No Light, No Light – English Lyrics

• By: Florence + The Machine

Lyrics & Translation

Dive into the raw emotional landscape of Florence + The Machine's "No Light, No Light." This powerful track offers a rich vocabulary for expressing heartbreak and longing, with Florence Welch's distinctive vocal delivery providing an engaging way to connect with English poetic expression and dramatic storytelling. Explore how vivid metaphors bring universal feelings to life, making it an excellent song for language learners to grasp nuanced emotions and evocative language.

[English]

You are the hole in my head

You are the space in my bed

You are the silence in between

What I thought and what I said

You are the nighttime fear

You are the morning when it's clear

When it's over, you're the start

You're my head, you're my heart

No light, no light in your bright blue eyes

I never knew daylight could be so violent

A revelation in the light of day

You can't choose what stays and what fades away

And I'd do anything to make you stay

No light, no light (no light)

Tell me what you want me to say

Through the crowds I was crying out, and

In your place there were a thousand other faces

I was disappearing in plain sight

Heaven help me, I need to make it right

You want a revelation, you wanna get it right

But it's a conversation I just can't have tonight

You want a revelation, some kind of resolution

You want a revelation

No light, no light in your bright blue eyes

I never knew daylight could be so violent

A revelation in the light of day

You can't choose what stays and what fades away

And I'd do anything to make you stay

No light, no light (no light)

Tell me what you want me to say

Would you leave me if I told you what I've done?

And would you leave me if I told you what I've become?

'Cause it's so easy to say it to a crowd

But it's so hard, my love

To say it to you out loud

No light, no light in your bright blue eyes

I never knew daylight could be so violent

A revelation in the light of day

You can't choose what stays and what fades away

And I'd do anything to make you stay

No light (no light), no light (no light)

Tell me what you want me to say

You want a revelation, you wanna get it right

But, it's a conversation, I just can't have tonight

You want a revelation, some kind of resolution

You want a revelation

You want a revelation, you wanna get it right

But, it's a conversation, I just can't have tonight

You want a revelation, some kind of resolution

Tell me what you want me to say

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Key Vocabulary

Vocabulary	Meanings
light /laɪt/ C1	noun - the natural condition in which there is visible radiation (as from the sun) adjective - giving off light verb - to make or become bright
hole /həʊl/ A2	noun - an opening in something that is not complete
head /hed/ A1	noun - the upper part of the body, connected to the brain
space /speɪs/ A2	noun - an area or distance between or surrounding things
bed /bed/ A1	noun - a piece of furniture for sleeping in
silence /ˈsaɪləns/ B1	noun - the state of being quiet
night /naɪt/ A1	noun - the period of darkness from sunset to sunrise
fear /fiə(r)/ A2	noun - an unpleasant emotion caused by the belief that someone or something is dangerous, likely to cause pain, or a threat
morning /ˈmɔːrɪŋ/ A1	noun - the first part of the day, from sunrise to noon
clear /klɪər/ A2	adjective - free from cloudiness or mist verb - to make something understandable
start /stɑːrt/ A1	noun - the beginning of something verb - to begin
blue /bluː/ A1	adjective - of the color between green and violet in the visible spectrum
day /deɪ/ A1	noun - the time of day from sunrise to sunset
violent /vaɪˈlent/ B2	adjective - causing or characterized by physical damage or harm
revelation /riːˈveɪʃən/ C1	noun - the act of revealing something secret or hidden
fade /feɪd/ A2	verb - to become less intense or less clear noun - the act or process of becoming less intense or less clear
choose /tʃuːz/ B1	verb - to select something from a number of possibilities
crowd /krəʊd/ A2	noun - a large number of people gathered together
crying /kraɪɪŋ/ A2	verb - to make a loud, sad noise with your voice
disappearing /dɪˈsapeəring/ B1	verb - to stop existing or to become invisible

Key Grammar Structures

• I never knew daylight could be so violent

  ➔ Modal verb 'could' for possibility

  ➔ The sentence uses the modal ""could"" to express possibility: 'I never knew daylight could be so violent'.

• You can't choose what stays and what fades away

  ➔ Free relative clauses introduced by 'what'

  ➔ The clause contains two free relative clauses formed with "what": "what stays" and "what fades away".

• And I'd do anything to make you stay

  ➔ Infinitive of purpose (to-infinitive)

  ➔ The phrase uses a to-infinitive of purpose after a noun phrase: ''to make you stay''.

• Would you leave me if I told you what I've done?

  ➔ Second conditional (if clause in past) and hypothetical future in main clause

  ➔ The line poses a hypothetical situation using the past tense in the 'if' clause: 'if I told you', and would + base verb in the main clause.

• Would you leave me if I told you what I've become?

  ➔ Present perfect in embedded clause (I've done / I've become)

  ➔ The embedded wh-clause includes the present perfect forms "I've done" and "I've become".

• It's so easy to say it to a crowd

  ➔ It-extraposition: it + be + adjective + to-infinitive

  ➔ The sentence uses extraposition: the subject is synthetically moved to the clause end with 'to say' as the infinitive.

• You wanna get it right

  ➔ Informal contraction 'wanna' (want to) and reduced infinitive

  ➔ The line uses the informal contraction ""wanna"" for 'want to', and typically omits the 'to' before the following verb.

• Through the crowds I was crying out

  ➔ Past continuous tense

  ➔ The verb phrase uses the past continuous tense 'was crying out' to describe an ongoing action in the past.