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"Little Sable Point Lighthouse" is another Advance Base song about grief & wonder & living. The people in the song are fictional but the Little Sable Point Lighthouse is a real lighthouse in the lower peninsula of Michigan, near the town of Mears. The light is no longer in service but you can still visit it & climb the tower.
lyrics
LITTLE SABLE POINT LIGHTHOUSE
For the weekend
that Elise turned 28
she booked a motel room
on the Michigan side of the lake
with her boyfriend CJ
a couple miles down the way
from Little Sable Point Lighthouse
They went swimming
drank beer & watched TV
but on the second night
CJ couldn't sleep
so he snuck out with her keys
& drove the Cherokee
out to see the lighthouse
Staring up at the tower
watching the big light spin
hypnotized by the silver beam
that cut right through the dim
that's how Elise imagined him
he was never seen again
Years later
in Michigan again
for the second wedding
of an old school friend
Elise & her husband
happen by
Little Sable Point Lighthouse
Just a ghost now
decommissioned some time before
it had been the site
of endless imagined horror
but with a calm that surprised her
Elise parked the car
& walked out to see the lighthouse
Staring up at the tower
that now stood dark
surrounded by the quiet
of Silver Lake State Park
Elise squinted at the scene
she remembered from her dreams
credits
released March 31, 2022
Music & lyrics by Owen Ashworth (BMI)
Synthesizers, samplers & vocals by Owen Ashworth
Recorded & mixed by Owen Ashworth
at Advance Basement, Oak Park, IL
Mastered by Matt Bachmann
March 2022
Painting of Little Sable Point Lighthouse by Aaron Sewards arrows-pointing.com
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