The back panel stays open
On the kitchen floor
One weak bulb is glowing
By the cabinet door
The meter barely moves
But it moves enough
A little line of current
Still crossing the dust
Not bright
Not whole
Not new
But here
The battery is tired
The wires are thin
The switch clicks softly
Then clicks back again
I do not ask the dark
To turn into day
I watch the small light
Refuse to fade
There is a kind of living
That does not look strong
A quiet little staying
After something went wrong
No thunder in the circuit
No sudden return
Just a glow in the corner
With a lesson to learn
I close no cover
I tighten no frame
Some damage has earned
The right to remain
The room does not cheer
The walls do not move
But the light keeps saying
There is nothing to prove
Maybe repair is gentle
When it leaves things changed
Maybe the old shape
Does not need its name
If a broken thing can stay
Without hiding the scar
Then maybe I can stay
Exactly where we are
Not bright
Not whole
Not new
But here
Still On Low Power
And here
- Lyricist
Hadrin Scole
- Composer
Hadrin Scole, Alden Kross
- Producer
Oren Brask
- Vocals
Hadrin Scole
Listen to Still On Low Power by Hadrin Scole
Streaming / Download
- 1
Under the Bench Light
Hadrin Scole
- 2
Small Screws in a Tin
Hadrin Scole
- 3
What the Static Let Through
Hadrin Scole
- 4
Solder Smoke
Hadrin Scole
- 5
A Motor Turns Slowly
Hadrin Scole
- 6
Wires Remember Heat
Hadrin Scole
- 7
Not Every Part Goes Back
Hadrin Scole
- 8
Contact Points
Hadrin Scole
- 9
Still Warm in the Fuse
Hadrin Scole
- 10
Some Things Still Murmur
Hadrin Scole
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Still On Low Power
Hadrin Scole
People cannot be restored completely to who they once were
Even so, somewhere deep inside, there is still a part of them humming quietly
This album does not try to force broken things back into something new
Instead, it gently finds and accepts the parts that are still moving
A debut album where resignation and tenderness coexist
affirming the self that is imperfect, but still capable of sounding again
