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Nightlight

Release date: 28th August 2020

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About This Track

'Nightlight' is a love song built on the promise of steadiness in darkness. Illenium constructs the track around a simple, repeating plea: that someone will remain present when direction fails, when resolve crumbles, when the weight becomes too much to carry alone. The production holds space for vulnerability rather than overwhelming it, letting the vocal, uncredited but central, sit at the heart of the arrangement without distraction. The song moves between two states: the catalogue of what the narrator could do (run, cry, fall apart) and what they actually need, which is witness and constancy. That tension between self-reliance and the necessity of another person runs through every verse and chorus. 'You'll be my nightlight' becomes both request and vow, a mutual commitment to illuminate the spaces where solitude feels unbearable.

"Nightlight" is a single by Illenium, released 28th August 2020. Full lyrics are available below.

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Illenium

Illenium

Lyrics

Nightlight

I could run
I could cry, I could plead
I could say it's never gonna get any better and leave

I could throw my hands up
I could fall to my knees
I could tell myself I'm strong enough
To give all the love that I need

But I still need you
To ease my load
Hold me when the lightning strikes
Lead me home
When I don't know which way is right
Love me when it's hard
I promise that I'm not
Leaving from your side
And when I fall apart
Promise in the dark
You'll be my nightlight

Ooh-ooh-ooh
You'll be my nightlight
Ooh-ooh-ooh
You'll be my nightlight

(Ooh-ooh-ooh)
(You'll be my nightlight)
(Ooh-ooh-ooh)
You'll be my nightlight

You'll be my nightlight

I could count
Every time that I've fallen (fallen)
Even when I'm in so deep, it gets hard to see
You're still all in
I've been lost
By myself in the darkness
Know that I can find my way
Even on the days when it's hardest

But I still need you
To ease my load
Hold me when the lightning strikes
Lead me home
When I don't know which way is right
Love me when it's hard
I promise that I'm not
Leaving from your side
And when I fall apart
Promise in the dark
You'll be my nightlight

Ooh-ooh-ooh
You'll be my nightlight
Ooh-ooh-ooh
You'll be my nightlight

(Ooh-ooh-ooh)
(You'll be my nightlight)
(Ooh-ooh-ooh)
You'll be my nightlight
(Ooh-ooh-ooh)
(You'll be my nightlight)

You'll be my nightlight
(Ooh-ooh-ooh)
(You'll be my nightlight)

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Nightlight

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    Credits

    Production & Engineering

    Writer
    Annika Wells, ILLENIUM
    Producer
    ILLENIUM
    Guitar
    Aaron Rubin
    Vocals
    Annika Wells
    Mastering Engineer
    Tom Norris
    Mixing Engineer
    ILLENIUM, Tom Norris
    Recording Engineer
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