A Certain Light Lyrics

Lyric discussion by nate6259 

Cover art for A Certain Light lyrics by Josh Ritter

This is one of Josh's most (seemingly intentionally) direct songs, lyrically.

"Any anymore, it'd stretch the rhyme" Intentionally keeping his message simple, he's happy and content.

"And she only looks like you In a certain kind of light When she holds her head just right"

He still thinks about his previous relationship on occasion, but it's fading away because he knows his newfound love is so much stronger. That line almost seems a bit bitter, as if letting her know that he's forgetting about her.

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