Luke Bryan's "Light It Up" lyrics explore how people's cell phones are becoming more and more central to their personal lives, and he explains the inspiration behind it in a new interview.
"People are breaking up with text messages, they're getting back with text messages ... they're just on their phones so much," he explains.
"It's just about a guy that's hanging on everything that's happening on his phone, and he's like, 'Please just light that screen up with your text message so we can get it back together.'"
Bryan collaborated with Old Dominion‘s Brad Tursi on the "Light It Up" lyrics and structure.
"Brad had the front part of the chorus," Bryan recalls. "He was like, 'I get so neurotic about ...,' and I was like, 'Neurotic? That's different. You've certainly never heard that word in a country song.'"
The "Light It Up" lyrics proceed to explain just how preoccupied the protagonist has become wth his phone, waiting for a reply.
"I get so neurotic about it baby / ‘Cause I know you’re reading your phone / I can’t help from going crazy / Thinking you might not be all alone / I wake up, I check it / I shower and I check it / I feel the buzz in my truck / And I almost wreck it / I always got it on me / Just in case you want me / So, if you’re looking for my love / Then light it up," Bryan sings.
Bryan wasn't entirely comfortable with "neurotic," but he became more comfortable as the songwriting session moved forward. The superstar credits Tursi with convincing him to stick with it when he wasn't sure.
"At that point we write the song, and he goes and does a great job demo-ing it," Bryan explains. "And here we are ... first single off a new album."
Bryan's next studio album is set to drop between Thanksgiving and Christmas in 2017. No further details are available.
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I open my eyes, reach for the phone
Not a word from you baby
It don’t leave my sight since we had that fight
Can’t remember but maybe
I blew you up
In the middle of the night again
You were drinking with your friends
You ignored it but you got it
I get so neurotic about it baby
‘Cause I know you’re reading your phone
I can’t help from going crazy
Thinking you might not be all alone
I
wake up, I check it, I shower and I check it
I feel the buzz in my truck
And I almost wreck it
I always got it on me
Just in case you want me
So, if you’re looking for my love
Then light it up
Every time I unlock my screen
I hope I see one of them red lipstick ‘I miss you’ pictures
I’m on your clock, you’re in control
You want me now baby go figure
My worlds at the tips of your fingers
I get so neurotic about it baby
‘Cause I know
you’re reading your phone
I can’t help from going crazy
Thinking you might not be all alone
I wake up, I check it, I shower and I check it
I feel the buzz in my truck
And I almost wreck it
I always got it on me
Just in case you want me
So, if you’re looking for my love
Then light it up
Yeah baby, then light it up
I go to sleep, I check it
In the middle of the night, I check it
I feel the buzz in my bed
And I don’t get no rest
I
always got it on me
Just in case you want me
So, if you’re looking for my love
Then light it up
Yeah baby, light it up
Luke Bryan - Light It Up (YouTube Video and Karaoke)
The Lyrics for Light It Up by Luke Bryan have been translated into 18 languages
I open my eyes Reach for the phone Not a word from ya baby
It don′t leave my sight since we had that fight Can't remember but maybe I blew you up in the middle of the night again You were drinking with your friends You ignored it, but you got it I get so neurotic about it baby Cause I know you′re reading your phone I can't help I'm going crazy Thinking you might not be all alone I wake up, I check it I shower and I check it I feel the buzz in my truck and I almost wreck it I always got it on me just in case you want me So if you′re looking for my love then light it up Every time I unlock my screen I hope I see one of them red lipstick I miss you pictures I′m on your clock You're in control You want me now, baby go figure My world′s at the tips of your fingers I get so neurotic about it baby Cause I know you're reading your phone I can′t help I'm going crazy Thinking you might not be all alone I wake up, I check it I shower and I check it I feel the buzz in my truck and I almost wreck it I always got it on me just in case you want me So if you′re looking for my love then light it up Yeah baby light it up I go to sleep, I check it In the middle of the night I check it I feel the buzz in my bed and I don't get no rest I always got it on me just in case you want me So if you're looking for my love then light it up Yeah baby light it up
Writer(s): Luke Bryan, Brad Tursi
18 Translations available