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Darkest Before Dawn

from Darkest Before Dawn by Abigail Lee

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This song has a special place in my heart. It's the title track, after all. I wrote this while sitting in my apartment staring at the pack-up boxes around me. It was my last night in the place before moving, and I knew I was moving to Chicago. I was leaving the next day to visit a friend in Nashville, and it all felt very strange and forlorn.

I got into a huge argument with my friend that night, and I remember feeling like, good things are on the way! Why are we fighting now? And in the same vein, I thought, I'm leaving to go to Chicago, a beautiful city! And there are bright things ahead! Why am I so sad?

In the end, this song became about anxiety and depression, and how things always seem to get worse before they get better. It's a song that asks, why am I so insecure? And it is therapeutic to me for so many reasons. It's also about relationships, but when the dust settles, it's more about whatever you want to see in it.

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Why is it always darkest before the dawn?
Why am I at my worst when I'm almost home?
Why do I speak, and what makes me
do the things that I do?
Oh, and how could I be lonely when there's you?

REPEAT

Maybe it's the distance
that rips our love in two
Oh, maybe it's that I can't see myself
out of this without losing you
(lots of OOHS)

Maybe it's the distance that rips our love in two
Maybe it's a casualty of being so in love with you now
Oh well you know that I'm so in love with you

And, that's why it's always darkest before dawn
That's why I'm at my worst when I'm almost home
It's why I speak
and it's what makes me do the things that I do,
oh
Well it's all because I'm in love with you now,
Oh well you know that I'm so in love with you now
Yeah,

You.......

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from Darkest Before Dawn, released February 17, 2015

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Abigail Lee Chicago, Illinois

My name is Abigail Lee. I am originally from Tennessee, but I live in Chicago. I've been playing music all my life and I'm continuing to develop my style. I want to bring soul & unity to folks through my music. I play with a band called The Shags back in Alabama, when I'm not in school. ... more

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