C L A R E M A G U I R EL I G H T A F T E RD A R K

The Shield AND The Sword

You and IFelt so good to begin with didn’t we? Now it seems there’s far too many adverts in betweenAnd we don’t speakSo we’re left in constant silenceIt’s haunting meSo I’m ready now to fight this

You have the shieldI’ll take the swordI no longer love youNo longer love youI’m not afraid of danger in the darkI no longer love youNo longer love you

You and I aren’t workingBurning on the bridges nowWe’re trapped insideScreaming won’t somebody get me out

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I no longer love youno longer love you (x2)

And we don’t speak So we’re left in constant silenceAnd it’s haunting me So I’m ready now to fight this

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Last Dance

Today I feel the moodand I don’t feel like talking oh II wasn’t ready to lose you you’re the first man to move meYou helped me feel alive got me up from 9 to 5 oh II could get through those days with you on my mind

Got to try move on but I promise youI will kiss your crown when life takes me down

I’ll save my last dance for you my friendI’ll save my last dance for you my friend

Another face in the crowd Oh people love to move now oh II just can’t feel the beatcause my hearts fallen out

Got to try move on but I promise youI will kiss your crown when life takes me down

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I’ve got my life in my hands and your love in my heartI’ve got my life in my hands and your love in my heart

I’ll save my last dance for you my friend

And it seems I’ve lived my life with you as my rhythmAnd I know I’ll find my feet after dreaming

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Today I feel the moodI wasn’t ready to lose youToday I feel the moodI wasn’t ready to lose you

Freedom

Makes me sit and wonderHow your never botheredWhen I say I wanna be freeI was rushing aheadHow could you not see thatGuess you wont miss what you don’t need

I promised with every wordThat I would tell you the truthMaybe it went unheardYou could of told me soI would’ve never known

You’re not here You’re not here with meI guess that means I’m free

In and outI’d rather go withoutI can’t defend you nowYou would have let me downIf you find another Maybe you’ll discoverTrue love just won’t get up and leave

I promised with every wordThat I would tell you the truthMaybe it went unheardYou could of told me soI would’ve never known

You’re not here You’re not here with meI guess that means I’m free

Surrender

Watching a fireSkipping under thunderCrossing a wireConnecting undercover

Be mineIt’s a physical thingI wanna give youAll the love I can giveThe love I can give

Cause you make me surrenderWith you I’m forced to surrender

Burying riversDrowning all our fearsBurning the bridgesPushing all the gears

Be mineIt’s a physical thingI wanna give youAll the love I can giveThe love I can give

Cause you make me surrenderWith you I’m forced to surrenderI’m letting go waving this white flagI’ve given up the fightGiven up the fightCause you make me surrender

Losing a battleHead into the shallowLet go of the handleLet us be alone now

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You make me surrenderWith you I’m forced to surrender

Bullet

I was told that loneliness was likespaces between the starsWell it’s empty between these starry eyesI was told a dead man was heavier then a broken heart Am I dead now? My heart sure feels heavy

And I try not to feel ityeah I try not to feel itso hard to believe it

I was told that time tiptoes byWell I can hear his footsteps running past meI was told I had a face with nothing to fearThat’s not the first thing to scare me

And I try not to feel itoh I try not to feel itIt’s so hard to believe itBut at the end of it all it’s true

You shot this bullet through my bones (x2)

You shot me down down down I go (x2)

I get up take the phone from my handsthe glass from my lipsthe pictures from my fingertipsI stand up I walk round and roundAnd I don’t hear no soundOnly the words you last spoke to me

And I try not to feel it oh I try not to feel itIt’s so hard to believe itBut at the end of it all it’s true

The Happiest Pretenders

He licks the paper turns the pageHe writes the spoken word againReleases pools of untrapped bloodto camouflage what’s understoodWrapped up in a golden throneHe undresses overloadsWalks quietly to a distant placeHonest lies in washed out grace

Oh oh oh indicate we’re locked inOh oh oh with the kings and queens

We are the happiest pretendersWe are the happiest pretenders.

Dressed down towards the TyneHe chases evening’s wonder whysThen misses hours time againSweeps him underneath its wings

Oh oh oh indicate we’re locked inOh oh oh with the kings and queens

We are the happiest pretendersWe are the happiest pretendersIf they try to catch us out We’ll chase them downWe’re gonna chase them down

Cause we are the happiest pretenders

He wipes the crystal from his eyesHe hits the lights and leaves them dryUndoes tomorrows unknown willLets it slideTastes the thrill (x2)

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Repeat last verse

SWEET LIE

If I see you again will you remember me?If I see you again will you paint memories?Three long years never fly awayThree small words speak again

Out of sight out of mindWhat a sweet lie what a sweet lieOut of sight out of mindWhat a sweet lie what a sweet lie

If I see you again will you understand?If I see you again this was not my plan

Three long years never fly awayThree small words speak again

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Three long years never fly awayThree small words please speak again

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If I see you again will you remember me?

Break These Chains

I just don’t believe I’m ready for todayThis paranoid pain is coming back againOh that picture Momma placedBy the window how I hate my faceAnd there’s people all outsideBehind the curtains silver linesWith all their liesthey’re all like mine all like mine

But when the wind blowsI’ll go I’ll go

And I will be released Break these chains set me freeAnd I will be released Break these chains

I can think of brighter daysThey were golden in a wayWords were not this greyBut now prices will be paid when I walk in the path Of all you guilty ones somedayCause I cannot help my heartWhen it’s beating in the darkAfraid next time I wont cry I wont cryAnd when the times changeI’ll go away I’m away

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Like a pilot I will fly way up in the skyI’ll be free I’ll be high high highAnd I will be released Break these chains Break these chains

So I can be released Praying on my knees That I can be releasedI will be released ohI can be released Praying on my knees That I will be released

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I can think of brighter daysThey were golden in a wayWords were not this greyBut I can break these chains

You’re Electric

Lately I’ve been facing a fallHolding onto something that means nothing but warI’ve been cutting connectionsCausing the walls to build up around meAnd faces to fadeInto blue blue coloursI walk in shallow waters

Should of gone my own wayBut I didn’t run just to hideI ran for a better lifeFor a better life

You’re electricYou know you light up my world when it’s hard to takeSo lets run awayAlthough I know you’re electricI know that lightening won’t strike twice in the same placeSo lets run away

I want you to know this loveI don’t regret what we’ve done or who we areNo need to look for protectionShould have gone my own way But I didn’t run just to hideI ran for a better lifeFor a better life

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I would fly but you’re standing hereFixing my broken wingsTry to mend try to mendThis mess I’m in

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You’re electric you light up my world when it’s hard to takeSo let’s run away

Ain’t Nobody Ain’t Nobody (Can Love me like you do) Ain’t Nobody (Can Love me like you do) Ain’t Nobody (Can Love me like you do) Ain’t Nobody (Can Love me like you do) Meet me in the red sky and dance with me Let the valley change you and the night set you free It’s dusk in desert it’s heaven at the gatesYou are my desireyou are my escape

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Open up this moment and bury me insideI can see us changing like the seasons over timeIt’s silver on the river reflections of your loveDrown me in this silence we’ll never come undone

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Oh hey

Shadows are falling tomorrow’s closing in Stay with me ‘till morning open up your wings I can hear your whispers calling out my nameWill you promise me you’ll steal the night again

Light After Dark

We’re in one mindWe’re in this together and we’re facing a fightWe’re not trying to be clever no we’re not trying to be coolSometimes it feels like it’s just me and you

We have one life to find higher groundIt can take us up it won’t bring us downIt’s forever we’re forever

We’ll change it allWe’ll rise then we’ll fallWe’ll love then get lostIn the light after dark

We’re not alone now

You are the reason I am walking so tallWe’re in the spotlightWe’re on the floorWrapped in arms that make us feel secure

We have one chance to go where we go You have shown me and now I have seen it I knowIt’s forever oh we’re forever

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You and me we’re the light after darkYou and me we’re the light after dark

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This Is Not The End

If it be your will to speakOf memories we often sharedTalk to me of days gone byThink of love and not despairAnd when I’m gone we’ll meet againAs often do the closest friendsSo dry your eyes and lay me downI tell you this is not the end

If someone else must take my placeFor I’ll be gone the longest timeI’ll wait and I will understandA heart of thorns must leave the mindBut when in time I see your faceThe scars will fade the heart will mend

So dry your eyes and lay me downI tell you this is not the end

And from today I wish you joyFrom this day I wish you peaceI hope that life will pass you byAs softly as the falling leavesAnd when your heart is full againRaise a glass to me my friendAnd dry your eyes and lay me downI tell you this is not the end

Oh dry your eyes and lay me downI tell you this is not the end

All tracks except track 4 written by Clare Maguire & Fraser T. Smith. Produced by Fraser T. Smith. Published by Universal Music Publishing Ltd / Chrysalis Music Publishing Ltd.

Track 4 Music by Christian “CRADA” Kalla. Lyrics by Parallel - Victoria Akintola & Kassa Alexander. Published by Edition SL AllStars/AMV Talpa / Universal Music Publishing. Produced by CRADA for Motion Music. Vocal Production by Kassa Alexander. Vocals recorded by Myles Clarke.

Tracks 2, 3, 6, 9, & 12 recorded by Beatriz Artola (MyAudiotonic Productions) & Sam Wheat (Metropolis Studios). Tracks 5, 7, 8 recorded by Beatriz Artola & Niall Acott (Angel Recording Studios). Tracks 11 & 13 recorded by Beatriz Artola & Mat Bartram (Angel Studios).

Tracks 1-8, 10, 12, 13 mixed byMichael H. Brauer at Electric Lady Studio, NYC Mix Assistant & PT Engineer: Ryan Gilligan. Track 9 mixed by Mark ‘Spike’ Stent at Mixsuite LA, assisted by Matty Green. Track 11 mixed by Serban Ghenea Engineer for mix: John Hanes Assistant Engineer: Tim Roberts.

All tracks except track 11 mastered by John Davis at Metropolis, London. Track 11 mastered by Chris Gehringer at Sterling Sound, NYC.

All Vocals by Clare Maguire.Drums & percussion by Ash Soan.Keyboards, guitars, & piano by Fraser T. Smith. Tracks 6 & 9 piano by Dave Tench. Track 9 guitar by Tom Goss. Track 7 backing vocals by Isobel Webster, Amber Davies, Sophia Lewis, Ally Poole, Sophia Keller, Lauren Keller, Isabella Isotta & Imogen Gibb.

Tracks 2, 3, 5-9, 11, 12 & 13 strings lead & arranged by Rosie Danvers. Violins by Natalia Bonner, Kerenza Peacock, Jenny Sacha, Ellie Stanford, Stephanie Cavey, Sally Jackson, Kotono Sato, Janna Jacoby, Rustom Pomeroy, Krista Caspersz, Sally Jackson, Libby Croad, Hayley Pomfrett, Eleanor Mathieson & Anna Croad. Viola by Emma Owens, Natalie Cavey & Natalia Gomes. Cello by Bryony James, Rosie Danvers & Jane Oliver. Double bass by Beverly Jones, Lucy Shaw, Steve Mair & Andy Marshall. Strings recorded at Angel Recording Studios & Metropolis Studio, London.

Art direction & design by Richard Andrews.Photography by Aitken Jolly.