You'll find it hiding in shadows
You'll find it hiding in cupboards
It will walk you home safe every night
It will help you remember

If that's the way it is
Then that's the way it is

I still feel you and the taste of cigarettes
What could I ever run to
Just tell me it's tearing you apart
Just tell me you cannot sleep

And you didn't even notice
When the sky turned blue
And you couldn't tell the difference
Between me and you
And I nearly didn't notice
The gentlest feeling

You are the bluest light



Lyrics submitted by dricambo

Track duration: 02:47

"Blue Light" as written by Kele/lissack Okereke

Lyrics © EMI Music Publishing

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    My Interpretation:Regardless of why the song was written, to me it will always remind me of my best friend Ian. He once told me it reminded me of him and it never added up to me. Then he passed away last year and ever since then to me it's always been about our unbreakable connection: things that will remind me of him (the line about cigarettes hit me so hard because as soon as he died I needed a way to cope so I went out and bought a pack of the cigarettes he smoked), how he'll always be there when I need him, and learning to accept the fact that he's gone. It's rather haunting and heartbreaking that a song that reminded me of him now adds up to in my mind. He never told me why this song made him think of me and I guess I'll never really know. All I know is it's one of my biggest sources of comfort now that he's gone.
    Flag msdizz88on February 11, 2013   Link
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    General Comment:I was reading the description on a youtube video for a live performance of Blue light
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    In the description they mention and link to a news article about how blue lights are installed in seedy bathrooms to prevent drug users from seeing their veins.
    The quick summary is that the final line "You are the bluest light" is that someone, a lover, is stopping his addiction.
    Flag Ageless1on January 20, 2013   Link
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    General Comment:Hey, I'd just like to say, that this song is definatly NOT about a girl, more so a guy, because as you may not know, Kele (the lead singer) is gay. He also described his gay nostalgia in the song " I Still Remember". And you guys about the wavelengths, bloody good job!
    Flagged riSS3ron August 31, 2011   Link
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    General Comment:i think thres 2 main meaning options, and were mentioned before. one is the "drugs". the second is the wavelenght. well . .. both options were great.. i dont know whats the certain one . .. but im close from the second theory . . wavelenght . . after study this physics therms i think that meaning its amazing . .. to me this is the smartest way to describe a fall in love... my opinion is:

    "You'll find it hiding in shadows
    You'll find it hiding in cupboards
    It will walk you home safe every night
    It will help you remember"

    i think thats one sensation and its relationed with a recent sepparate lovers. the sensation which make u feel that even they´re sepparate, they´re together. the sensation thats hiding in every shadow. the sensation which will walk u home safe. the sensation that will help u remember.

    "If that's way it is
    Then that's the way it is"

    what can i say about this? . . everybody knows whats the meaning . . if thats the way it is then thats the way it is. i mean: an unbreakable love is not an unbreakable relationship.

    "I still feel you and the taste of cigarettes
    What could I ever run to
    Just tell me it's tearing you apart
    Just tell me you cannot sleep"

    this is just the "guy" feelings about her... its impossible for him to forget her . .. maybe the cigarette refers the moment after sex . .. or meybe its just one habit of his lover .. even if he dont smoke.. he remember the taste . .. and the last two lines are the guy wishes . .. he wish that the girl its thinking the same... thats the hope of a man who loves in vane.

    the rest of the song i think its just the metaphorical things which separated them.

    and the bluest light . .. i think the translation is: "You are the closest thing" ... this is what it mekes me feel.... i felt in love 8 years ago . .. i dont see her about 3 years... but shes still being the bluest light in my life . .. its around me.. its with me... its just me

    sorry about my english... im from spain.. peace!
    Flag mynameisdonniedarkoon July 16, 2011   Link
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    General Comment:AMAZING SONG , i think Its about a heroin addict who falls in love with a girl who obviosly hates the heroin and he gives it up for her an OVERCOMES it, She is the BLUEST LIGHTT basically blue lights make it hard to see ur veins so u carnt shoot up thats y u see them in some toilets in run down placess XX bloc party are ACE
    Flag handyman23432434on January 04, 2011   Link
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    Song Meaning:There is a YouTube video of the band performing this at Bristol Academy and in the description of the video, the user goes to talk about how he and his friend think the song is about drug addiction.
    I'll just copy and paste what he said...

    Just thought I'd throw this in:

    I was discussing this song with my friend and his response absolutely blew me away. He said it was about being addicted to drugs but then he fell in love and she keeps him from going back to drug use. Prepare to be amazed:

    Blue light is installed in public toilets in seedy areas so that drug addicts can't see their veins.
    Verse one relates to addiction, and the "shadows" and "cupboards" being the dark places in the mind where the addiction grows and is found. "It will...every night" relates to the feeling of invincibility that some drugs can give you; ditto for "It will...remember" and the feeling of clarity.

    Verse two is about a lover no longer at hand; "What could I ever run to?" is the narrator's pathetic plea that drugs were the only possible substitute for the love he has lost. Lines three and four are ambiguous; either, as conventionally assumed, they are about the lovers having been parted and as such being torn apart and unable to sleep; or the lover is also addicted and the drugs are wrenching her body apart and stopping her from sleeping.

    "And you didn't even notice..." is about beautiful moments of love that were numbed by drug use. The "And you couldn't tell..." line is often misinterpreted; rather than saying that the lover couldn't tell the difference between them, the narrator in fact refers to an event (that she "didn't even notice") of the-sky-turning-blue-and-one-not-being-a ble-to-tell-the-difference-between-them (I hope this is clear).

    The final repeated line ("You are the bluest light") is a sober realisation that her love is the only thing that will stop his addiction. She acts as the blue light hiding his veins from view; the light that prevents him from reentering the dark "shadows" and "cupboards" of his mind.
    Flag Josabeechon December 01, 2010   Link
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    General Comment:this song in particular, i can relate to. the lines 'Just tell me it's tearing you apart,
    Just tell me you cannot sleep'. This reminds me SO much of when my boyfriend and I split up, and all I wanted to hear was him say how much he was suffering without me, like i suffered without him.
    Flag hitbythemusicon August 16, 2010   Link
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    General Comment:I love everything about this song.
    Flag chryssanthemumon August 06, 2010   Link
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    General Comment:Blue light is installed in public toilets in seedy areas so that drug addicts can't see their veins Verse one relates to addiction, and the "shadows" and "cupboards" being the dark places in the mind where the addiction grows and is found. "It will...every night" relates to the feeling of invincibility that some drugs can give you; ditto for "It will...remember" and the feeling of clarity.

    Verse two is about a lover no longer at hand; "What could I ever run to?" is the narrator's pathetic plea that drugs were the only possible substitute for the love he has lost. Lines three and four are ambiguous; either, as conventionally assumed, they are about the lovers having been parted and as such being torn apart and unable to sleep; or the lover is also addicted and the drugs are wrenching her body apart and stopping her from sleeping.

    "And you didn't even notice..." is about beautiful moments of love that were numbed by drug use. The "And you couldn't tell..." line is often misinterpreted; rather than saying that the lover couldn't tell the difference between them, the narrator in fact refers to an event (that she "didn't even notice") of the-sky-turning-blue-and-one-not-being-able-to-tell-the-difference-between-them (I hope this is clear).

    The final repeated line ("You are the bluest light") is a sober realisation that her love is the only thing that will stop his addiction. She acts as the blue light hiding his veins from view; the light that prevents him from reentering the dark "shadows" and "cupboards" of his mind

    just my thoughts anyways

    love x
    Flag couttaon July 16, 2010   Link
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    General Comment:This song could be about a relationship, the writer is really in love with the other person, and feels that the other person doesn't really care too much, the writer wants the other person to feel the way he does (Just tell me it's tearing you apart
    Just tell me you cannot sleep) the other person is absent-minded whenever they are together and forgets little details that the writer remembers (And you didn't even notice When the sky turned blue And you couldn't tell the difference Between me and you), the other person is not so fond of the writer. The writer has associated the other person with carbon dioxide (I still feel you and the taste of cigarettes also cars walk you safe home every night, they use carbon dioxide), and some other things, in short everything reminds the writer of the other person (What could I ever run to, as in i can't stop seeing things that remember me of you)
    The blue part of the flame is the hottest one.
    "It" in the song os the memory of the person who is not so fond of the writer.
    Flag AChainOfFlowerson July 08, 2010   Link

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