Switch Out The Light
The LaFontaines
Key
aMinor
BPM
95
Tempo
High
Lyrics
I know that you would rather die than hide
Don't save me from the fight
Don't bury me alive
I know you waited half a life to try
So who am I to find a way across the line
They tell me that I’m nothing; I’m walked over and passed on,
15 minutes later, these imitators don’t last long,
I don’t catch a wave, or deal with the skulduggery,
I am the result of dealing my own currency,
Caution, when fake love is often,
Bury me with nothing but pride inside my coffin,
Feel it coming, I swore it when I was young,
Like a shot from a loaded gun, I be the one – like
Anybody, who anybody can see the passion,
I went running wild, and doubled down on the action,
My people in the city, I can raise them like the roof,
All that trouble in my youth, made me fire in the booth,
Now that hunger in my stomach, got them baited when I roar,
They wouldn’t let me in the gate, so I tunnel through the floor,
Now they carry me with harmony and caution on the side,
Caution on the side
I know that you would rather die than hide
Don't save me from the fight
Don't bury me alive
I know you waited half a life to try
So who am I to find a way across the line
Give me that symphony songbird, go sing me that,
Mirror that, all of my dark days, get rid of that,
Show me light, show me the motion when I be moving right,
Black or white, fuck is the difference when you switch out the light?
Know I’m right, closed off vivarium,
Black mirror watch, like tank life aquarium,
The border closed, I don’t know what we achieved,
We’ve been killing overseas, now its time to fuckin’ leave?
Like hold back, give us a minute I don’t condone that,
All around the map, I don’t think we really own that,
If you want a tight circle you can move in a huddle,
But in the city where I’m from, that will get you in trouble,
With some bigotry, hickory dickory dock symmetry,
Say the wrong thing with the wrong colours so flippantly,
Literally, there’s division in the west, there’s division in the east,
We just need some fuckin’ peace like – hold up
I don’t wanna fuckin’ preach, but I’m coming from the streets,
I’ve been raised up off that tonic, that’s the belly of the beast,
Steady living in the Shire, like it got me on a hook,
I got trouble on my mind, probably younger than I look,
Look, pray I bring that fire or at least a little heat,
I promise that when I fail I’ll get back up on my feet,
I got shelter from the rain, when I’m running with the troops,
I would rather die now than be cut off from my roots
I know that you would rather die than hide
Don't save me from the fight
Don't bury me alive
I know you waited half a life to try
So who am I to find a way across the line
Don't save me from the fight
Don't bury me alive
I know you waited half a life to try
So who am I to find a way across the line
They tell me that I’m nothing; I’m walked over and passed on,
15 minutes later, these imitators don’t last long,
I don’t catch a wave, or deal with the skulduggery,
I am the result of dealing my own currency,
Caution, when fake love is often,
Bury me with nothing but pride inside my coffin,
Feel it coming, I swore it when I was young,
Like a shot from a loaded gun, I be the one – like
Anybody, who anybody can see the passion,
I went running wild, and doubled down on the action,
My people in the city, I can raise them like the roof,
All that trouble in my youth, made me fire in the booth,
Now that hunger in my stomach, got them baited when I roar,
They wouldn’t let me in the gate, so I tunnel through the floor,
Now they carry me with harmony and caution on the side,
Caution on the side
I know that you would rather die than hide
Don't save me from the fight
Don't bury me alive
I know you waited half a life to try
So who am I to find a way across the line
Give me that symphony songbird, go sing me that,
Mirror that, all of my dark days, get rid of that,
Show me light, show me the motion when I be moving right,
Black or white, fuck is the difference when you switch out the light?
Know I’m right, closed off vivarium,
Black mirror watch, like tank life aquarium,
The border closed, I don’t know what we achieved,
We’ve been killing overseas, now its time to fuckin’ leave?
Like hold back, give us a minute I don’t condone that,
All around the map, I don’t think we really own that,
If you want a tight circle you can move in a huddle,
But in the city where I’m from, that will get you in trouble,
With some bigotry, hickory dickory dock symmetry,
Say the wrong thing with the wrong colours so flippantly,
Literally, there’s division in the west, there’s division in the east,
We just need some fuckin’ peace like – hold up
I don’t wanna fuckin’ preach, but I’m coming from the streets,
I’ve been raised up off that tonic, that’s the belly of the beast,
Steady living in the Shire, like it got me on a hook,
I got trouble on my mind, probably younger than I look,
Look, pray I bring that fire or at least a little heat,
I promise that when I fail I’ll get back up on my feet,
I got shelter from the rain, when I’m running with the troops,
I would rather die now than be cut off from my roots
I know that you would rather die than hide
Don't save me from the fight
Don't bury me alive
I know you waited half a life to try
So who am I to find a way across the line
Rights Controlled
Master and Publishing
Owner Name / Ownership %
So Recordings / 100.00%
Title
Song Code
ISWC
Year Composed
Writers
Publishers
Kerr Okan, Darren McCaughey, Jamie Keenan, Neil Mulholland, Kerr Okan, Darren McCaughey, Jamie Keenan, Neil Mulholland
Sony/ATV (AM), Sony/ATV (E, 0.000%)
Title
Switch Out The Light
WritersKerr Okan, Darren McCaughey, Jamie Keenan, Neil MulhollandKerr OkanDarren McCaugheyJamie KeenanNeil Mulholland
Original PublishersSony/ATV (E, 0.000%)
Administered BySony/ATV (AM)
| Name | Role | |
|---|---|---|
| The LaFontaines | Main Artist |
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