Raya

by Salvatore Santiago

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met at a café talking about England
singing a love song, saw the beach from the table
& as speech started drifting we’d revel in silence
if only if only you knew what I'm fighting

if you knew what i'm fighting

well it’s more than the sunlight, it’s more than your soft eyes
you calm me down in the heat of the night
your skin is forever, dear your hips are a treasure
i’ll tell you that till i’m nothing but bone

but “Raya the Sunlight”, this distance in our lives
i'm here to say that you'll be standing up tall
& not making a promise, as bad as I want it
i'll stand there crying on the day that you leave

on the day that you leave

tell me how I’m supposed to be when I know that you’re gone
///
the day that you leave
///
crying on the day that you leave

& i’ll be at the cafe, thinking bout’ England
(crying on the day that you leave)
singing a love song while “this darling” is missing
(crying on the day that you leave)
& as memories gripping, do I sing to the silence?
(crying on the day that you leave)
if only if only you knew what i'm fighting
(crying on the day that you leave)

if you knew what i’m fighting
(the day that you leave)
tell me how i’m supposed be when I know that you’re gone
if you knew what i’m fighting
(the day that you leave)
tell me how i’m supposed be when I know that you’re gone

cause crying ain’t the thing that we need
the thing that we need

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released November 12, 2020
PERSONNEL

Salvatore Santiago: Writer, Production, Engineering, Voice, Synth, Guitar, Bass, Programming

Sam Barna: Mixer, Additional Engineering, Additional Production

Adam Cichocki: Mastering

Michael Perlmutter: Bass, Synth

Kristen Kettles: Voice

Liam Connors: Additional Voice

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Salvatore Santiago New York

Indie Folk

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