Laura had this to say about the song from her Daytrotter Session:
"This was in the first handful of songs that I ever wrote, and maybe the first time that I felt really moved within the writing process. I wrote the song on the longest day of the year, just over three years ago. I was in between houses in Portland, and was renting a friend’s guest room for two months. That week, while my friend was out of town, the power company had turned her electricity off because of a potential fire hazard. The longest day of the year always seemed to me, the most bittersweet day, because, as it was long, it signaled the change of season and the days getting shorter. During the last half house of daylight, I went running up on Alameda Drive, which sits on a bluff looking out over Portland. I looked out over the city lights and thought of the dark and empty house where I was staying…When I returned to the house, I sat down and wrote this song…(Oh…there is a part of the song that talks about candles glowing…I actually didn’t write it by candle light…I couldn’t find any candles but had two little maglight flashlights…candles seemed more poetic, I guess)."
Laura had this to say about the song from her Daytrotter Session:
"This was in the first handful of songs that I ever wrote, and maybe the first time that I felt really moved within the writing process. I wrote the song on the longest day of the year, just over three years ago. I was in between houses in Portland, and was renting a friend’s guest room for two months. That week, while my friend was out of town, the power company had turned her electricity off because of a potential fire hazard. The longest day of the year always seemed to me, the most bittersweet day, because, as it was long, it signaled the change of season and the days getting shorter. During the last half house of daylight, I went running up on Alameda Drive, which sits on a bluff looking out over Portland. I looked out over the city lights and thought of the dark and empty house where I was staying…When I returned to the house, I sat down and wrote this song…(Oh…there is a part of the song that talks about candles glowing…I actually didn’t write it by candle light…I couldn’t find any candles but had two little maglight flashlights…candles seemed more poetic, I guess)."