Light Up The Dark (deluxe edition) by Gabrielle Aplin
2015
Tracklist
1.Light Up the Dark
2.Skeleton
3.Fools Love
4.Slip Away
5.Sweet Nothing
6.Heavy Heart
7.Shallow Love
8.Anybody Out There
9.Hurt
10.Together
11.What Did You Do?
12.A While
13.Don't Break Your Heart On Me
14.This Side of the Moon
15.Coming Home
16Letting You Go
17.The House We Never Built
18.You Don't Like Dancing
1.Light Up The Dark
Standard Tuning
I don't have to mention that I saw you today
I shone the sun into your eyes
And you don't always have to question why there's pleasure in pain
Cos there's no truth for you to find
I'm drawing perfect circles round the life that we could share
And what is ours, is ours to keep
I know the thing you want the most, you hide it over there
Safe at the dark end of the street
When the devil's waiting
Down by the river calling out
I wanna be the one to light up the dark in you
And when the flood is over and all the love is pouring out
I wanna be the one to light up the dark in you
Light up the dark in you
Light up the dark in you
Oh, light up the dark in you
There's so little I'm afraid of when it comes to an end
But I can't leave you on your own
When the chaos turns to silence and your enemies your friends
I will roll away the storm
When the devil's waiting
Down by the river calling out
I wanna be the one to light up the dark in you
And when the flood is over and all the love is pouring out
I wanna be the one to light up the dark in you
Light up the dark in you
Light up the dark in you
Light, light up the dark in you
Light up the dark in you
Light up the dark in you
Light, light up the dark in you
Ooh... (x8)
When the devil's waiting
Down by the river calling out
I wanna be the one to light up the dark in you
And when the flood is over and all the love is pouring out
I wanna be the one to light up the dark in you
And when the devil's waiting
Down by the river calling out
I wanna be the one to light up the dark in you
And when the flood is over and all the love is pouring out
I wanna be the one to light up the dark in you
Light up the dark in you
Light up the dark in you
Light, light up the dark in you
Light up the dark in you
2.Skeleton
Standard tuning
(the transition from to to and from to in the intro and verses is very fast and played
very briefly, listen to the song to get the timing right but it also sounds okay if you
want to leave out the )
What did you just say
No I heard you right the first time
I heard you right the first time
Are you trying to hurt me
You know you're supposed to lie
When the truth is so unkind
It's like I'm looking right through you
There's nothing on your skeleton
Your heart is gone
You're acting like it doesn't even matter
Like I don't even matter
The way it was the rush of blood
You gave it all up
You're acting like it doesn't even matter
Like I don't even matter
I'm not gonna fight you
I don't want to win
And live through this again
I'm not going to love you
I don't know where to begin
I don't know where to begin
It's like I'm looking right through you
There's nothing on your skeleton
Your heart is gone
You're acting like it doesn't even matter
Like I don't even matter
The way it was the rush of blood
You gave it all up
You're acting like it doesn't even matter
Like I don't even matter
Where will you go
Who will you be
Who will you hurt (doesn't even matter)
Up in the clouds
You're gonna fall
Down in the dirt (doesn't even matter)
Take what you want
Take it from me
Give it to her (doesn't even matter)
There's nothing of us
Nothing at all
It's not gonna work
I'm not gonna love you
There's nothing on your skeleton
Your heart is gone
You're acting like it doesn't even matter
Like I don't even matter
The way it was the rush of blood
You gave it all up
You're acting like it doesn't even matter
Like I don't even matter
3.Fools Love
Standard Tuning
(The switch from to back to in the verse is very fast
listen to the song to get the timing, have fun!)
You know I'm not sleeping
Black coffee in the evening
Hands ticking past midnight
I even miss the fighting
I know you've denied that
You've done this before and
Why can't you feel guilty?
You find it all too easy
pre chorus:
How do you make it believable
You're not so wonderful
It's like you know
I can't let go
It's a fools love
Such a cruel love
Loving you
Silence in the hallway
Theres nothing you can say
All false information
We've lost communication
There's something you've hidden
You've quietly taken
I'm forever caught up
You hold me under you thumb
pre chorus:
How do you make it believable
You're not so wonderful
It's like you know
I can't let go
It's a fools love
Such a cruel love
Loving you
(end on)
4. Slip Away
Locked inside my mind, passing time
With nothing to lose
Tryna to find a reason to fight
With nothing to prove
I've been waiting for the light to glow
Waiting for the love to show
Waiting for you
I'm just laying in the fading light
Waiting for the chance to strike
Waiting for you
pre chorus:
But, it's never right
It's never good enough for you
Can't speak my mind
'Cause you don't wanna hear the truth
You only tell me,
What you want me to say
You've made your point
but I can do this myself
How could you do this to me?
It's getting harder to breathe
Can't hold me down, can't drown me out
Cause I'll slip away slowly
The closer you hold me
EB
Temporary moments of flight
Distorting the view
Visionaries chasing you hide
For something to do
When everthing's been done before
You're still knocking at my door, begging for more
When you spinning me another line
Thinking I'll just take them blind
Is that all I'm for?
pre chorus:
But, it's never right
It's never good enough for you
Can't speak my mind
'Cause you don't wanna hear the truth
You only tell me,
What you want me to say
You've made your point
but I can do this myself
How could you do this to me?
It's getting harder to breathe
Can't hold me down, can't drown me out
Cause I'll slip away slowly
The closer you hold me
5.Sweet Nothing
Standard Tuning
(x2)
The rain starts falling when you're calling me
Why can't you see?
I'm diving under water just to breathe
Pre-chorus:
And I'm feeling lonely
I'm feeling blue
Won't you please give me something
I don't believe in your sweet nothing
I feel your arms around me
You say you feel the love
And oh I feel alone
You think you understand me
But I don't even understand me at all
I feel alone
London living, nothing comes for free
Why can't you see?
Time won't heal it, just stand still for me
And I'm feeling lonely
I'm feeling blue
Won't you please give me something
I don't believe in your sweet nothing
I feel your arms around me
You say you feel the love
And oh I feel alone
You think you understand me
But I don't even understand me at all
I feel alone
I feel alone
I feel your arms around me
You say you feel the love
And oh I feel alone
You think you understand me
But I don't even understand me at all
I feel alone
6.Heavy Heart
CAPO 4
I saw you staring into nothing
In the silence something screaming
I know you're trying but there's nothing you can say
.
I feel better in the morning,
When all my troubles lose their meaning
Let go there's nothing you can change
I know it hurts to watch me bleeding
Can't tell you what I need and
We can't stop the river rising
I've got a heavy heart
Too much for you to hold
We always come apart
And then I treat you so cold
We can't pretend there's nothing wrong but
I was telling you it's not your fault
You wanted hope but it's hopeless every time
We're bittersweet in the Sunlight
We can't believe every story we're sold
There is truth in the darkness we find
I know it hurts to watch me bleeding
Can't tell you what I need and
We can't stop the river rising
I've got a heavy heart
Too much for you to hold
We always come apart
And then I treat you so cold
bridge:
The chemicals that we are breathing
Lock you out and I keep looking it
I am running out of reasons
Don't help myself by looking in
I know I'm standing in the way
I know I'm standing in the way
I've got a heavy heart
Too much for you to hold
We always come apart
And then I treat you so cold
7.Shallow Love
Standard Tuning
I think I think too much
I think we know to much
Everytime I'm pushing past
I'm let right in
I'm in a photograph,
while different people pass
I'm looking out
and they just stare right in
I've been looking for a moment to set alight
-single strum-
But I just end up with nothing
Give me a reason to let you go
Cause I am drowning in your shallow love
Give me a reason, won't you let me know
This heart of mine is sinking like a stone
Shallow love, let me go
Shallow love, let me go
()
I try to wind it up
I think I said enough
Don't you think it's time that you go take your turn
Maybe i'm wasting time
My emotions are paralyse
I don't even hear you when you are crying out loud
I'm always waiting for someone to start a fight
But I just end up with nothing
Give me a reason to let you go
Cause I am drowning in your shallow love
Give me a reason, won't you let me know
This heart of mine is sinking like a stone
Shallow love, let me go
Shallow love, let me go
bridge:
I never felt the wanting
I never felt the needing
Give me a reason to follow, follow
I'm staring right into you
I'm tired of asking again and again,
again and again
Give me a reason to let you go
Cause I am drowning in your shallow love
Give me a reason, won't you let me know
This heart of mine is sinking like a stone
Shallow love, let me go
Shallow love, let me go
8. Anybody Out There
Standard Tuning
You never told me why you had to leave
I always thought that you'd come back for me
I'm tired of getting people's sympathy
I knew I'd make it back eventually
Pre-chorus:
But I was spinning in the void
I was lost and paranoid
And I'm missing you now
There might as well be space
Right outside my window
Is there anybody out there?
Anybody out there?
I'm followed by your ghost
I'm stepping on your shadow
Is there anybody out there?
Anybody out there?
I need you now, now, now ,now, now
I need you now, now, now, now, now
I'm not saying it's for you to hear
I'm just tryna clear my atmosphere
Taking off to try to work it out
The trouble's smaller when you're looking down
Pre-chorus:
There's always silence in the void
And I kinda miss the noise
Of having you around
There might as well be space
Right outside my window
Is there anybody out there?
Anybody out there?
I'm followed by your ghost
I'm stepping on your shadow
Is there anybody out there?
Anybody out there?
I need you now, now, now ,now, now
I need you now, now, now, now, now
Bridge:
Oh... Oh...
Oh... Oh...
Oh... oh oh, Oh oh oh oh...
Oh... oh oh, Oh
There might as well be space
Right outside my window
Is there anybody out there?
There might as well be space
Right outside my window
Is there anybody out there?
Anybody out there?
I'm followed by your ghost
I'm stepping on your shadow
Is there anybody out there?
Anybody out there?
There might as well be space
Right outside my window
Is there anybody out there?
Anybody out there?
I'm followed by your ghost
I'm stepping on your shadow
Is there anybody out there?
Anybody out there?
I need you now, now, now ,now, now
9.Hurt
Standard Tuning
I shiver when you touch my skin,
and I know without asking
You're right there where you wanna be
You're right here in front of me
And you talk about travelling
Where we'll go and where we've been
But the scene you're building out
All I see is it coming down
Oh, you are so good,
I know that this is gonna hurt
I don't think we should,
you know it's never gonna work
There's things that you can't see
You're way too close to me
This one is gonna hurt
Oh-oh-oh-oh-oh, this one is gonna hurt
Oh-oh-oh-oh-oh
You feel cold in the summer sun,
Leaves fall and the winter comes
Why does it take us by surprise?
It's been the story all our lives, oh
the more you know the less you learn
What goes unsaid, doesn't go unheard
If only I could help us both
cant run away from where we're going
Oh, you are so good,
I know that this is gonna hurt
I don't think we should,
you know it's never gonna work
There's things that you can't see
You're way too close to me
This one is gonna hurt
Oh-oh-oh-oh-oh, this one is gonna hurt
Oh-oh-oh-oh-oh
Oh, you are so good,
I know that this is gonna hurt
I don't think we should,
you know it's never gonna work
There's things that you can't see
You're way too close to me
This one is gonna hurt
Oh-oh-oh-oh-oh, this one is gonna hurt
Oh-oh-oh-oh-oh, this one is gonna hurt
10.Together
Standard Tuning
We fit together, together so well
But when we fall apart
There's something missing I can tell
We fit together, together so well
But when we fall apart
There's something missing I can tell
You call the sea the ocean
You say the kings alive
You live your life in motion
I like to take my time
And you don't like to talk about it
Why do we fight
-strum once-
Why do we fight every night when
We fit together, together so well
But when we fall apart
There's something missing I can tell
We fit together, together so well
But when we fall apart
There's something missing I can tell
I'm not looking for redemption
I don't wanna see the light
All I want is your attention
All I want, all I want is love
I don't think you can deny me
Let's go smoke and make a fire
And you don't like to talk about it
Why do we fight
-strum once-
Why do we fight every night when
We fit together, together so well
But when we fall apart
There's something missing I can tell
We fit together, together so well
But when we fall apart
There's something missing I can tell
11.What Did You Do?
Standard Tuning
Hiding behind all of the walls
Running inside and locking your door
Nothing ahead no one to hurt
You know you cant fall off the floor
Pre.chorus:
I didn't look for you
Didn't ask for this
Didn't need you to pull me apart
I've been falling out of control
I think of you wherever I go
Oh What did you do?
Oh what did you do to me?
I've never felt so lonely alone
I didnt care till you came along
Oh What did you do?
Oh what did you do to me?
Oh What did you do?
Oh what did you do to me?
I'm in the dark I'm such a mess
Wherever we are we're in this now
So look what you've done wasn't my fault
You'll see the worst if you stick around
Pre.chorus:
I didn't call for you
Didn't ask for this
Didn't need you to pull me apart
I've been falling out of control
I think of you wherever I go
Oh What did you do?
Oh what did you do to me?
I've never felt so lonely alone
I didnt care till you came along
Oh What did you do?
Oh what did you do to me?
Oh What did you do?
Oh what did you do to me?
Bridge:
Ooh Ooh Oh (x2)
(quietly/single strum)
I didn't look for you
Didn't ask for this
Didn't need you to but I'm coming round to it
(Quietly)
I've been falling out of control
I think of you wherever I go
Oh What did you do?
Oh what did you do to me?
I've never felt so lonely alone
I didnt care till you came along
Oh What did you do?
Oh what did you do to me?
Oh What did you do?
Oh what did you do to me?
Ooh Ooh oh (x2)
12.A While
Standard Tuning
(x2)
When it rains, yeah it rains
we can be so unforgiving, it leaves us unforgiven
we're the same, we never change
it's the reason we're together, just waiting for the weather to pass
I've been rolling my days away
can't turn out the light that keeps me awake
I've been trying to sleep for a while
there'll be nothing left to talk about
and no one left to hear.
()
In a while,
We'll pour water on these ashes and
the walls will disappear
for a while
We've been caught in the cold light of day
Lost our love, you put it down
somewhere for safekeeping, so safe you don't remember
but it's okay, we'll make some more
it's you that i'll be needing, not these books that we've been reading too long
I've been rolling my days away
can't turn out the light that keeps me awake
I've been trying to sleep for a while
there'll be nothing left to talk about
and no one left to hear.
()
In a while,
We'll pour water on these ashes and
the walls will disappear
for a while
We've been caught in the cold light of day
Bridge:
(x4)
* * *
I've been rolling my days away
* * *
can't turn out the light that keeps me awake
I've been trying to sleep, I've been trying to sleep
for a while
there'll be nothing left to talk about
and no one left to hear.
()
In a while,
We'll pour water on these ashes and
the walls will disappear
for a while
We've been caught in the cold light of day
end on
[*=strum once]
13.Dont Break Your Heart On Me
Standard Tuning
In your eyes I could be anyone
But I'm no one
I left you without saying goodbye
You won't remember what we've said and done
And the storm won't come
I will put apart so push me aside
We can't always grow
From the seeds we sow
But still you watch them from your window
There's no wounds to heal
No pain to kill
Don't you break
-no chord-
Don't break your heart on me
You would've asked why I was leaving
When I stopped believing
In the morning rain my courage had run dry
But I'm not weaving in the shadow
Where the devil goes
He knows me well but you'll be alright
We can't always grow
From the seeds we sow
But still you watch them from your window
There's no wounds to heal
No pain to kill
Don't you break
-no chord-
Don't break your heart on me
hmmm Don't break your heart on me
We can't always grow
From the seeds we sow
But still you watch them from your window
There's no wounds to heal
No pain to kill
Don't you break
-no chord-
Don't break your heart on me
dont break your heart on me
14.This Side Of The Moon
Standard Tuning
Pays no attention at me
Makes me believe that I'm free
I worth nothing at all?
I worth nothing at all?
We would be so different
If you could hear what he says, how little he even cares
Like he knows nothing at all
He knows nothing at all
Love can be so distant
I swear he brings it on himself
He's the reason that you make me melt
I am done with this fighting
I need to burn it down
Every time we're dancing
I look into his eyes
I'm daring him to ask me
He might as well be blind
Take it as a given
Like I could never go
I could just tell him I want him to know
This side of the moon
I'm with you
This side of the moon
I'm with you
What do you feel for me?
Is it nothing but pity
That's not what I need
That is not what I need
You know what I'm saying
It doesn't have to be hard
We don't have to be far
I am running to you
I am depending on you
Will you be there waiting?
I swear he brings it on himself
He's the reason that you make me melt
I am done with this fighting
I need to burn it down
Every time we're dancing
I look into his eyes
I'm daring him to ask me
He might as well be blind
Take it as a given
Like I could never go
I could just tell him I want him to know
This side of the moon
I'm with you
This side of the moon
I'm with you
This side of the moon
I'm with you
This side of the moon
(x6)
I'm with you
15.Coming Home
Standard Tuning
I wonder where my friend has gone
I wonder where it all went wrong
Was there something that I should have known?
I looked for him in Amsterdam
I cried for him in Birmingham
Wondered if he's ever coming home
Coming home, coming home
Standing underneath the sky
With nothing of my own
I'm here picking flowers
But all my seeds are left unsown
Better off if he was coming ho-oh-ome
Better off if he was coming home
Had a man, tall and fine
I left him by an old road sign
Told him I was off to Mexico
With my feet on the track
And your shadow on my back
Wondered if I'm ever coming home
Coming home, coming home
Standing underneath the sky
With nothing of my own
I'm here picking flowers
But all my seeds are left unsown
Better off if he was coming ho-oh-ome
Better off if he was coming home
Coming home, coming home
Standing underneath the sky
With nothing of my own
I'm here picking flowers
But all my seeds are left unsown
Better off if he was coming ho-oh-ome
Better off if he was coming home
Better off if he was coming ho-oh-me
Better off if he was coming home
16.Letting You Go
Standard Tuning
Sometimes I wake up thinking about you
Sometimes I just don't wake up at all
I wish you were the one
That I can't live without
But I'm cold, I'm cold
I know that you won't break me to pieces
But sometimes that is just what I need
'Cause I won't know I'm wrong
'Til I'm shown what I've done, but that's me
The only thing I control is the ache in my soul
I've got nothing to say
It's already too late
I've got this feeling
I really should be leaving now
But I can't believe I'm letting you go
Maybe there's no reason at all
For everything you never did wrong
I can't believe I'm letting you go
Was it everything that you never said ?
I swear I had it right in my head
I can't believe I'm letting you go
I can't believe I'm letting you go
(x2)
The harder you hold
The higher you go
The further you fall
Breaking your bones
It's time to let go
The harder you try to follow the light
The brighter it shines
Burning your eyes
It's time to let go (x3)
(single strum)
But I can't believe I'm letting you go
Maybe there's no reason at all
For everything you never did wrong
I can't believe I'm letting you go
17.The House We Never Built
Standard Tuning
(x2)
I broke another glass
In the house we never built
The winter is always cold enough
Cold enough to kill
Just a little jasmine
Just a little salt in my wounds
What happens if I tell you
To tell the truth?
Tell me you love her
And I'll be gone
Tell me you love her
And my heart was simply wrong
Just say the words and I'll turn around
I'll be gone without a sound
And bu-u-u-u-urn this house to the ground
It's like I never left
The house we never built
I broke another mirror
Now it's 21 years left
Just a little bad luck
Just a little salt in my wounds
Break it to me gently, gently!
Tell me you love her
And I'll be gone
Tell me you love her
And my heart was simply wrong
Just say the words and I'll turn around
I'll be gone without a sound
And bu-u-u-u-urn this house to the ground
bridge:
I'll bu-u-u-u-urn it down
Feel the heat of my face
See it go up in flames
I'll bu-u-u-u-urn it down
Burn it in to the ground
Tell me you love her
And I'll be gone
Tell me you love her
And my heart was simply wrong
Just say the words and I'll turn around
I'll be gone without a sound
And bu-u-u-u-urn this house to the ground
18.You Don't Like Dancing
Standard Tuning
Follow me
Carelessly
Leave our plans on the backseat
Chase the lines
Two at a time
Open your eyes
Do you remember me?
You don't like dancing
But don't you ever say
We're going nowhere
There's always somewhere we can
Be you and me we can
Be you and me
So why aren't you dancing?
Why aren't you dancing?
What ever happened?
I thought we had it all
You think there's nothing
There's always something
We can be you and me we can
Be you and me
So why aren't you dancing?
Why aren't you dancing?
Close the night down
You've made your point now
There's nothing here
When you're way over there
Don't be like that
I'll pull you back
You're swimming deep
But you'll come up for air
You don't like dancing
But don't you ever say
We're going nowhere
There's always somewhere we can
Be you and me we can
Be you and me
So why aren't you dancing?
Why aren't you dancing?
What ever happened?
I thought we had it all
You think there's nothing
There's always something
We can be you and me we can
Be you and me
So why aren't you dancing?
Why aren't you dancing?
Bridge:
I won't be giving up this way-ay-ay-ay-ay
I'l make you happy that you ca-a-a-a-ame
How do you know if you don't feel it
Oh.. Oh...Oh
You don't like dancing
But don't you ever say
We're going nowhere
There's always somewhere we can
Be you and me we can
Be you and me
So why aren't you dancing?
Why aren't you dancing?
What ever happened?
I thought we had it all
You think there's nothing
There's always something
We can be you and me we can
Be you and me
So why aren't you dancing?
Why aren't you dancing?
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