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How We Do It

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How We Do It

Release date: 22nd September 2014

From Little Machines

Track 10

3:05

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About This Track

'How We Do It' by Lights is a 2014 pop track from the album 'Little Machines'. The lyrics frame a relationship-time hustle, with the speaker asking for questions and closeness, insisting that nothing is easy or free, but making it feel irrelevant. There is a sense of roaming without urgency, “we could go anywhere”, even as the words land on the idea that cities blur into places previously visited. The overall tone is conversational and forward-leaning, steering the listener towards a shared present rather than consequences.

"How We Do It" is a track by Lights, from the album Little Machines, released 22nd September 2014. The track is 3:05 long. It's filed under Pop. Full lyrics are available below. Dork has published 1 article about Lights.

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Lights

Lights

Lyrics

How We Do It

Ask me a question
I only want to talk
So get a little closer
Cuz time is all we got
Nothing is easy
Nothing is free
But it doesn't matter
Nothing to me
Cuz we could go anywhere

Got nowhere to be
That doesn't mean anything
These cities all become cities that we were visiting
We are all just passing through it
Hoping for someone to notice how we do it

I wanna be happy
I want to die in love
When I get the money
I'm going to burn it up
So we can go chasing after the thrill
Time isn't wasting
It's trying to be filled
And we could be anywere

There's nowhere to be
That doesn't mean anything
These cities all become cities that we were visiting
We are all just passing through it
Hoping for someone to notice how we do it
How we do it
How we do it
How we do it

It doesn't go out in a blaze of glory
It's all about how you ended up where
Maybe we live just to tell a story
And how to get there
Oh

It doesn't go out in a blaze of glory
It's all about how you ended up where
Maybe we live just to tell a story
And how to get there
Oh

There's nowhere to be
That doesn't mean anything
These cities all become cities that we were visiting
We are all just passing through it
Hoping for someone to notice

There's nowhere to be
That doesn't mean anything
These cities all become cities that we were visiting
We are all just passing through it
Hoping for someone to notice how we do it
How we do it
How we do it
How we do it

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Track details

From Little Machines

3:052014

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Album

Little Machines

23rd September 2014

Track number

10

Release year

2014

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2Running With the Boys
4:13
3Up We Go
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4Same Sea
3:29

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Credits

Production & Engineering

Writer: Lights
Producer: Drew Pearson
Engineer: Drew Pearson
Bass: Drew Pearson, Lights
Drums: Maurie Kaufmann
Guitar: Drew Pearson, Lights
Assistant Engineer: Blake Mares, Pherbie Midgely
Drum Programmer: Lights
Lead Vocals: Lights
Mastering Engineer: João Carvalho
Mixing Engineer: Drew Pearson
Programmer: Drew Pearson
Synthesizer: Adam Weaver, Drew Pearson, Lights

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