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Credits

PERFORMING ARTISTS

TV on the Radio

TV on the Radio

Performer

Dan Huron

Percussion

Stuart Bogie

Horn

Todd Simon

Horn

COMPOSITION & LYRICS

David Andrew Sitek

David Andrew Sitek

Composer

Tunde Adebimpe

Composer

Kyp Malone

Composer

Gerald Smith

Composer

PRODUCTION & ENGINEERING

Rich Costey

Mixing Engineer

Zeph Sowers

Engineer

David Andrew Sitek

David Andrew Sitek

Producer

Lyrics

[Verse 1]

Confidence and ignorance approved me

Define my day today

I've tried so hard to shut it down, lock it up

Gently walk away

Appetite and impulses confused me

Decide my day, today

Now my body says it's over

Shaking hands move to tear my face away

And when the night comes I'm fiending like a pyro

And I know it stables my survival

When there's music all around me

And I haven't got a single word to say

And then the light shines is gleaming like a bottle

And lord knows I'm tackled at full throttle

May I illuminate the nameless faceless saints

Of this out and open grace

[Verse 2]

Ooh-hoo

Ooh, ooh, ooh

Ooh, hoo-hoo, ooh, ooh

[Verse 3]

Every lover on a mission

Shift your known position into the light

Ooh, ooh, ooh, ooh, ooh, ooh

Every diamond elemental you are instrumental to the light

Ooh, ooh, ooh, ooh, ooh, ooh

Every sonic evolution make your contribution to the light

Ooh, ooh, ooh, ooh, ooh, ooh

Every lover on a mission

Shift your known position to the light

[Verse 4]

Oh body mine

Leave me behind

And I'll do you

One better

While you define

Your heartless time

I'll defend my love forever

[Verse 5]

Ooh, ooh, ooh, ooh, ooh, ooh, ooh

Ooh, ooh, ooh, ooh, ooh, ooh, ooh

Ooh, ooh, ooh, ooh, ooh, ooh, ooh

[Verse 6]

Every lover on a mission

Shift your known position into the light

Ooh, ooh, ooh, ooh, ooh, ooh

Every diamond elemental you are instrumental to the light

Ooh, ooh, ooh, ooh, ooh, ooh

Every sonic evolution make your contribution to the light

Ooh, ooh, ooh, ooh, ooh, ooh

Every glory of disaster

Every bond is gonna bring it faster out into the light

The light

[Verse 7]

Ooh, ooh, ooh, ooh, ooh, ooh, ooh

Ooh, ooh, ooh, ooh, ooh, ooh, ooh

Ooh, ooh, ooh, ooh, ooh, ooh, ooh

Ooh, ooh, ooh, ooh, ooh, ooh, ooh

Written by: David Andrew Sitek, Gerald Smith, Jaleel Bunton, Kyp Malone, Tunde Adebimpe

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