Night Light – English Lyrics

• By: Laufey
• Album: Bewitched

Lyrics & Translation

Explore the heartfelt world of Laufey's "Night Light," a poignant song about growing up and moving on. Through vivid lyrics and soothing melodies, this track offers a unique opportunity to learn the language of nostalgia and transition, making it a resonant and comforting listen for anyone experiencing change.

[English]

Up the staircase first door to your left

Walls of white, a window ten-by-ten

A treasure chest of everything I've ever known

Safe inside my childhood home

Every record I have ever heard

I know every melody and every word

A little book of every dream I ever had

Sleeping in that twin sized bed

All of the laughter

All the sleepless nights

Waiting forever after

Snow falling outside

Keeping on the night light

Cardboard boxes covering the floor

Guess I won't be living in here anymore

Take down the posters of the pop stars on the wall

Empty room it looks so small

All of the laughter

All the sleepless nights

Waiting forever after

Snow falling outside

Keeping on the night light

Take down the posters of the pop stars on the wall

Empty room it feels so small

All of the laughter

All the sleepless nights

Waiting forever after

Snow falling outside

Keeping on the night light

...

Key Vocabulary

Vocabulary	Meanings
staircase /ˈstɛərkeɪs/ B1	noun - a set of stairs inside a building
door /dɔːr/ A1	noun - a movable barrier that allows entrance or exit
walls /wɔːlz/ A2	noun - the structure that surrounds or divides a space
window /ˈwɪndoʊ/ A2	noun - an opening in the wall to let light or air in
treasure /ˈtrɛʒər/ B2	noun - a collection of valuable objects or wealth
record /ˈrɛkərd/ B1	noun - a stored account of information or sound
melody /ˈmɛlədi/ B2	noun - a sequence of musical notes that is musically satisfying
dream /driːm/ B1	noun - a series of thoughts, images, or feelings during sleep
sleeping /ˈsliːpɪŋ/ B1	verb (participle) - the act of being in sleep
laughter /ˈlæf.tər/ A2	noun - the sound of laughing
night /naɪt/ A1	noun - the period of darkness between sunset and sunrise
outside /ˌaʊtˈsaɪd/ A2	adjective / adverb - the external part or thing
night light /ˈnaɪt laɪt/ B2	noun - a small light used to illuminate a room at night

Key Grammar Structures

• Up the staircase first door to your left

  ➔ Prepositional Phrase for Direction

  ➔ The phrase "to your left" indicates direction using the preposition "to" and the possessive pronoun "your". This construction is common for giving instructions.

• A treasure chest of everything I've ever known

  ➔ Relative Clause with Present Perfect

  ➔ "everything I've ever known" is a relative clause modifying "treasure chest." The present perfect "I've ever known" implies a lifetime of accumulated knowledge and experiences.

• Every record I have ever heard

  ➔ Present Perfect with 'ever'

  ➔ Using "ever" in the present perfect "I have ever heard" emphasizes that the speaker has heard every single record at some point in their life up until now.

• Guess I won't be living in here anymore

  ➔ Future Continuous Negative

  ➔ "won't be living" is the negative form of the future continuous tense. It expresses an action that will not be in progress at some point in the future.

• Waiting forever after

  ➔ Gerund as a noun

  ➔ "Waiting" acts as a noun, expressing a state of being or a concept. It emphasizes the continuous act of waiting. It's used idiomatically here to suggest anticipation or a period of waiting that feels endless.

• Keeping on the night light

  ➔ Present Continuous for a Habitual Action

  ➔ While the present continuous usually describes actions happening now, it can also describe habitual actions, especially when emphasizing the ongoing nature of the habit. "Keeping on the night light" suggests this is something done regularly.

• Empty room it looks so small

  ➔ Ellipsis

  ➔ The line is an example of ellipsis, where words are omitted but understood from the context. A more grammatically complete version would be "The empty room, it looks so small" or "Because the room is empty, it looks so small."