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Sleep With the Lights On

from I Found the Love That I Was Looking For

September 26th, 2025
7 tracks
50:16
I Found the Love That I Was Looking For
I Found the Love That I Was Looking For
Sleep With the Lights On
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Sleep With the Lights On
Wounds of Recollection
I heard the yard sing to us It bursts into green Not just in the summer But in changing of leaves As strong as a grizzly With death at its teeth Look into the garden It grows as you breathe And I’ve been afraid But in none of the beds I’ve slept in Have I felt this safe, so I close my eyes and drift away I sleep with the lights on I wake up with headaches And one day the light will go out As all things in their place I just want to be the first of us to die I don’t want to know what without you is like
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I Found the Love That I Was Looking For is the final act of a coming-of-age story. Since 2014, Wounds of Recollection has been an outlet for voicing fears and struggles through transition into adulthood. From writing songs about first heartbreaks, to struggles with anxiety, to first experiences with death, to college graduation and fear of what's beyond, this album is a celebration of living a simple life and an expression of gratitude for everyone and everything that has paved the path to a fulfilling life.

"I am not significant or meant for greater things. I am enough, at least, so I am content."

Credits

Written, recorded, and mixed by Wounds of Recollection.
Mastered by Spenser Morris at SM Audio.
Photography courtesy of Thomas Smith.
Floral illustrations by Alena Pamyatka.
Sample on Last Moments on Earth by Mary Oliver (Wild Geese).
Special thanks to Bariann of Fiadh Productions.