“Reflecting Light”

by johnford on July 3, 2004

I just love this song from the latest Sam Phillips CD, “A Boot and a Shoe.” It’s become for me one of those songs you get hooked into. The simple production, strings, lovely-floating-haunting melody and thoughtful lyrics work so well. It reminds me a bit of something I might have written (lyrically) before the song nazi’s polluted my brain. I think I may have to actually break down and learn this one. As difficult as it is for me to learn someone else’s songs, I’m gonna give this one a whirl and see if I can play it without butchering in too much.

Sam Phillips - Reflecting Light

Now that I’ve worn out, I’ve worn out the world
I’m on my knees in facination
Looking through the night
And the moon’s never seen me before
But I’m reflecting light

I rode the pain down, got off and looked up
Looked into your eyes
The loss opened windows, all around
My dark heart lit up the skies

Now that I’ve worn out, I’ve worn out the world
I’m on my knees in facination
Looking through the night
And the moon’s never seen me before
But I’m reflecting light

(break)

Give up the ground, under your feet
Hold on to nothing for good
Turn and run at the mean dogs chasing you
Stand alone and missunderstood

Now that I’ve worn out, I’ve worn out the world
I’m on my knees in facination
Looking through the night
And the moon’s never seen me before
But I’m reflecting light

{ 15 comments }

1 jen 07.21.04 at 12:13 am: you are awesome. i just heard this song on the radio and thought it was amazing. i could only remember one line and googled it and this post came up. thanks -jen-
2 Heather 07.27.04 at 9:39 pm: Thanks so much! I love this song, and it’s great to have the lyrics!
3 Stephy 07.28.04 at 4:26 pm: I googled the first line and finally found the lyrics thru you, thanks!
4 Melissa 08.04.04 at 10:27 am: This is one of my favorite songs =) Just as a footnote, it’s faScination =)
5 Elise 08.20.04 at 1:30 am: I adore this waltz and have tried to learn the chords on the guitar to no avail. I’m not sure what your instrument is, but if you learn the notes for either Piano, Vocal or Guitar, I’d love you forever if you’d share them with me.
6 Estella 08.29.04 at 4:58 am: I googled myself here, too. I can’t seem to download it anywhere, though. Got any ideas?
7 Sandra 09.07.04 at 9:39 pm: Finally… I love this song!!!
8 Mai 09.08.04 at 2:16 pm: You can purchase this song from Apple Itunes.
9 tatta 09.13.04 at 7:44 pm: Hi. I am from Brazil. I googled the song and found your blog.
This song is just beautiful… I love Sam Phillips.
“How to dream” and “Love is everywhere I go” are wonderful too.
Thanks a lot for the lyric!
10 Lisi 10.11.04 at 11:10 am: Hi guys,

I luv this song as well and I came up with a version to play it.
Try it, and let me know what you think about it,
Lisi

Bb maj7 Bb maj7\A Bb maj7\G Bb maj7/F
Now that I’ve worn out, I’ve worn out the world
F7 Cm7 F7 Cm7
I’m on my knees in facination
F7 Cm7 F7 Cm7
Looking through the night
Bb maj7 Cm7 F7
And the moon’s never seen me before
Bb maj7 Bb maj7\A Bb maj7\G Bb maj7/F
But I’m reflecting light

F7 Cm7 F7 Cm7
I rode the pain down, got off and looked up
D7 Gm
Looked into your eyes
F7 Cm7 F7 Cm7
The loss opened windows, all around
D7 Gm
My dark heart lit up the skies
11 franzi 05.10.05 at 1:31 pm: I LOVE THIS SONG! I heard it on the tv-show gilmore girls and immidately fell in love with it!
Took me some time to get it, but now I am sooooo happy with it and the lyriks I could find nowhere else then here!
Thank a loooooot!
kisses
franzi
12 Hikaru 06.07.05 at 9:13 pm: Like you, I am hooked with this song. I wish there was a MIDI file to put it in my website. I swear I’ve been listening to it all day, humming it too. The lyrics are simple and yet so beautiful!
13 Steph 06.17.05 at 9:16 am: http://www.samphillipsmusic.com/music/reflectinglight.mp3

You can hear the whole song on Sam’s official website, I’m a GG fan and this song is amazing.
14 Katie 06.21.05 at 9:40 pm: I too,like many of you,am a devout GG fan. However, I am also a music fan and a pure sucker for crazy beautiful love songs. All of Sam Phillip’s lyrics are beautiful but “Reflecting Light” just has its way of standing out.Music like Sam Phillip’s is what I think sometimes keeps the world grounded even with such optimism and sometimes negativity. She is a pure genius.
15 lisa 05.18.06 at 9:24 am: I think this song is amazing! I heard it on Gilmore Girls where they played it at Liz’ wedding and I listened to these two minutes over and over again. Now I finally found the lyrics… thank you