The way this song speaks to me🥺🥺when I sing it I feel like I relate
I keep my head uptight, I make my plans at night
And I don't sleep, I don't sleep, I don't sleep 'til it's light
Some folks float, some are buried alive
There is an awful sound, this haunted town
And it will not, it will not, it will not just be quiet
Some ghosts sink, some will get called to the light
I spend boring hours in the office tower
In a bus, on a bus back home to you
And that's fine, I'm barely alive
It's just a matter of time, no one gets out alive
And I'm content, I'm content, I'm content to be quiet
Some will sink, some will get called to the light
You know our hearts beat time out very slowly
You know our hearts beat time
They're waiting for something that'll never arrive
You know our hearts beat time out very slowly
You know our hearts beat time
They're waiting for something that'll never arrive
I keep my head uptight, I make my plans at night
And I don't sleep, I don't sleep, I don't sleep 'til it's light
Some folks float, some are buried alive
With our little boots, we built another world
Where we're chain, chain, chain, chain, chained to the light
That's fine, our blood is alive
You know our hearts beat time out very slowly
You know our hearts beat time
They're waiting for something that'll never arrive
And I don't sleep, I don't sleep, I don't sleep 'til it's light
Some folks float, some are buried alive
There is an awful sound, this haunted town
And it will not, it will not, it will not just be quiet
Some ghosts sink, some will get called to the light
I spend boring hours in the office tower
In a bus, on a bus back home to you
And that's fine, I'm barely alive
It's just a matter of time, no one gets out alive
And I'm content, I'm content, I'm content to be quiet
Some will sink, some will get called to the light
You know our hearts beat time out very slowly
You know our hearts beat time
They're waiting for something that'll never arrive
You know our hearts beat time out very slowly
You know our hearts beat time
They're waiting for something that'll never arrive
I keep my head uptight, I make my plans at night
And I don't sleep, I don't sleep, I don't sleep 'til it's light
Some folks float, some are buried alive
With our little boots, we built another world
Where we're chain, chain, chain, chain, chained to the light
That's fine, our blood is alive
You know our hearts beat time out very slowly
You know our hearts beat time
They're waiting for something that'll never arrive
Lyrics submitted by courtney_the_guy
Shine A Light Lyrics as written by Daniel William Howard Boeckner Arlen Thompson
Lyrics © THIRD SIDE MUSIC INC
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This is one of my favorite songs. https://fnfgo.io
I can see why someone said that they heard Beck in this. Anyone else think Spencer's voice kind of sounds like Beck's? Just the parts where he kind of howls out the lyrics.
I don't see how this is a rip-off of Arcade Fire's Rebellion.
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