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Mac DeMarco

Shining

Release date: 21st August 2025

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About This Track

'Shining' by Mac DeMarco is a 2025 alternative track from the album 'Guitar'. The lyrics circle a love-life that feels out of joint, with a heart that keeps wandering and a question of what remains true, even when the sun is shining. The narrator wonders why their feelings will not settle and weighs leaving, at least to find out, before the image of light at the end of the line reassures the scene. One phrase sums up the mood: "sun's still shining down".

"Shining" is a track by Mac DeMarco, from the album Guitar, released 21st August 2025. The track is 3:08 long. It's filed under Alternative. Full lyrics are available below. Dork has published 7 articles about Mac DeMarco.

About the Artist

Mac DeMarco

Mac DeMarco

Lyrics

Shining

My love must be broken
What's been going on?
Can't stop my heart wandering
Least not for too long

And I wanted to want only you, my girl
What more could I want?
But my heart seems to have an M.O. of its own
And I'll go, if not just to find out

If the sun's still shining down on her
If the sun's still shining down on her

Don't cry, what a wonder
Look how far we've come
Take your heart, roll it over
Go out, have some fun

All I wanted to be's gone away now
Gone away now from me
You'll be much better off without someone
Whose heart's aching to see

If the sun's still shining down on her
Is the sun still shining down on her?
Is the sun still shining down on her?
Is the sun still shining down on her?

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Track details

From Guitar

3:082025
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Guitar
Guitar
Mac DeMarco
22nd August 2025
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  1. 1Shining
    3:08
  2. 2Sweeter
    2:59
  3. 3Phantom
    1:50
  4. 4Nightmare
    2:17

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    • Credits

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