Daily Discovery: RICTOR, “Wings of The Morning Light”

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June 11, 2014 5:56 pm

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ARTIST: RICTOR

SONG: Wings of The Morning Light

BIRTHDATE: RICTOR was formed in 2008

HOMETOWN: Chambersburg, PA/Zionsville, IN

CURRENT LOCATION: Nashville, TN

AMBITIONS: To love people well

TURN-OFFS: Ego

TURN-ONS: Anything related to Disney

DREAM GIG: Ryman Auditorium

FAVORITE LYRIC: “What five letters spell apocalypse? WWIII.”

CRAZIEST PERSON I KNOW: I just saw a lady in Hollywood with a live kitten riding around on top of her head. Her, I guess.

SONG I WISH I WROTE: I Can’t Make You Love Me or Bridge Over Troubled Waters or Don’t Think Twice It’s Alright

5 PEOPLE I’D MOST LIKE TO HAVE DINNER WITH: Stevie Ray Vaughan, Walt Disney, Daniel Day Lewis, Patty Griffin and Tony Bennett

MY FAVORITE CONCERT EXPERIENCE: David Bazan and MeWithoutYou at the Exit/In in Nashville.

I WROTE THIS SONG: I wrote this song in an attempt to escape some anxiety I was experiencing. I was feeling small and alone and unworthy. I started fantasizing about ascending through the clouds and leaving the weight of the world behind. It wasn’t a suicidal thought, but more of a self caring. I was feeling overwhelmed and the thought of God leading me hand in hand toward heaven was comforting. As morbid as that sounds, nothing calms me more than singing the lines of this chorus. I feel light enough that light itself could carry me onward. Just flying towards heaven on the wings of morning light.