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Hey now, all you sinners
Put your lights on, put your lights on
Hey now, all you lovers
Put your lights on, put your lights on
Hey now, all you killers
Put your lights on, put your lights on
Hey now, all you children
Leave your lights on, you better leave your lights on
Cause there's a monster living under my bed
Whispering in my ear
There's an angel, with a hand on my head
She say I've got nothing to fear
There's a darkness deep in my soul
I still got a purpose to serve
So let your light shine, into my hole
God, don't let me lose my nerve
Lose my nerve
Hey now, hey now, hey now, hey now
Wo oh hey now, hey now, hey now, hey now
Hey now, all you sinners
Put your lights on, put your lights on
Hey now, all you children
Leave your lights on, you better leave your lights on
Because there's a monster living under my bed
Whispering in my ear
There's an angel, with a hand on my head
She say I've got nothing to fear
She say La ill aha ill allah
We all shine like stars
La ill aha ill allah
We all shine like stars
Then we fade away
Put your lights on, put your lights on
Hey now, all you lovers
Put your lights on, put your lights on
Hey now, all you killers
Put your lights on, put your lights on
Hey now, all you children
Leave your lights on, you better leave your lights on
Cause there's a monster living under my bed
Whispering in my ear
There's an angel, with a hand on my head
She say I've got nothing to fear
There's a darkness deep in my soul
I still got a purpose to serve
So let your light shine, into my hole
God, don't let me lose my nerve
Lose my nerve
Hey now, hey now, hey now, hey now
Wo oh hey now, hey now, hey now, hey now
Hey now, all you sinners
Put your lights on, put your lights on
Hey now, all you children
Leave your lights on, you better leave your lights on
Because there's a monster living under my bed
Whispering in my ear
There's an angel, with a hand on my head
She say I've got nothing to fear
She say La ill aha ill allah
We all shine like stars
La ill aha ill allah
We all shine like stars
Then we fade away
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"Put Your Lights On was probably one of the most personal songs I wrote. It was written right after I had a major heart surgery, came really close to dying and was just coming out of that whole state of mind of realizing that I was gonna live. That's where the whole 'Put Your Lights on' thing comes in. It's just kind of about hope, but coming from a really dark place. and really questioning a lot of your beliefs. It came straight from the soul. It's really deep to me."
-Everlast
I think this is about someone who's being tempted by the darkness of his soul, and of what he's done. Whether that's addiction, violence, whatever. That the "monster" is tempting him to keep the darkness in his soul, and to not go towards the light and such.
"Cause there's a monster living under my bed
Whispering in my ear"
The angel is trying to tell him there's nothing to fear from the darkness or the monster tempting him,
"There's an angel, with a hand on my head
She say I've got nothing to fear"
that he can go toward the light.
"There's a darkness living deep in my soul
I still got a purpose to serve" - He's being tempted by the darkness and trying to resist it.
"So let your light shine, deep into my home
God, don't let me lose my nerve
Lose my nerve" He's trying to move toward the light, but it's hard to, the darkness is tempting him and he doesn't want to turn back to that.
He also asks everyone to "put their lights on", symbolizing redemption, regardless of whatever darkness they have.
-Under his bed has the imagery of a place that rarely sees light, the monster/ sins in us, don't get thought about cause we don't like to think about it.
-Everlast must have been thinking about how it took a near-death experience to really see how we need to look at our life, so why now write a song to tell everyone body about it.
-"hey now" we need to take responsibility and repent for our sins instead of ignoring and hiding the light from them.
* the Angel tells me I am protected
* the monster tells me to unleash the carnage again
Leaving the lights on beats back the monster as any child knows ... in the song the singer prays for strength to " not loose his nerve " to me this means not to forget who he really is and asks for the streangth to continue to keep these forces in balance and thus in check ...course Im nutz so what the hades do I know !?