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I Caught A Light

by Francis Doom

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"I Caught A Light" is the first single released by Francis Doom.

Francis Doom is the project of New Jersey-based musician, Jay Sakong. Known mostly for being the singer/songwriter/guitarist of OWEL, he was aided with the help of fellow OWEL member/bassist Nunzio Moudatsos to record the debut album “I Caught A Light”. They spent the spring and summer of 2023 in a shed behind Nunzio’s house that was converted into a small studio to record ten songs. While Jay would write and produce, Nunzio would engineer and play bass. The aim was to create music that felt both vintage and new. The bones of the songs would be classic while the flesh around the bones would feel modern. The descriptive words that kept coming to mind were “like a ballroom, on fire, in space”.

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I caught a light inside a jar
Clutched onto in the dark
But it flickered out
When I tightened down
The lid
I felt the tide come rushing in
Held the water to my thirsting skin
But it slipped through
My fingers

Couldn’t keep it
As much as I’ve so badly needed
I’ll lose it by trying to repeat it
A feeling

I’ll never know it
Never for more than a moment
Miss it by trying to own it
A feeling

Days float by so quietly
Like abstract details of a dream
We never notice how they’re strange
Till we wake
I've tried to photograph your gaze
The sudden flash was too abrasive made you
Turn away
I caught a blurry face

Couldn’t keep it
As much as I’ve so badly needed
I’ll lose it by trying to repeat it
A feeling

I’ll never know it
Never for more than a moment
Miss it by trying to own it
A feeling
A feeling

I caught a light inside a jar

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released November 28, 2023

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Francis Doom is the project of NJ-based musician, Jay Sakong. Known mostly for being the singer/songwriter/guitarist of OWEL, he was aided with the help of fellow OWEL member/bassist Nunzio Moudatsos to record 10 songs. The bones of the songs would be classic while the flesh around the bones would feel modern. The descriptive words that came to mind were “like a ballroom, on fire, in space”. ... more

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