Home      News      Songs      Albums      Notes      Events      Contact      Photos      Guestbook Roger Nelson Adjusting to the Light Metadata Song Length 4:53 Primary Genre Folk-Contemporary Secondary Genre - Tempo / Feel Medium (111 - 130) Lead Vocal Male Vocal Mood 1 Composed Language English Era 2000 and later Credits Lyric Credits Roger Nelson Music Credits Roger Nelson Short Song Description: A song about uncertainty and ambiguity. Lyrics Adjusting to the Light I strike a match Catch my breath at your silhouette In the darkened room behind you I see shapes I cannot get Are they images of comfort? Are then images of threat? Are these tears upon your face Or is it sweat? And in the dark night Is it wrong or is it right? My eyes adjusting to the light My eyes adjusting to the light I light the wick See your dress upon a hook You sit there like a witness Your hand upon a book Are you my mother or my daughter? The policeman or the crook? Is this the window or the mirror In your look? And in the dark night Is it wrong or is it right? My eyes adjusting to the light My eyes adjusting to the light And there?s a light that falls from heaven There?s a light both soft and hard There?s a light that comes from someplace I can?t name There?s a light that strikes a sideways glance And catches you off-guard There?s light that draws you to the window pane I lift the sash I draw a breath and watch the street There?s a spotlight on the corner Where a couple used to meet And the shadows of their drama Were like forms that you could feel And I wonder, Was it the light that made them real? And in the dark night Is it wrong or is it right? My eyes adjusting to the light My eyes adjusting to the light