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the city-
-og above my-
crav-o-ed
i know what the city lights
do to the night sky
when no one's lookin'
but i can't decide [i can't decide]
‘cause though i crave the constellations
the fog above my head, illuminated
i don't know to phrase it [...know how to phrase it]
the city-
-og above my-
crav-un-un
oh, what-a-a-
-a-ated
crav-un-un
the city-
-og above my-
☈☇☾☈☇☾☈☇
the city-
-a-ated
crav-un-un
-og above my-
the city-
-og above my-
head-a-a
oh, what-a-a-
-a-ated
crav-un-un
the city-
...
‘cause i’ve seen what the city lights
do to the night sky
i keep an eye, out
i can’t decide, somehow
‘cause though i crave the constellations
glass towers above my head, illuminated
i'm not sure how to say it
‘cause though i crave the constellations
the rain, about my head, illuminated
i’m not sure how to say it
the city-
-og above my-
ated-a-a
oh, what-a-a-
-a-ated
crav-un-un
the city-
-og above my-
the city-
-og above my-
ated-a-a
oh, what-a-a-
-a-ated
crav-un-un
the city-
it's not a-
☈☇☾☈☇☾☈☇
i l l u m i n a t e d . . .
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◉ ●⦿ ● ⦿● ◉
i know what the city lights
do to the night sky,
when no one’s looking
but i can’t decide...
‘cause though i crave the constellations,
the fog above my head, illuminated...
i don't know how to phrase it
it’s not a dream
and i want to see everything
and i want to breathe easily
and i want to let the night sky bleed
its blacks and blues down into me,
like a moon-bleached tapestry
and i want to see everything
and i want to breathe easily
and i want to let the night sky lean...
its dappled flank down upon me,
like a flawed philosophy
◉ ⦿● ⦿ ◉ ⦿ ●⦿ ◉
‘cause i’ve seen what the city lights
do to the night sky.
i keep an eye, out...
i can’t decide,
somehow.
‘cause though i crave the constellations
glass towers above my head, illuminated...
i don’t know how to phrase it
and though i crave the constellations
the rain, about my head, illuminated;
i’m not sure how to say it...
i don’t know how to phrase it...
it’s not a dream...
● ⦿ ◉ ⦿ ●
and i want to see everything
and i want to breathe easily
and i want to let the night sky bleed
its blacks and blues down into me,
like a moon-bleached tapestry
and i want to see everything
and i want to breathe easily
and i want to let the night sky lean,
its dappled flank down upon me...
like a flawed philosophy.
◎ ● ⦿ ◉ ⦿ ● ◎
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[vee]
dddddreeeeeee-ea-ea-ea-ea-ea-ea
♦︎
i know what the city lights
do to the night sky
when no one's lookin' (lookin') [lookin']
i can't decide... (-cide) [-cide] {-cide}
‘cause though i crave the constellations
the fog above my head,
i l l u m i n a t e d . . .
[i don't know how to phrase it...]
it’s not a-
☀︎ d r e a m ☀︎
i want to see everything
and i want to breathe easily
and i want to let the night sky bleed...
it's blacks and blues, down
( i n t o m e )
like a moon-bleached tapestry y . y . . y . . y . . . y.
♦︎
i, i, i, i,
i, i, i, i,
♦︎
‘cause i’ve seen what the city lights
do to the night sky!
i keep an eye, out
i can’t decide, somehow.
‘cause though i crave the constellations
glass towers above my head, [illuminated]
i don’t know how to phrase it,
i’m not sure how to say it, -ay it, -ay it, -ay it,
ay ay [ONE] ay ay [TWO] ayayayay [THREE] ayayayay- [FOUR]
☆☀︎♦︎☀︎☆
[I T ' S N O T A - ]
D R EA EA EA EA EA
EA E♦︎ E♦︎ ♦︎♦︎ ♦︎♦︎...
...
illuminated...
illuminated...
illuminated...
SARA: and that was it,
and it was strange.
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i know what the city lights
do to the night sky
when no one’s looking,
but i can’t decide...
‘cause though i crave the constellations
the fog above my head, illuminated...
i don't know how to phrase it
and i want to see everything
and i want to breathe easily
and i want to let the night sky bleed...
and i want to see everything
and i want to breathe easily
and i want to let the night sky lean...
its blacks and blues down into m e ,
like a moon-bleached t a p e s t r y
its dappled flank down upon m e . . .
like a flawed p h i l o s o p h y
‘cause i’ve seen what the city lights
do to the night sky...
i keep an eye, out.
i can’t decide,
somehow.
‘cause though i crave the constellations
glass towers above my head, illuminated...
i don’t know how to phrase it
'cause though i crave the constellations
the rain about my head, illuminated...
i’m not sure how to say it
i don’t know how to phrase it...
"i t ’ s n o t a d r e a m . . . ?"
♢ ✧ ✦ ✧ ♢
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i know what the city lights
do to the night sky
when no one’s looking
but i can’t decide
‘cause though i crave the constellations
the fog above my head, illuminated
i’m not sure how to phrase it
it’s not a dream...
♢
♢
♢
and i want to be everything
and i want to breathe easily
and i want to let the night sky bleed
her blacks and blues down into me
like a moon-bleached tapestry
‘cause though i crave the constellations
the rain, about my head, illuminated
i don’t know how to phrase it
i’m not sure how to say it
it’s not a dream...
♢
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i know what the city lights
do to the night sky
when no one's lookin'
i can't decide.
though i crave the constellations
the fog above my head, illuminated
i don't know how to phrase it.
though i crave the constellations
the fog above my head
though i crave the constellations,
the fog...
i know what the city lights
do to the night sky
when no one's lookin'
i can't decide...
though i crave the constellations
the fog above my head, illuminated
i don't know how to phrase it.
it's not a dream
[dream] and i want to be everything,
it's not a dream
[dream] and i want to breathe easily,
and i want to let the night sky bleed.
her blacks and blues down into me
[i know what the city lights do to the night sky when no one's lookin']
like a moon-bleached
[i can't decide]
tapestry
her blacks and blues down into me
[‘cause though i crave the constellations, the fog above my head.. illuminated]
like a moon-bleached
[how to phrase it?]
tapestry
it's not a dream...
the night sky, lean-
it's not a dream... [her blacks and blues down]
the night sky, bleed.
and i’ve seen what the city lights
do to the night sky
i keep an eye, out
i can’t decide, somehow,
‘cause though i crave the constellations
glass towers above my head, illuminated
i’m not sure how to say it
i know what the city lights
do to the night sky
when no one's lookin'
i can't decide
‘cause though i crave the constellations
glass towers above my head, illuminated
i’m not sure how to say it
it's not a dream... ☀︎
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i know what the city lights
do to the night sky
when no one's lookin'
but i can't decide
✧✦✧✦✧
‘cause though i crave the constellations
the fog above my head, illuminated
i’m not sure how to phrase it
it’s not a dream
i want to see everything
and i want to breathe easily
and i want to let the night sky bleed
‘cause i’ve seen what the city lights
do to the night sky
i keep an eye, out
i can’t decide, somehow
‘cause though i crave the constellations
glass towers above my head, illuminated
i don’t know how to phrase it
‘cause though i crave the constellations
the rain, about my head, illuminated
i’m not sure how to say it
i don’t know how to phrase it
✧✦✧✦✧
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[humming]
i know what the city lights
do to the night sky
when no one’s looking...
but i can’t decide.
‘cause though i crave the constellations
the fog above my head, illuminated...
i don't know how to phrase it
it’s not a dream.
and i want to be, everything
and i want to breathe, easily
and i want to let the night sky bleed...
her blacks and blues down into me,
like a moon-bleached tapestry
and i want to be, everything
and i want to breathe, easily
and i want to let the night sky lean...
her dappled flank down upon me,
like a flawed philosophy
‘cause i’ve seen what the city lights
do to the night sky.
i keep an eye, out...
i can’t decide,
somehow.
‘cause though i crave the constellations
glass towers above my head, illuminated...
i don’t know how to say it
and though i crave the constellations
the rain, about my head, illuminated...
i don’t know how to phrase it
i’m not sure how to say it
it’s not a dream...
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Watch the music video here:
youtu.be/AlHGss1wWvQ
I L L U – AN “ILLUMINATED” REMIX ALBUM
"Illuminated" started as a collaboration between two artists--Helena Ruth, who wrote the "Illuminated" lyrics & melody; and pollï, who created "Illuminated [pollï mix]"--before it was remixed by psithurist, and we all realized we had the potential for a really interesting project here...
i l l u is the combined work of seven ICU (
helenaruth.com/ICU) members and ICU guest musicians, a remix album connecting musicians across the globe. We wanted to know: what happens when you give a group of musicians free reign to create whatever they want based on a vocal track? Is it possible to listen to the same song eight times and not get sick of it? I think: 1) an amazing album, and 2) yes. Yes you can. You can even, if you're someone like me, have a great time hearing it.
I hope you enjoy listening to this work in transformation as much as we enjoyed creating it ☆
released June 22, 2017
Creative Commons License
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"Illuminated" lyrics & melody by Helena Ruth is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International License.
Permissions beyond the scope of this license may be available at
helenaruth.com/about.
All tracks on this album are derivative of "Illuminated" lyrics & melody by Helena Ruth and are also licensed under Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International Licenses.
Please email us at ICU (
collabunion@gmail.com) if you're interested in creating your own remix! We'd love to give you the files and info you need.
Visual art by Helena Ruth.
Space images sourced from NASA image library and edited.