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Nighlight

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Page type: lyric reference Artist: Emily Finchum Canonical path: /emily-finchum/nighlight Related lyric paths: 6

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Nighlight

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Everyone around me's getting drunk

All we really want is just to grow up

We just want to be happy

But nothing's really working

This life is a cage and we're trapped inside

Pushing in on the bars, desperate for the outside

Deep down, I want to be like them

They do whatever pleases them

If you can't beat 'em, join 'em

That's what they say

I'm just taking it day by day

But I'll always be yours, so don't be afraid

I'm tired of sleeping with the nightlight on

'Cause all the other kids don't have a line to step across

I want to run wild in the streets and cause a bit of trouble

I want to be broken like an empty vodka bottle

I only learn a lesson if I learn it the hard way

So give what you got and don't be sorry

But God forbid for me to leave and never return

There's something going awry in the bathroom

Never mind the smell, it's just what kids do

They were never happy

But they were always laughing

If you can't beat 'em, join 'em

That's what they say

And I'm gonna cave in eventually

If I ruin my life, then that's on me

I'm tired of sleeping with the nightlight on

'Cause all the other kids don't have a line to step across

I want to run wild in the streets and cause a bit of trouble

I want to be broken like an empty vodka bottle

I only learn a lesson if I learn it the hard way

So give what you got and don't be sorry

But God forbid for me to leave and never return

I don't want you to worry 'bout me

I just want you to pray for me

I'll be okay

I'll be okay

I don't want you to worry 'bout me

I just want you to pray for me

I always bounce back, everybody knows that

I always bounce back, everybody knows that

I'm tired of sleeping with the nightlight on

'Cause all the other kids don't have a line to step across

I want to run wild in the streets and cause a bit of trouble

I want to be broken like an empty vodka bottle

I only learn a lesson if I learn it the hard way

So give what you got and don't be sorry

But God forbid for me to leave and never return

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