone hums a tune and the sound drifts by The cat on the crate doesn't wish to leave Neither do I, neither do I One by one the colours fade Warm and small and gently made Lanterns going out, one by one The night is soft when the day is done Stay a little while in the amber and the rain Nothing's calling us back again Lanterns going out, let them go The dark is kind and the street is slow A boy sweeps petals off the stone Peach and paper and a lonely song The vendor hands me a sweet to keep For the walk home, for the road to sleep Every light was only borrowed Every crowd was only passing through But the warmth we found here, in the hush Goes home with me, and goes home with you Lanterns going out, one by one The night is soft when the day is done Stay a little while in the amber and the rain Nothing's calling us back again Lanterns going out, let them go The dark is kind and the street is slow Last one, last one, flickering low Goodnight, goodnight, and off we go Stay close, I'm right here Goodnight, goodnight