Too Much Light ( Cobblestone Cut )

By the power of truth, I, while living, have conquered the universe © 2026 Mark Damon Bitkower. Lyrics & written content are original and owned by the author. All rights reserved. No reproduction, redistribution, or use without prior written permission. 🐰🌙𝕵𝖆𝖈𝖐𝕽𝖆𝖇𝖇𝖎𝖙 𝕾𝖑𝖎𝖒𝖘🌙🐰 (soft intro) This is a cover of a early track from a friend of mine. You all know him as Jackrabbit slims. As he puts it, this was to his lady love describing what he takes in on any given night. Too Much Light. [Verse 1 – Whispered, spare piano chords behind] Walking down Sunset with your hand in mine… You’re laughing at something I missed again. But I see the billboard’s peeling paint, And the man in the gutter mouthing names. Palm trees flicker like old film reels, Every shadow’s got a thousand feels. There’s a story in the broken neon, A sermon in that child’s song… --- [Verse 2 – Beat fades in, slow and primal] Every face we pass becomes a flood— A mother, a dealer, a brother lost in mud. I see Sedona burning red, Hear Maui whisper things the dead once said. Vegas lights ain't just lights to me… They’re echoes of dreams that used to be. A dancer’s look, a hand on glass, Flashes of futures that never passed. --- [Pre-Chorus – Tension builds, still quiet] I can’t turn it off… Can’t dim the flame. Even love can feel like too much name. You just smile and breathe the air… But all I hear is everywhere. --- [Chorus – First crash, drum hit, voice opens] 🎶 There’s too much light in this mind of mine, Every second’s stretched and redefined. I see it all, the pain, the art— The stranger’s truth, the beating heart. And I wish I could just let it be… But the world keeps bleeding into me. Oh… there’s too much light… And it burns too bright… 🎶 --- [Verse 3 – Softer again, like falling backward in time] We sit in traffic and you hum a song, But I’m stuck in a war from lifetimes gone. The man in the Lexus reads fear on his phone, The girl on the curb thinks she’s alone. I feel the waitress’s cigarette pain, And the hope in the tagger’s midnight name. The canyon breathes a sacred moan— And every freeway is a psychic tone. --- [Bridge – No drums, echoing keys and voice alone] I see patterns in the way birds turn… I hear ghosts in the way strangers yearn. Every scent, every sound, every stare— Feels like a novel written in the air. --- [Chorus – Second drop, huge drum crash, full vocal power] 🎶 There’s too much light in this soul I wear, Like walking naked through electric prayer. I love you, girl, with all I got— But my mind don’t stop, it just ties knots. And I try, I try to hold the line… But the beauty and madness always intertwine. Oh… there’s too much light… And it blinds me inside… 🎶 --- [Final Section – Epic outro, heavy drums, layered voices] (Sung in layers — echoes of his thoughts overlapping) 🎶 L.A. weeps in glass and chrome… Maui sings where gods once roamed… Vegas flickers like a dream delayed… Sedona bleeds where prayers were made… 🎶 And I walk beside you in the night… But inside, I’m drowning in the light… Yeah, I walk beside you in the night… But inside, I’m on fire from the light… 🎶 --- 🎵 [Outro – Just his breath and ambient keys] (He whispers one last line, broken, barely audible) "I see the sky in everything… Even when it hurts to see."