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White Lies – Swing (2016) | Track profile | Dork

Tracks
White Lies
Friends
Swing

TRACK

Swing

Release date: 6th October 2016

From Friends

Track 7

5:32

Alternative Music Rock Adult Alternative

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About This Track

'Swing' by White Lies is a 2016 alternative track from the album 'Friends'. The lyrics place the speaker in a cycle of waking alone with love close by, then circling through longing and a sense of emptiness, as if “in my heart an endless hole” becomes the refrain of the day. The imagery darkens as morning passes and love turns into something with no clear destination, leaving the relationship between devotion and loss feeling unresolved.

"Swing" is a track by White Lies, from the album Friends, released 6th October 2016. The track is 5:32 long. It's filed under Alternative. Full lyrics are available below. Dork has published 6 articles about White Lies.

About the Artist

White Lies

White Lies

Lyrics

Swing

I wake up lonely with love at my side

I wake up lonely and I don't know why

I meet the morning on his way back home

It seems he never really works for long

But here
In my heart an endless hole
No words to deny
You ring I'm running home
All this love
Nowhere to go
The dark around your lies

You ring I'm running home
You ring I'm running
You ring I'm running home
You ring I'm running

And I'm the one
The only one
Or someone

I took the life and soul from every dream

Until it sucked the life and soul from me

But here
Where I go, sometimes so low
When night whips the tide
You ring I'm running home
All this time
It moves so slow
Your kiss never dies

You ring I'm running home
You ring I'm running
You ring I'm running home
You ring I'm running

And I'm the one
The only one
Or someone

Now I'm not trying to hide it
Disguise or deny it
Raise a hand and fight what's part of me
My hammer out beside it puncturing the quiet
Love unwind, this is all I need
Now I'm not trying to hide it
Disguise or deny it
Raise a hand and fight what's part of me
My hammer out beside it puncturing the quiet
Love unwind, this is all I need

Now I'm not trying to hide it
Disguise or deny it
Raise a hand and fight what's part of me
My hammer out beside it puncturing the quiet
Love unwind, this is all I need
Now I'm not trying to hide it
Disguise or deny it
Raise a hand and fight what's part of me
My hammer out beside it puncturing the quiet
Love unwind, this is all I need

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Track details

From Friends

5:322016

Listen

Album

7th October 2016

Track number

7

Release year

2016

1Take It Out on Me
3:51
2Morning in LA
3:20
3Hold Back Your Love
4:59
4Don't Want to Feel It All

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Albums & EPs

Night Light

Night Light (Expanded Edition)

Night Light (Expanded Edition)

As I Try Not To Fall Apart

As I Try Not To Fall Apart

Unreleased - EP

Unreleased - EP

Five V2

FIVE

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Going NowhereNight Light (Expanded Edition)

I Love(d) New York (Bonus Track)Night Light (Expanded Edition)

JuiceNight Light (Expanded Edition)

Everything Is OkNight Light (Expanded Edition)

Nothing On MeNight Light (Expanded Edition)

I Just Wanna Win One TimeNight Light (Expanded Edition)

Night LightNight Light

Nothing On MeNight Light

Keep UpNight Light (Expanded Edition)

In The MiddleNight Light

All The BestNight Light (Expanded Edition)

My Lover (Bonus Track)Night Light (Expanded Edition)

All The BestNight Light

In The MiddleNight Light (Expanded Edition)

Going NowhereNight Light

I Just Wanna Win One TimeNight Light

Everything Is OkNight Light

JuiceNight Light

Night LightNight Light (Expanded Edition)

Keep UpNight Light

I Love(d) New YorkNight Light (Expanded Edition)

My LoverNight Light (Expanded Edition)

Staring at the Sun

What If We're Bad Together

Trouble In America

Trouble In America (Bonus Track)

As I Try Not To Fall Apart (Edit)As I Try Not To Fall Apart

BreatheAs I Try Not To Fall Apart

Step OutsideAs I Try Not To Fall Apart

There Is No Cure for ItAs I Try Not To Fall Apart

Roll DecemberAs I Try Not To Fall Apart

RagwormAs I Try Not To Fall Apart

The EndAs I Try Not To Fall Apart

As I Try Not To Fall ApartAs I Try Not To Fall Apart

Blue DriftAs I Try Not To Fall Apart

Dancing in the Dark

Am I Really Going to DieAs I Try Not To Fall Apart

I Don’t Want to Go to Mars

I Don't Want To Go To MarsAs I Try Not To Fall Apart

30th Century Man

One Last Time (Acoustic Version)Unreleased - EP

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All The BestNight Light (Expanded Edition)
5:59
All The BestNight Light
5:59
Am I Really Going to DieAs I Try Not To Fall Apart
As I Try Not To Fall ApartAs I Try Not To Fall Apart
4:59
As I Try Not To Fall Apart (Edit)As I Try Not To Fall Apart
3:45
Back to Me
Blue DriftAs I Try Not To Fall Apart
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BreatheAs I Try Not To Fall Apart

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Spector

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Foals

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The Maccabees

The Boxer Rebellion

The Boxer Rebellion

The Cinematics

4:19

5Is My Love Enough?

6Summer Didn't Change a Thing

7Swing

5:32

—Son of a Gun (Demo)

—Summer Didn't Change A Thing (Demo)

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—Where Do I Go?

Credits

Production & Engineering

Writer: Charles Cave, Harry McVeigh, Jack Lawrence-Brown, White Lies
Producer: White Lies
Art Direction: Markus Bagå
Assistant Mixing Engineer: Marta Salogni
Creative Director: Big Active
Graphic Design: Markus Bagå
Mastering Engineer: John Davis (Engineer)
Mixing Engineer: David Wrench

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White Lies will return next year with their sixth album, 'As I Try Not To Fall Apart'

White Lies will return next year with their sixth album, 'As I Try Not To Fall Apart'

You can stream the title-track online now.

27 Sept 2021 • 12:09 pm

White Lies have a new track, 'Falling Out With Me'

White Lies have a new track, 'Falling Out With Me'

It follows up on last month's 'Hurt My Heart' as part of a digital re-release of their most recent album 'Five'.

8 Nov 2019 • 10:34 pm

White Lies have shared a new track ahead of their December tour

White Lies have shared a new track ahead of their December tour

The band have three dates coming up.

26 Sept 2019 • 11:14 am

White Lies have shared another new track, 'Finish Line'

White Lies have shared another new track, 'Finish Line'

It's taken from the band's forthcoming album, 'Five'.

5 Dec 2018 • 4:25 pm

White Lies announce new 2017 tour

White Lies announce new 2017 tour

The band, who released their most recent album ‘Friends’ earlier this year, will kick off the run in Newcastle on 23rd February.

8 Nov 2016 • 10:22 am

White Lies team up with award winning film director for new video

White Lies team up with award winning film director for new video

‘Take It Out On Me’ is the first track from their new album.

2 Aug 2016 • 10:35 am