No Light, No Light

The No Light No Light Songfacts reports that this was the first song that Florence Welch wrote for Ceremonials. She penned the intro on her tour bus at four in the morning, whilst driving to Amsterdam.

[Verse 1] You are the hole in my head You are the space in my bed You are the silence in between What I thought and what I said You are the night-time fear You are the morning when it's clear When it's over, you're the start You're my head and you're my heart [Chorus] No light, no light In your bright blue eyes I never knew daylight could be so violent A revelation in the light of day You can't choose what stays and what fades away And I'd do anything to make you stay No light, no light Tell me what you want me to say [Verse 2] Through the crowd I was crying out and In your place there were a thousand other faces I was disappearing in plain sight Heaven help me, I need to make it right [Pre-Chorus] You want a revelation You want to get right But it's a conversation I just can't have tonight You want a revelation Some kind of resolution You want a revelation [Chorus] No light, no light In your bright blue eyes I never knew daylight could be so violent A revelation in the light of day You can't choose what stays and what fades away And I'd do anything to make you stay No light, no light Tell me what you want me to say [Bridge] Would you leave me If I told you what I've done? And would you leave me If I told you what I've become? Because it's so easy To say it to a crowd But it's so hard, my love To say it to you out loud [Chorus] No light, no light In your bright blue eyes I never knew daylight could be so violent A revelation in the light of day You can't choose what stays and what fades away And I'd do anything to make you stay No light, no light Tell me what you want me to say [Outro] You want a revelation You want to get right But it's a conversation I just can't have tonight You want a revelation Some kind of resolution You want a revelation You want a revelation You want to get right But it's a conversation I just can't have tonight You want a revelation Some kind of resolution Tell me what you want me to say