The Lighthouse

Album:If I Can't Have Love, I Want Power

Length:4:33

Tempo: BPM

Versions:The Lighthouse

Live:N/A

"The Lighthouse" is the twelfth track on If I Can't Have Love, I Want Power by Halsey.

Song Credits

Written by Ashley Frangipane, Trent Reznor, Atticus Ross, Johnathan Carter Cunningham

• Halsey: Vocalist
• Trent Reznor: Bass, Guitars, Programming, Vocals
• Atticus Ross: Programming, Treatments

• Engineered by Atticus Ross, Trent Reznor, Mat Mitchell at NullCo Studios, Los Angeles, CA
• Vocals recorded by John Cunningham at Jagger Studios, Turks and Caicos Islands
• Mixed by Serban Ghenea at MixStar Studios, Virginia Beach, VA
• Engineer – John Hanes

Credits adapted from cmgcredits.com/halsey

Appearances

• If I Can't Have Love, I Want Power

Versions

The Lighthouse

This is the only known version.

Lyrics

    From a tender age I was cursed with rage
    I came swinging like a fist inside a batting cage
    I went swimming with the devil at the bottom of a lake
    and he left me there
    By my lonesome
    
    He was tall and mean with venom eyes so green
    wanted reconciliation, but my tongue was in my teeth
    and I couldn’t find the floor so I was kickin with my feet
    but they weren’t there
    They were stolen
    
    There is a lighthouse in the
    middle of the deep end
    And I’m still standing on the shore line
    And nobody hears me scream
    I’ll lure you like a landslide
    And I’ll show you lovely things
    If you rescue me but they’ll make believe
    The lighthouse by the sea
    
    I met a sailor on a ship with promise in his eyes
    and he kissed me on the mouth and dug his fingers in my thighs
    But a sailor ain’t a savior cause they only tell you lies
    so I left him there
    till the sunrise
    
    Well the waves were tall and they were crashing down
    he’s laying in the water begging god to let him drown
    so I showed him all my teeth and then I laughed out loud
    Cause I never wanted saving
    I just wanted to be found.
    
    There is a lighthouse in the
    middle of the deep end
    And I’m still stranded on the shore line
    And nobody hears me scream
    And I’ll lure you like a landslide
    And I’ll show you lovely things
    If you rescue me but they’ll make believe
    The lighthouse by the sea
    
    Well that should teach
    A man to mess with me
    Cause he was never seen again
    And I’m still wandering the beach
    and I’m glad I met the devil
    cause he showed me I was weak
    And a little piece of him is in
    a little piece of me
    
    There is a lighthouse in the
    middle of the deep end
    And I’m still standing on the shore line
    And nobody hears me scream
    I’ll lure you like a landslide
    And I’ll show you lovely things
    If you rescue me but they’ll make believe
    The lighthouse by the sea
    
    And the waves come crashing down
    And the waves come crashing down
    And the waves come crashing down (and the waves come crashing down)
    And the waves come crashing down (and the waves come crashing down)
    And the waves come crashing down (and the waves come crashing down)
    And the waves come crashing down (and the waves come crashing down)
    And the waves come crashing down (and the waves come crashing down)
    And the waves come crashing down (and the waves come crashing down)

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