Paint Me In The Sunlight
After we’d recorded Some Things Never Change & The Big Sky, I knew I had to make a full project. There were a handful of other songs that had stuck with me over the years but this one wouldn’t stop singing to me in the night. I kept waking up hearing “stay, won’t you stay” but it took me a couple tries to figure out what song it was (it’d only been 7 years since we wrote it). I’d skip it every time it started thinking it was the wrong song but when I finally listened down, I knew we had to put it on the EP.
This song comes from such a specific place in my memory. Tony & I were hiking through a field of wildflowers, surrounded by mountains. We were a couple months into dating & I was already so in love with him & the adventurous life I was getting to live because of him. It was a quintessential summer day. I remember telling myself to take a picture in my mind, to not forget the scenery & the way I felt so full of happiness. I’d done that a hundred time before (and a hundred times since) knowing it probably wouldn’t stick, but it did.
Kim Richey helped bring that moment into a song in the middle of winter in Nashville back in 2014. I’ve loved revisiting songs from another season in my life about experiences from an even earlier chapter for this project. Songs are like memories, they’re time machines & hopefully if you craft them right, they’re timeless too.
Credits
Written by Melissa Fuller & Kim Richey
Produced by Davis Naish
Guitar, Piano, Bass & Tambourine - Davis Naish
Vocals - Melissa Fuller
Mixing - Davis Naish
Mastering - Adam Grover, Sterling Sound
Photos & Styling - Sunny Davis, Studio Sunny
Lyrics
Paint me in the sunlight of a perfect summer day
Just before it slips away from view
Golden in the half light, smiling at the mystery
Exactly where I wanna be, with you
We'll save the memory to keep us warm
Something to chase away the darkness & weather a storm
Hold on, hold on, hold on to this moment
Never let go, let go of this feeling even when the sun sets & the music fades
Hold on, hold on, hold on to this moment
Never let go, let go of this feeling stay, won't you stay
Kiss me in the moonlight in a way I won't forget
We can leave the words unsaid for now
We'll save the memory to keep us warm
Something to chase away the darkness & weather a storm
Hold on, hold on, hold on to this moment
Never let go, let go of this feeling even when the sun sets & the music fades
Hold on, hold on, hold on to this moment
Never let go, let go of this feeling stay, won't you stay, stay, won't you stay
Paint me in the sunlight of a perfect summer day
