“Dim Your Light” is als een brief aan het kleine meisje in mij. Ik kijk terug naar hoe ik was als kind en hoe ik die kinderlijke onbevangenheid met de jaren ben verloren. Wat ik haar zou willen zeggen? “Don’t let this world dim your light“. Het is een heel intiem en persoonlijk nummer geworden en ik vind het ontzettend spannend om hem eindelijk met jullie te delen!
Songtekst
Little blue-eyed girl singing songs in the back seat of the car
She doesn’t know the words but she doesn’t care and makes ’em up
She’s the brightest ray of sunlight I have ever seen
The purest soul she will ever be
She only knows darkness as what happens when we turn off the light at night
Then she closes her eyes, falls asleep with a peaceful mind
If I could grant one wish
I’d wish she knew how perfect she is
That she would never change a single thing
I just wanna keep her safe from what can be a ruthless place
I just wanna hold her tight and say
Don’t let this world dim your light
Teenage red-eyed girl is coming home from school
She goes straight to her room, won’t talk like she used to
Yeah, someone told her she’s flawed ’cause she’s different
And she believes it
Now she only knows darkness inside
So she closes her eyes to escape from a restless mind
If I could grant one wish
I’d wish she knew how perfect she is
That she would never change a single thing
I just wanna keep her safe from what can be a ruthless place
I just wanna hold her tight and say
Don’t let this world dim your light
Don’t let this world dim your light
Now that girl is looking at me from the mirror
I’m so sorry that I couldn’t save her
From all the noise trying to tell you what you can and cannot be
I miss her
I miss me
If I could grant one wish
I’d wish she knew how perfect she is
She would never change a single thing
I just wanna keep her safe from what can be a ruthless place
I just wanna hold her tight and say
Don’t let this world dim your light
Don’t let this world dim your light
You gotta let it shine
Liefs, Sylvia