Every Little Light

"Every Little Light"
Single by Lauren Dair
from the album Every Little Light
Recorded:	2017-2018
Released:	April 23, 2018 March 08, 2019 (Reissue)
Format:	Digital
Length:	3:41
Writer:	Lauren Dair, Brad Delson, Mike Shinoda
Producer:	Anthony Mazza
Label:	Dairdevil Entertainment

"Every Little Light" is a single by American singer Lauren Dair featuring production by Mike Shinoda and Brad Delson of Linkin Park.

Background

On July 18, 2017, Lauren Dair's original song "Monster" was announced as the Grand Prize Winner of the Stagelight Monthly Music Contest II. She won over $3,500 in studio gear from Intel and Lenovo, including a brand new Lenovo computer and a Portable Analog Synthesizer, and the opportunity to spend a day in the studio with Linkin Park.

Lauren met with Mike Shinoda and Brad Delson at Red Bull Studios in Los Angeles on February 20, 2018 to work on another original song of hers. She said, "Working with Mike Shinoda and Brad Delson of Linkin Park yesterday was such an unforgettable experience! I learned so much from our session and they helped take my song to a whole other level. Thank you guys so much!" The release of the song, titled "Every Little Light", was originally announced for April 25th after almost a year in the making. However, it was accidentally released a couple of days earlier, on April 23rd.

About the song, Dair said it was started the day after Chester Bennington died and done within an hour or so. "The inspiration behind “Every Little Light” is very personal and something I wanted to write about for a long time. We often see depression/anxiety/suicide portrayed in a certain light, you know, the person that is always withdrawn and filled with despair. But there are just as many people who mask it very well. As someone who tries to be an optimist, I have been through periods of time where my thoughts got the best of me. However, I was very good at putting on a smile and pretending that everything was great. So with everything that is happening in our world today, I wanted to write a song that comforts those who may be hiding their true feelings and let them know that they are not alone."

Versions

Note: Only the date of the very first release of each version is listed.

Title	Album	Length	Recorded	Released	Notes
Every Little Light	Every Little Light	3:41	2017-2018	April 23, 2018

Personnel

• Anthony Mazza, Producer
• Brad Delson, Writer
• Mike Shinoda, Writer
• Lauren Dair Owens, MainArtist, Writer

Lyrics

Album Version

My heart is in my stomach
And my feet are off the ground
And I swear I don't think I can shake it
Holding on my breath
Cause I know what happens next
And I just don't think I can take it
I say I'm doing good
So they think I'm doing fine
But the truth is that I lie
So for now, please let me hold it in

Every little light burns out
Every little star can fade to black
Even when you shine so bright that there's nothing left
Everything will be ok
Even the sun has rainy days
You just gotta fight through the night to see what lies ahead
You just gotta fight through the night to see what lies ahead

Piercing through the silence
When everything was quiet
My thoughts are too damn loud
Hiding under covers
Hope no one discovers
This wave keeps on bringing me down
Plaster on a smile
For a little while
I just wanna feel something again
So for now, please let me hold it in

Every little light burns out
Every little star can fade to black
Even when you shine so bright that there's nothing left
Everything will be ok
Even the sun has rainy days
You just gotta fight through the night to see what lies ahead
You just gotta fight through the night to see what lies ahead

I know it's hard to swallow
I know it's hard to face the truth
I know it's hard

When you feel like hope is fading
And there's nothing left to lose

Every little light burns out
Every little star can fade to black
Even when you shine so bright that there's nothing left
Everything will be ok
Even the sun has rainy days
You just gotta fight through the night to see what lies ahead
Every little light burns out
Every little star can fade to black
Even when you shine so bright that there's nothing left
Everything will be ok
Even the sun has rainy days
You just gotta fight through the night to see what lies ahead
You just gotta fight through the night to see what lies ahead
You just gotta fight through the night to see what lies ahead

Gallery

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  Single

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  Lauren Dair at Red Bull Studios

External Links

• Every Little Light: SoundCloud