| Sara Bareilles – Bright Lights and Cityscapes Lyrics | 8 years ago |
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Updated the text, but it's going back to the publisher to review, so in case it gets lost in the shuffle, here's the text according to the sheet music. I post it here both for record, and because of a little detail I love about this song. We're used to verses and choruses each having a couple complete sentences. And then choruses get recontextualized by the verses and bridges surrounding them. I love that in this song, the first two lines of the chorus are the beginning of a sentence the first time and a conclusion to one the second time (the sheet music makes this very clear because "for bright lights" isn't capitalized). Another thing is the way the sentence structure changes after "You'll never have to ask" (I'm going to allow longer lines before the breaks to highlight this deviation). Hold my breath and I'll count to ten. I'm the paper and you're the pen. You fill me in, you are permanent. Then you'll leave me to dry. I'm the writer and she's the muse; I'm the one that you always choose. She will falter and gift her blame. And it's starts all over again, again, again, again, again. She is bright lights and cityscapes and white lies and cavalcades. And she'll take all you ever have, but I'm gonna love you. You say maybe it'll last this time, but I'm gonna love you. You never have to ask. I'm gonna love you till you start looking back. I'm gonna love you so right, I wouldn't need a second chance. Shield your eyes from the truth at hand. Tell me why it'll be good again. All those demons are closing in, and I don't want you to burn. Never mind what I said before. I don't want any less anymore. You are carbon and I am flame. I will rise and you will remain for bright lights and cityscapes and landslides and masquerades. And she'll take all you ever have, but I'm gonna love you. You say maybe it'll last this time, but I'm gonna love you. You never have to ask. I'm gonna love you till you start looking back. I wouldn't need a second chance. I wouldn't need a second chance. I wouldn't need a second chance. I wouldn't need a second chance. |
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