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Gang of Youths
Let Me Be Clear
A Sudden Light

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A Sudden Light

Release date: 28th July 2016

From Let Me Be ClearTrack 46:53

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About This Track

"A Sudden Light" is a track by Gang of Youths, from the album Let Me Be Clear, released 28th July 2016. The track is 6:53 long. It's filed under Alternative. Full lyrics are available below. Dork has published 4 articles about Gang of Youths.

About the Artist

Gang of Youths

Gang of Youths

Lyrics

A Sudden Light

All our friends
Are dead and gone
There's men in our basement wearing our clothes

Your chest won't heal
What your blood won't kill
And same for myself
When I flush my pills

But our fears their fears
Their children's fears

Our kids
Their kids
Their children's kids
Will see a sudden light

I can't pay our rent
Playing rooms of our friends
Yeah they speak like they're a saviour
But we all die like men

So you see em there?
Do you see their hands?
They're all living lies
All those basement men
And they stand
In the same positions
In the dark
We left

And they see nothing

But our fears, their fears
And their children's fears

But our kids, their kids and their children's kids

Will see a sudden light

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Track details

From Let Me Be Clear

6:532016

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Album

Let Me Be Clear

Track number

4

Release year

2016

1The Good Fight
6:33
2Native Tongue
4:15
3Strange Diseases
3:20
4A Sudden Light
6:53

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Albums & EPs

Gang of Youths - triple j Like A Version Sessions

Gang of Youths - triple j Like A Version Sessions

immolation tape - EP

immolation tape - EP

angel in realtime.

angel in realtime.

total serene - EP

total serene - EP

MTV Unplugged (Live in Melbourne)

MTV Unplugged (Live in Melbourne)

Go Farther in Lightness

Go Farther in Lightness

The Positions

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Gang of Youths — Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas
Gang of Youths — Benevolence Riots (recorded for triple j) (from Gang of Youths - triple j Like A Version Sessions) [5:20]
Gang of Youths — Why Does It Always Rain Me (triple j Like A Version) (from Gang of Youths - triple j Like A Version Sessions) [3:43]
Gang of Youths — brothers (recorded for triple j) (from Gang of Youths - triple j Like A Version Sessions) [6:32]
Gang of Youths — The Deepest Sighs, The Frankest Shadows (recorded for triple j) (from Gang of Youths - triple j Like A Version Sessions) [6:22]
Gang of Youths — All My Friends (triple j Like A Version) (from Gang of Youths - triple j Like A Version Sessions) [6:25]
Gang of Youths — Blood (triple j Like A Version) (from Gang of Youths - triple j Like A Version Sessions) [5:27]
Gang of Youths — forebearance (alternate)
Gang of Youths — spirit boy (alternate) (from immolation tape - EP) [5:54]
Gang of Youths — in the wake of your leave (alternate) (from immolation tape - EP) [3:59]
Gang of Youths — forbearance (alternate) (from immolation tape - EP) [5:03]
Gang of Youths — a shot in the arm (from immolation tape - EP) [3:11]
Gang of Youths — goal of the century (from angel in realtime.) [7:04]
Gang of Youths — the kingdom is within you (from angel in realtime.) [4:23]
Gang of Youths — the angel of 8th ave. (from angel in realtime.) [3:59]
Gang of Youths — a fantastic death (demo)
Gang of Youths — you in everything (from angel in realtime.) [6:52]
Gang of Youths — unison (from angel in realtime.) [5:09]
Gang of Youths — brothers (from angel in realtime.) [5:54]
Gang of Youths — in the wake of your leave (from angel in realtime.) [4:04]
Gang of Youths — spirit boy (from angel in realtime.) [6:27]
Gang of Youths — the man himself (from angel in realtime.) [4:25]
Gang of Youths — returner (from angel in realtime.) [4:43]
Gang of Youths — hand of god (from angel in realtime.) [4:04]
Gang of Youths — tend the garden (from angel in realtime.) [4:27]
Gang of Youths — forbearance (from angel in realtime.) [5:39]
Gang of Youths — the angel of 8th ave. (from total serene - EP) [3:59]
Gang of Youths — unison (from total serene - EP) [5:09]
Gang of Youths — asleep in the back (from total serene - EP) [4:08]
Gang of Youths — What Can I Do If the Fire Goes Out? (Radio Edit) [3:44]
Gang of Youths — Go Farther in Lightness (Live) (from MTV Unplugged (Live in Melbourne)) [2:33]
Gang of Youths — Do Not Let Your Spirit Wane (Live) (from MTV Unplugged (Live in Melbourne)) [7:34]
Gang of Youths — Still Unbeaten Life (Live) (from MTV Unplugged (Live in Melbourne)) [8:41]
Gang of Youths — Persevere (Live) (from MTV Unplugged (Live in Melbourne)) [7:20]
Gang of Youths — Fear and Trembling (Live) (from MTV Unplugged (Live in Melbourne)) [7:16]
Gang of Youths — Keep Me in the Open (Live) (from MTV Unplugged (Live in Melbourne)) [5:27]
Gang of Youths — Let Me Down Easy (Live) (from MTV Unplugged (Live in Melbourne)) [6:23]
Gang of Youths — L'imaginaire (Live) (from MTV Unplugged (Live in Melbourne)) [1:34]
Gang of Youths — The Deepest Sighs, the Frankest Shadows (Live) (from MTV Unplugged (Live in Melbourne)) [7:31]
Gang of Youths — The Heart Is a Muscle (Live) (from MTV Unplugged (Live in Melbourne)) [6:23]
Gang of Youths — Blood
Gang of Youths — Still Unbeaten Life [8:41]
Gang of Youths — The Heart Is a Muscle (Radio Edit) [3:34]
Gang of Youths — Let Me Down Easy (Butch le Butch Live Disco Version)
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Gang of Youths — L'imaginaire (from Go Farther in Lightness) [1:30]
Gang of Youths — Let Me Down Easy (from Go Farther in Lightness) [5:19]
Gang of Youths — Achilles Come Down (from Go Farther in Lightness) [7:02]
Gang of Youths — Le symbolique (from Go Farther in Lightness) [3:51]
Gang of Youths — Our Time Is Short (from Go Farther in Lightness) [5:17]
Gang of Youths — Le réel (from Go Farther in Lightness) [2:22]
Gang of Youths — The Deepest Sighs, the Frankest Shadows (from Go Farther in Lightness) [5:52]
Gang of Youths — Do Not Let Your Spirit Wane (from Go Farther in Lightness) [7:33]
Gang of Youths — Go Farther in Lightness (from Go Farther in Lightness) [1:48]
Gang of Youths — The Heart Is a Muscle (from Go Farther in Lightness) [5:24]
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Gang of Youths — Fear and Trembling (from Go Farther in Lightness) [6:03]
Gang of Youths — Say Yes to Life (from Go Farther in Lightness) [5:13]
Gang of Youths — Keep Me in the Open (from Go Farther in Lightness) [5:57]
Gang of Youths — Atlas Drowned (from Go Farther in Lightness) [4:31]
Gang of Youths — Persevere (from Go Farther in Lightness) [4:33]
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Gang of Youths — Native Tongue (from Let Me Be Clear) [4:15]
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Gang of Youths — Strange Diseases (from Let Me Be Clear) [3:20]
Gang of Youths — The Good Fight (from Let Me Be Clear) [6:33]
Gang of Youths — All My Friends
Gang of Youths — Lover In My Lungs
Gang of Youths — Vital Signs (from The Positions) [7:24]
Gang of Youths — Poison Drum (from The Positions) [6:27]
Gang of Youths — Magnolia (from The Positions) [5:12]
Gang of Youths — Radioface (from The Positions) [6:53]
Gang of Youths — The Overpass (from The Positions) [7:30]
Gang of Youths — Knuckles White Dry (from The Positions) [6:11]
Gang of Youths — Sjamboksa (from The Positions) [7:13]
Gang of Youths — Kansas (from The Positions) [4:09]
Gang of Youths — Strange Diseases (Early Demo)
Gang of Youths — Restraint & Release (from The Positions) [4:41]
Gang of Youths — The Diving Bell (from The Positions) [4:54]
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Gang of Youths — Riverlands
Gang of Youths — Poison Drum (Abridged)
Gang of Youths — Evangelists
Gang of Youths — A Sudden Light (Early Demo)

All My Friends (triple j Like A Version)Gang of Youths - triple j Like A Version Sessions
6:25
Benevolence Riots (recorded for triple j)Gang of Youths - triple j Like A Version Sessions
5:20
Blood (triple j Like A Version)Gang of Youths - triple j Like A Version Sessions
5:27
brothers (recorded for triple j)Gang of Youths - triple j Like A Version Sessions
6:32
Do Not Let Your Spirit Wane (Live)MTV Unplugged (Live in Melbourne)
7:34
Fear and Trembling (Live)MTV Unplugged (Live in Melbourne)
7:16
Go Farther in Lightness (Live)MTV Unplugged (Live in Melbourne)
2:33
Keep Me in the Open (Live)MTV Unplugged (Live in Melbourne)
5:27
L'imaginaire (Live)MTV Unplugged (Live in Melbourne)
1:34
Let Me Down Easy (Live)MTV Unplugged (Live in Melbourne)
6:23

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Credits

Writer: David Le’aupepe
Producer: Gang of Youths, Karl Cash
Mastering Engineer: Leon Zervos
Mixing Engineer: Karl Cash
Recording Engineer: Adrian Breakspear, Karl Cash
Trumpet: Jonathan Baker