Porcelain Backdrop from Midnight Door by Luke Janela

I think the imagery for this song came from a troubling dream, and the lyrics have a dreamlike quality to them, the boat in the storm, lightning on the horizon, and a city standing on stilts in dust while the water is rising in the rain.

This is certainly a love song. It definitely goes out to my lovely partner Kate, with whom the road trip unfolded. We felt free and I couldn't deny when writing this that she had been a quintessential part of that pursuit of freedom.

The storms will come though, hard times generally are ahead, but that is not a terrible thing, that is life. I am thankful to her and all the people in my life who help me make it through them, and in fact, there is a certain indescribable beauty to those storms.

The second verse is a shout out also to my friends, family and loved ones who help me make it through the storms.

Tracklist

8.	Porcelain Backdrop	5:21

Lyrics

I think that I could see through
if I just squint my eyes.
You'll think that I am smiling,
I think that you'll be right.

You saved my boat from sinking.
You make my nights complete.
Another storm is forming
over the sea.

The clouds they rise from us.
The lightning brightly bursts.
The twilight writes its verse
on her skin.

I try describing it,
but I lie inside of it.
Our bed is made of stars,
that's who we are.

I think that I could breathe through
one more drawn out phrase.
I think I finally understand
the shortening of the days.

The storms are dreams demolished,
the rain is coming down,
we formed a bond forever,
we never spoke a sound.

The clouds, they rise from her.
The lightning brightly bursts
the twilight writes its verse
on her skin.

The cities build in us,
they stand on stilts in dust.
The water is rising fast,
it's here at last!

Credits

from Midnight Door, released July 7, 2007

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