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Shine a Little Light Lyrics
[Verse 1]
Do you feel like you're the only one living on a prayer?
Have you ever tried to love someone who wasn't even there?
[Pre-Chorus]
No one really knows
Where it goes from here
But we all decompose
And slowly disappear
[Chorus]
If evil lays his hands on me
Shine a little light on my soul
Show me things I cannot see
Shine a little light on my soul
[Verse 2]
Go to places that you used to go
But they don't feel the same
See the faces that you used to know
But they forget your name
[Pre-Chorus]
No one really knows
Where it goes from here
But we all decompose
And slowly disappear
[Chorus]
If evil lays his hands on me
Shine a little light on my soul
Show me things I cannot see
Shine a little light on my soul
[Chorus]
If evil lays his hands on me
Shine a little light on my soul
I'm waiting, praying, patiently
Shine a little light on my soul
Do you feel like you're the only one living on a prayer?
Have you ever tried to love someone who wasn't even there?
No one really knows
Where it goes from here
But we all decompose
And slowly disappear
If evil lays his hands on me
Shine a little light on my soul
Show me things I cannot see
Shine a little light on my soul
Go to places that you used to go
But they don't feel the same
See the faces that you used to know
But they forget your name
No one really knows
Where it goes from here
But we all decompose
And slowly disappear
If evil lays his hands on me
Shine a little light on my soul
Show me things I cannot see
Shine a little light on my soul
If evil lays his hands on me
Shine a little light on my soul
I'm waiting, praying, patiently
Shine a little light on my soul
Song Info
Submitted by
mellow_harsher On Jun 28, 2019
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This song is awesome.
I think it's about getting older, perhaps feeling a bit isolated, and feeling like some of the connections to your past are fading. But then also realizing that just because you feel this way, doesn't mean you're going to let the darkness creep in- the apathy of thinking "we all decompose and disappear." You're going to stand up and keep on moving. You're going to shine a light on your soul and find the strength to push on through anything.
It's starts slightly accusatory: you think you're the only one living on a prayer (and hopes what you are doing is meaningful, to a greater end)? Have you ever projected your hopes of being loved upon others who weren't reciprocating? All these questions lead to apathy, as pointed by the others comment, and apathy can lead to a moral desert, a pointless and destructive nihilism.
If i start behaving destructively towards myself and others, i Invoke the Gods(!) to show me the way. In alternative to the gods we can put the deeper self, that holds our unconscious desires and critques to our conscious behavior. So bring my deep desires to light and show me "da wae".
You can try to look back at the past, regain old habits, but maybe you've changed. You've changed so much people that you used to know don't even recognize you anymore. You can only accept that you've changed and move on. Look forward.