This is a damn good breakup song. Although Josh Ritter is singing about his recent divorce, "A Certain Light" will speak to the sixteen-year-olds who have had their hearts broken for the first time as much as it does to those facing the end of their marriage. But there is an absence of bitterness here. Instead, there is a sense of looking forward without dismissing the past, the pain, and the love lost. Josh Ritter's latest record, 'The Beast in Its Tracks', comes out today, March 5.
"My new lover sweet and kind / The kind of lover that one rarely finds / And I'm happy for the first time / In a long time"
"And she only looks like you / In a certain kind of light / When she holds her head just right"
"It's been winter for a while / The north winds will cut like a baby child's / It was hard to think her smile / Could bring the springtime"
Listen to the album in full at NPR First Listen, and listen to an entire Josh Ritter concert from March 4, 2013.
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