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The Highway

from Confronting The Shadows by Candle

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One of the fundamental concepts in my personal Philosophy is my Highway Metaphor. As such, this is a song that is pretty much central to who I am & how I see the world. And my Highway Metaphor was originally conceived during my "Dark Years", so it is also central to my process of Confronting The Shadows of those times.

Another über-personal track with lyrics that were originally written on the first day of February Album Writing Month.

What people are saying about The Highway:

"This is really great, impassioned. I can only image what it's about... It's deeply personal and private but you're yelling the crap out of it and that guitar is huge. Cathartic, I'm sure."
- Wolf Kier, FAWM

"You are the living incarnation of Roky Erickson when you do stuff like this. That guy used to give me goosepimples. The absence of bass and drums gives these pieces a totally unique feel. This was quite exhilarating."
- Silvermachine, FAWM

"The lyrics work well as a literal meaning or metaphor for more, you really sing this one out with passion, guitar solo shines right through with emotion."
- Heliosonorous, FAWM

"Your lyrics sound like your soul pouring out, which is both moving and spectacular."
- Joanne Gabriel, FAWM

Perhaps this long road leads all the way back to an incident that started it all?

See You In The Shadows…

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The Highway
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Too many lanes spread out before me
Too much pain stirs deeply behind me
I took the on-ramp to get away
To start moving forward again

On the highway of life I drive
Past construction & detours sublime
At the end of the road
Is the purpose I hope to find
So I'm on the highway
And I just feel like driving
And I just need to drive

Rest stops & landmarks breeze by
Off-ramps & service roads defy
My sense of time as I progress
Away from the pain of regress

On the highway of life I drive
Past construction & detours sublime
At the end of the road
Is the purpose I hope to find
So I'm on the highway
And I just feel like driving
And I just need to drive

We all travel life's road
An endless journey of hope
Time passes by like road signs
This purpose we need to find!

On the highway of life I drive
Past construction & detours sublime
At the end of the road
Is the purpose I hope to find
So I'm on the highway
And I just feel like driving
And I just need to drive

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from Confronting The Shadows, released May 1, 2023
Music, Lyrics, Programming, & Production: Darby Spicer

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Candle Kenora, Ontario

Darby Spicer’s ongoing experimental-space rock project CANDLE fuses psychadelic & progressive rock stylings with ambient sounds & textures that create emotion driven soundscapes that only need to be experienced to be understood.

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