Cover art for Second Song by TV on the Radio
Apr. 12, 20111 viewer

Second Song Lyrics

[Verse]
Confidence and ignorance approved me
Define my day today
I've tried so hard to shut it down, lock it up
Gently walk away
Appetites and impulses confuse 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 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
It's gleaming like a bottle
And lord knows I tackled it full throttle
May I illuminate the nameless faceless saints of this out and open grace

[Chorus]
Every lover on a mission, shift your known position into the light
Every diamond elemental, you are instrumental to the light
Every sonic evolution, make your contribution to the light
Every lover on a mission, shift your known position to the light

[Bridge]
Oh body mine, please leave behind
And I'll do you one better
While you define
Your heartless time
I'll defend my love forever
[Chorus]
Every lover on a mission, shift your known position into the light
Every diamond elemental, you are instrumental to the light
Every sonic evolution, make your contribution to the light
Every glorious disaster, every bond is going to bring you faster out into the light, the light

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Genius Annotation

The narrator is an addict.
He starts his day, knowing he’s going to have to make a decision to use or not. He’s tried to kick it in many different ways. He still needs to make the decision, each day. His body is in withdrawals; his hands are shaking.
And when night comes he knows it’s the only way to survive. He takes the drug.
The rest of the song is the trip. He is connected to the light of the world. Though his body is connected to the heartless “real world,” he knows his love for the drug is forever.

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