Light Them Up centres around a paranoid schizophrenic, convinced that he is being watched and hunted. Aware of his madness and yet believing the voices invading his thoughts, he feels the only solution to find peace is to detonate explosives as 'they' close in on his location, blowing himself up and taking the 'hunters' with him.
lyrics
I don’t know how I’m alive. They hunt me down. I’m feeling like a deer that’s in their sights. Here I sit alone, I lay in wait. They say it’s in my mind but their eyes are on me, I can feel them. They won’t have me alive without a fight, I’m gonna light them up.
Leave me alone. You invade my mind. Try to pry me open. Feeding my fear inside. Call me crazy. I feel so alone and anything could happen. I’m clinging to life here. I can solve this, gonna light them up. Give me silence, gonna light them up. I’m taking you with me. Just know, I’m taking you with me. I’m gonna light them up. I don’t know who I can trust. They circle me, the vultures all just waiting to collect, and they’ll soon be on me, I can feel them. Leave me alone. You invade my mind. Try to pry me open. Feeding my fear inside. Call me crazy. I feel so alone and anything could happen. I’m clinging to life here. I can solve this, gonna light them up. Give me silence, gonna light them up. I’m taking you with me. Just know, I’m taking you with me. I see you in the rain. In my life, I’m insane. In my mind, end it soon. Feel their eyes, every room. In the dark, in the light, all around, they won’t leave me alone. These voices, they echo and run at me, tell me everything, whisper you’ll take me away. A silence is all that I’m asking for. It’s worth fighting for. Soon we will all be no more. The pain of you, and the fear of you, disappear with you. This is all that I need.
credits
from Neon Fields,
released August 9, 2022
Edward Barrett: Composer, Lead Vocals
Piers Ward: Composer, Electric Guitar, Synths
Luke Russe: Composer, Drums, Percussion
Jack Daffin: Mixing Engineer
South-West UK based trio Neon Fields combine dark industrial rock with atmospheric synth and vocals packed with passion and
emotion, to create their brand of Indie Electronic Rock.
Their first single ‘Light Them Up’ was described as “a complete masterpiece” by ERB Radio.
KMS Reviews described their signature style as ‘sophisticated darkness’....more
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