“Shine” is the fifth single from Years & Years‘ debut album Communion, first released on the 5th of July 2015.

It is an unusual addition to the album in that the song describes an uncharacteristically… Read More [Verse 1]

I remember us alone

Waiting for the light to go

Don't you feel that hunger?

I've got so many secrets to show

When I saw you on that stage

I shivered with the look you gave

Don't you hear that rhythm?

Can you show me how we can escape?

[Pre-Chorus]

Ooh-ooh-ooh-ooh, ooh-ooh-ooh-ooh

I was biting my tongue, I was trying to hide

Ooh-ooh-ooh-ooh, ooh-ooh-ooh-ooh

I'll forget what I've done, I will be redefined

[Chorus]

It's shaking the sky, and I'm following lightning

I'll recover if you keep me alight

Don't leave me behind

Can you see me? I'm shining

And it's you that I've been waiting to find

[Post-Chorus]

I'm holding it all tonight

Unfolding it all tonight

You know that you make it shine

It's you that I've been waiting to find

I'm holding it all tonight

Unfolding it all tonight

You know that you make it shine

It's you that I've been waiting to find

[Verse 2]

Now that we can hear that sound

Now that you can hold me down

You can pull me under

You can raise everything to the ground

Everything I can arrange

Every part of me you change

Just hold me together

Tell me you'll always want me to stay

[Pre-Chorus]

Ooh-ooh-ooh-ooh, ooh-ooh-ooh-ooh

I was biting my tongue, I was trying to hide

Ooh-ooh-ooh-ooh, ooh-ooh-ooh-ooh

I'll forget what I've done, I will be redefined

[Chorus]

It's shaking the sky, and I'm following lightning

I'll recover if you keep me alight

Don't leave me behind

Can you see me? I'm shining

And it's you that I've been waiting to find

[Bridge]

Wanna be the one you steal

I wanna be the one you shield

I wanna be the one that your love

That your love can heal

I wanna be the one you steal

I wanna be the one you shield

I wanna be the one that your love, that your love

[Chorus]

It's shaking the sky, and I'm following lightning

I'll recover if you keep me alight

Don't leave me behind

Can you see me? I'm shining

And it's you that I've been waiting to find

[Post-Chorus]

I'm holding it all tonight (Tonight)

Unfolding it all tonight (Tonight)

You know that you make it shine

It's you that I've been waiting to find

I'm holding it all tonight (Tonight)

Unfolding it all tonight (Tonight)

You know that you make it shine

It's you that I've been waiting to find

[Outro]

Ooh-ooh-ooh-ooh, ooh-ooh-ooh-ooh (Tonight, tonight)

It's you that I've been waiting to find

Ooh-ooh-ooh-ooh, ooh-ooh-ooh-ooh (Tonight, tonight)

It's you that I've been waiting to find