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The Candle Is Worth The Game

by Dany Horovitz

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Downward Into The Dark 03:04
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A thousand bodies buried shallow, never deep Found in the ruins of a playground, makes you weep A thousand pairs of parents forced to sow what others reap While the holy and the faithful lose no sleep All our days are numbered but all of theirs were cold Made to live a lie, made to do what they were told Never to be free, their lives were all controlled Stolen from their families, never to grow old Oh, the organ played louder As the teachers grew fatter Claiming to save their tiny souls Oh, don't it just matter God isn't flattered If you're finding tiny bones In your backyard Oh, Our Father who art in heaven Hallowed be Thy name Oh, Our Father who art in heaven Hallowed be Thy name Oh, the choir sang louder As the preachers grew fatter Claiming to save their tiny souls Oh, don't it just matter Heaven's in tatters If you're hiding tiny bones
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adult contemporary, piano, indie rock, indie folk, singer-songwriter, - After Last Call 03:18
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I've been thinking, I've been drinking And I feel I've filled my load But then again maybe just half another and then I'll hit the road I was hoping for a night of lifetime changes for a loner But instead I'm well acquainted with the jukebox in the corner It was playing all these songs of which I used to know the words And I still can hum the choruses though the verses are all blurred I've been cursing all my luck Although I've always had my health I once thought that I knew what love was when I put it on a shelf And so long as it was up there it was shiny and attractive When I took a closer look I was unhappy and distracted It was full of muck and scratches that I didn't see before So I tossed it from the pedestal and it broke upon the floor Now I'm waiting for an Uber As I'm pulling my coat near me As I'm leaning on a brick wall and the ground falls up to meet me And now my bones are cold and all the liquid warmth has faded This stupid coat did nothing cause it's old and worn and dated And now the Uber's here but he pretends he doesn't see me As I stumble to my feet I see him cancel fare and leave me So I stumble to my bedroom About an hour from the bar If I hadn't fallen on the way it wouldn't be so far I'm full of muck and scratches, I'm unshaved and I'm unshowered But who has all the energy to clean up at this hour And now my head is light as I open the door When I wake up in the morning I was passed out on the floor All in all It wasn't that bad a night
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Loneliness In Rhyme 02:57
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It's true she says she's lonely Everyone gets lonely In hard days or calm times Everyone feels through She says, we all live these long days But the years just float away You cannot hold a moment All there is, is you And we all live as shadows Fading with the sun Ashamed we weren't seen Afraid that we've become A faded memory then none Consciousness is shallow The seer only sees All the thoughts that burst her mind Quickly fade to blue She says, there's no such thing as darkness There's no such thing as light Every something seems to be But nothing's really true And we all live as shadows Fading with the sun Ashamed we weren't seen Afraid that we've become A faded memory then none And we all live as shadows Fading with the sun Ashamed we weren't seen Afraid that we've become A faded memory then none But that's just what she says As she pushes you away She hides among the shadows She sits between the graves Then in the morning light When everything is new She's more than just a shadow fading through It's true she says she's lonely You get lonely too Another night, another sunrise too
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Morning Light 03:52
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I will always love you As long as you'll love me That is the only condition I will ever make I will always be here Whenever you awake Whatever you're running from they'll wait I can take the truth And I can take the pain So rest your weary eyes tonight You got a lot say But we have loads of time And I'll be here in the morning light And I have all these questions too like Am I enough I cannot be anyone but Whoever the hell I am I know you want a Simon I know you want a rock But I've never been that strong See I have all these fears I know you feel the same But rest your weary eyes tonight I got so much say And we have loads of time And I'll be here in the morning light In December you were running from your life You were running for a place to clear your mind And I was hiding, I was waiting for a time I was hoping no one would find me there I know you say that You need repair But I can't fix what isn't broken And knowing that you see me Is all I really care I'll love you till the day I die So you can say the truth And you can speak the pain But rest your weary eyes tonight You've got a lot say And we have loads of time I'll be here in the morning light I'll always hear you I'm always near you Right beside you rain or shine We got a lot to learn And we have all our lives So rest your weary eyes tonight And I'll see you in the morning light

about

The Candle Is Worth The Game is a four-song EP, with an emotional arc that runs from dark to light. Each of the songs stand on their own, but they also each weave in themes of darkness and light. Put in order, the narrative becomes progressively more optimistic with each song. The first track, Downward Into The Dark, is an emotional response to the revelations uncovered at the site of Canada’s former residential schools; the title of that song comes from a quote by Friedrich Nietzsche: mankind is like a tree: the higher we reach upward towards the heaven, the deeper our roots grow downward into the dark. The EP ends with Morning Light, a song that is about how beautiful and comforting life is to find someone that you can feel vulnerable and safe with. The two songs between, After Last Call and Loneliness In Rhyme, balance the dark and light in their own way.

The Candle Is Worth The Game is based an old French expression, the game is worth the candle. This expression comes from a time when card players were required to bring their own candle to evening games: it was only worth playing the game if the winnings covered the cost of illumination. The original expression has come to mean that something is worth doing only if the cost of that thing is worth it.

Because the album has a distinct theme of dark to light running through each of the tracks, it felt right to turn the expression on its head. In short, titling this EP, The Candle Is Worth The Game, is a way of saying: despite the hardships that come with being alive, life is worth living.

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released January 20, 2023

Produced and engineered by Calvin Hartwick
Mixed by Dave Schiffman

Drums: Colanthony Humphrey
Guitar/bass: Sean Royle
Strings: Mike Tompa
Harmony arrangements/ background vocals: Kara MacKinlay
Vocals/percussion: Dany Horovitz

Recorded at Dreamhouse Studios in Toronto, Canada
Mastering by Phil Demetro at Lacquer Channel Mastering in Toronto, Canada
Visual art by: Lilly Mason

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Dany is a Toronto-based singer-songwriter. Dany’s music is infused with modern takes on familiar melodies, with melodic guitar and piano chords, popping bass licks, and toe-tapping percussion.

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