Color Song
Maggie Rogers * Track #1 On Now That The Light Is Fading
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Album Now That The Light Is Fading
Color Song by Maggie Rogers
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Featuring little to no instruments, “Color Song” is performed a cappella, and instead relies on Maggie’s stacked vocals over the sounds of calm wildlife and insects. The EP gets its name from lyrics in the song, and the background noises are reminiscent of the sounds of dusk in the midwest or east c...
Color Song Lyrics
Now that the light is fading
Silver and purple at twilight
Scenes of the day remain with us
Bright as the fire is burning bright
Blue as the sky above the lake
And blue the water flowing
White birch drooping on the shore
Her leaves of emerald glowing
The night is robed in spangled black
And soon we shall be sleeping
Beyond the moon that rides on high
The radiant dawn is creeping, creeping
Down through the leaves, the sunlight
Came in shafts of gold
Now by the dying embers
We watch the day grow old
Color Song Q&A
Who wrote Color Song's ?
Color Song was written by Traditional.
Who produced Color Song's ?
Color Song was produced by Maggie Rogers.
When did Maggie Rogers release Color Song?
Maggie Rogers released Color Song on Thu Feb 16 2017.
What has the artist said about the song?
It felt important to start with quiet. This is a song I grew up singing at summer camp in Maine, the same place where we shot the video for “Dog Years.” So many of the colors described in the song were the same I was picturing when I visualized the record. I’ve sung this song so many times while hik...