Make Light

Such an optimistic song. Everything about it is so beautiful. It's just one of those songs to make you pull forward. :)

"There's a ghost in your eye There is someone that knows more than I But I'm quick to deny

So I try and I scream and I beg and I sigh Just to prove I'm alive And it's alright Cause tonight there's a way I'll make light Of my treacherous life Make light! " i think that he means that theres someone whos more mature and knows more, but he still wants to prove his self worth so he draws attention to himself. but now hes making light of it and illuminating his situation, if that makes sense.

So now we see Comes burying my burnt remains These puddled clouds Oh I, I understand now [his past that hes tried to forget or erase has returned and hes realized or discovered something he didnt know before]

But darkness falls likes shattered pieces Dangling, shimmering Torn and tattered and crowned Oh I'll not be told "No" to "No More!" [the darkeness is whatever is making him feel bad, and its in shattered pieces which take longer and are harder to pick up and thorw away, the shimmering showing its hard to ignore or that it holds light]

You must believe to hear me sing these Messy morsels of my self-assuring love Oh it's painful kneading Yes, I lie and I wrangle with prospective angles That glare me down and face me with all I do wrong Why do they all look like me? [i cant really explain this part cuz im not exaclty sure lol some help?]

So I try and I scream and I beg and I sigh Just to prove I'm alive And it's alright Cause tonight there's a way I'll make light Of my treacherous life [self expainatory. but, just a thought, maybe he tries to overcome something but he fails and it makes him scream in frustration, and beg someone or something that he overcomes it, and he sighs in either sadness or acceptance, then he's comforted by the confident assurance that he'll be feeling better soon and that his life will turn for the better]

If I had hands I'd hold up high My lofty dreams and my alibi's real name But I have no strength So I toss and I turn and I spit in the urn There's a ghost in your eye There is someone that knows more than I But I'm quick to deny [no hands means he cant make or hold anything and if he did he would accomplish his proud dreams and be with the person he likes, in this case the alibi or excuse of why he cant suceed. he tosses and turns cant relax and stay still, im unsure of the urn part, ghost in the eye means the way someone looks at things has changed or died, he knows he doesnt know everything but likes to beleive he does]

this is my interpretation of the song and its like what ive been going thru and how ive been feeling latley. one of my favorite songs by them, it always brings my spirit up when everything seems to be falling down. my own way of making light.

I never saw this as an actually happy song. The beat and chords are very giddy, but I thought this song was about being suicidal. Something has come back from his past that has hurt him and ruined his current life. when he says "Tonight there's a way I'll make light of my treacherous life" I believed he was talking about taking the weight off of his shoulders by killing himself.

This song is gorgeous :D A great way to start the album.

great song..needs more comments.. great beat and melody

I don't understand why this song has so few comments. It's an awesome song, one of my favorites on the album for sure!

Beautiful! It's weird because all of the sudden they started playing Passion Pit at my job (Icing). I get really happy whenever this song comes on, because it's my favorite of theirs. Random band to play at Icing, but they play The Shins too, hahaha :) And when I say something about these bands to my co-workers they have no idea what I'm talking about.

LOVE this song one of the happiest songs iv ever heard it always makes me smile

I believe this song is a confession to clear a guilty and paranoid conscience, and a way of putting things in the past, and learning from it. He also states that he realizes he's made bad decisions and mistakes in the past, however now hes mature enough to realize it was wrong, and this forms a confession, in order to clear a guilty conscience:

"Yes, I lie and I wrangle with prospective angles That glare me down and face me with all I do wrong Why do they all look like me?"

"tonight there's a way I'll make light Of my treacherous life"