The Darkest Light

[Verse 1: Beverley Knight]

I was born the middle of three

Raised in the heart of the Black Country

And church and school was

All I'd ever known

Then aged ten we went away

New York City holiday

And I saw a whole new world

Far from home

[Verse 2: Wretch 32]

Corn beef, sea bass

Add Lees, street cabs

Champagne, teabags

In Saville Row with my jeans sagged

Looking for a suit, I thought it was one shop

Weren't embarrassed 'cause I know that my money can buy the lot

Pizza Hut, Pizza Express

It's like a hood chick and an empress

Same result, probably less stress

Business partners, dead friеnds

Motorways, dead ends

Plush complexеs or just said ends

It's funny I was happy living sad, poor me

Got a sick frame of mind when you're living poorly

Thought you had to get invited to Glastonbury

Should have seen me last year, Gucci Glaston-wellies

Still sushi isn't for me

Nearly lost my appetite tryna eat some raw meat

Medium rare, that's what they called it

I just cut in deep and it bled, I can't afford this

[Chorus: Beverley Knight]

If I never saw the light

I'd be living in the dark, still be living in the dark

If I never saw the light

I'd be living in the dark, busy living in the dark

[Verse 3: Beverley Knight]

Well, I've travelled far and wide

Still get a thrill like I did first time

Always looking out for things

I never see

Heading back to NYC

Never fails to remind me

Of the little girl who dared

Enough to dream

[Verse 4: Wretch 32]

My mum would lock me in if I forgot to lock the door

Where I'm living now, there's no need to lock the doors

Growing up, playing marbles on the floor

Now I'm in the kitchen, marble on the floor

Bailiffs, cleaners, Satan, Jesus

No faith but playing Faith through the speakers

Never knew I was living so close to an arena

Until the first time I stepped in an arena

Seeing is believing, my eyes were my ears

And hear what I saw and I see what I hear

And that was on the estate, cars were all Estates

Never knew I could have an agent for my estate

Giving sis a headache, whenever her friends came

Sometimes we had to cause arms to get leg space

Never knew that I could get my own home

'Til I got kicked out my house, had to get my own home

[Chorus: Beverley Knight & Wretch 32]

If I never saw the light (Saw the light)

I'd be living in the dark, still be living in the dark (In the dark, ah man)

If I never saw the light

I'd be living in the dark, busy living in the dark

[Outro: Wretch 32]

You know the first time I went to the Royal Albert Hall? Haha

I was in the box, courtesy of Beverley Knight