Two more new songs from The Pain And The Power original motion picture soundtrack out today, ahead of the full album on September 4th.

Side A: Run Away From The Sun

Side B: Rainbow Connection

Run Away From The Sun is about realizing that the thing I had been reaching toward is also the thing that’s been hurting me. I used to think strength meant staying — staying loyal, staying hopeful, staying inside things long after they had turned. I spent a lot of my life mistaking endurance for strength. This song is about me realizing I am allowed to leave. I don’t have to keep standing in the fire just because I once believed the light was going to save me.

Rainbow Connection has meant different things to me at different points in my life, but I hear it differently now. I grew up believing in one very specific version of salvation, and so much of The Pain and The Power is about grieving that version of the world. There’s something incredibly queer about continuing to imagine a world for yourself when the world around you keeps insisting that you shouldn’t exist in it. This song feels like another kind of faith to me now — quiet, strange, and inclusive. I wanted the album to end there, not with everything resolved, but with this tiny, stubborn refusal to give up on wonder, on each other, or on the possibility that something better is still out there. It felt like leaving a light on. The man who wrote the song, Paul Williams, is a dear friend; we have gotten to know each other and work together through Portugal. The Man, who he writes with. Getting to know Paul has been such a joy. When I sent him the song several months back, he responded with “What a sweet sound bath and great surprise. Love it Logan. Just love it.” — I can’t think of a time when I felt more proud of a song.

Cassettes and vinyl will ship out soon from PortuGAY at KNIK Records / Secretly Group / Secretly Distribution. Get your copy and pre-save the record now at www.LoganLynn.gay (or grab a copy in person from me at one of the upcoming advance screenings of the film. Tickets on sale at www.ThePainAndThePower.gay)