Lyrics Genesis. (Live at Montreux Jazz Festival) - RAYE

They say the 20s are the best years of your life
And I seem to be spending mine missing sunsets
'Cause I'm so busy on my phone observing everyone else
How I compare and obsess
Just me, my phone and these walls

And I've been sober for some months
But I can feel the demons waiting on my downfall
Since I'm so ugly and irrelevant
I've been losing friends as if I'm tryna get rid of them
I googled why I'm still desperate for validation and sedatives

I'm calling men who don't give a fuck about me
Then when my mother called I pretend I'm busy
I'm tryna end up anywhere except from where I've been
Curtains closed, bed-bound, amphetamines

This devil on my shoulder, man, I'm tryna shake him off
My ex is on my timeline, it's as if he's showing off
My self-esteem is Facetune and ring lights
My ego is conquering new heights

I think I need some (think I need some)
Do you need some? (Do you need some?)
Don't we all need some (we all need some)
Light? (Let there be light)
Da-da-da, da-da-da (there'll be light)
I think I need some (think I need some)
I lied, I don't think I know I need some (know I need some)
I need some light (some sweet sunshine)
To feel alright (please let there be light)

Yeah, I see a sad little sinner (in the mirror)
The devil works hard (like my liver)
I don't wanna be alive (but I don't wanna die)
A fistful of pills, you're a nobody, yeah

Yeah, yeah
Yeah-yeah-yeah-yeah-yeah-yeah
Let there be light, yeah
Yeah, yeah
Yeah-yeah-yeah-yeah-yeah-yeah

Bang-bang, that's depression at the door again
You know he'll beat the door down till you let him in the room
Since you are already acquainted, you skip the foreplay
He grips you at the neck as you prepare to be (screwed)
You try to muster a flare, to tell somebody you're sinking
But anxiety is an index finger pressed to your lips
A whiskey bottle, it whispers, since you're already bitter
A cocktail fit for a quitter, "Come here and give me a kiss"

I see a sad little sinner (in the mirror)
The devil works hard (like my liver)
I don't wanna be alive (but I don't wanna die)
A fistful of pills and rivers in my eyes
I've got nothin' left to lose (dear God in the sky)
Hear my cry (hear my cry)
When it's too dark to see (let there be light)
Let there be light, let there be light

Yeah, yeah
Yeah-yeah-yeah-yeah-yeah-yeah
Let there be light
Yeah, yeah
Yeah-yeah-yeah-yeah-yeah-yeah

Yes, I edit my pictures to make my waist look slimmer
And make my ass look bigger so that I'm someone you aspire to (you aspire to)
Let me in your algorithm, please
I know I'll only be important if I'm someone you would like, follow, share, and subscribe to
If you're thirsty like me (like me)
Mix some pity with some self-hate
Stir it up, then add 12 ounces of rosé
That's how I make the glass half-empty and drink it down

'Neath the curse words and the insecurities
Here lies a sorry little soul
And she doesn't even know what to pray for
(Still just a heart-broke bitch)
But I traded the back of the nightclub, I did, for the bathroom floor
(I wish I could call my ex)
He would know just what to say (he don't say nothing at all now)
(Brings a tear to my eye)
The only thing I rely on him to do is stay (declining my calls now)

I see a sad little sinner (in the mirror)
The devil works hard (like my liver)
I don't wanna be alive (but I don't wanna die)
A fistful of pills and rivers in my eyes
I've got nothin' left to lose (dear God in the sky)
Hear my cry (hear my cry)
When it's too dark to see (let there be light)
Let there be light (let there be light)

Little girls that have no self-esteem
A little boy without a father tries to find him in the streets
A girl I used to walk to school with
Took her life, now rest in peace (rest in peace)
Fake democracy, killing overseas

Killing ourselves, suicide
Government lies, discrimination
Hating ourselves
(Why hope? Why keep going? Why try? Why?) do-do-do-do, yeah
Genesis one, verse three, I'll dry my eyes
The only thing which darkness cannot coexist is the light

Said, I see a sad little sinner in the mirror
The devil works hard like my liver, hey
I don't wanna be alive, but I don't wanna die
A fistful of pills and rivers in my eyes
I've got nothin' left to lose, yeah, dear God in the sky
Hear my cry, would you hear my cry?
When it's too dark to see (let there be light)
Let there be, let there be, let there be
Let there be light

Da-do-da-do
I want that light, lord, please
I want it, I want
Oh, let there be
Oh, let there be that light

See, I want that light in my house, I do, yes (oh, let there be light)
I want that light in my car (oh, let there be light)
I want that light in my pain, yes (oh, let there be light)
I want that light when it's dark, do-do-do
Oh, let (there be), oh, let there be light
No, no, no, no, no, let there, let there be light

For all the fathers and the teachers (working hard in the night)
For all the builders and the cleaners (I pray, "Let there be light")
Oh, for all the farmers and the chefs and the train-drivers, yes
The nurses and the doctors, God bless the NHS
So let the pay rise, let the pay rise up
Let there be li-li-li-light

For all those overworked and underpaid
And dreams of somewhere out of sight
Let there be light
Single mother, all alone (she's all alone)
Do-do-do-do, the baby's cryin'
And she's cryin' tears too, to her sister on the phone
Bring her comfort, bring her peace
I pray Lord, please, yeah

Da-da-doo, da-doo, da-doo, da-doo, doo-doo-doo, doo-doo-doo
Let there, let there be light, hey
Oh, let
Oh, let
Said don't we all need a little?

See, I want that light in my house, I do, yeah (oh, let there be light)
I want that light in my car (oh, let there be light)
Yeah, I want that light in my dreams, baby
Hmm, that light up the dark, yes
Light up the dark, Lord (oh, let there be)
Oh, let (there be)

Doo-doo-doo, doo-doo-doo, doo-doo-doo, doo-doo-doo
Do-do-do, do-do-do, do-do-do, do-do-do-do-do, yeah
Thank you
Alright, that was my very intense, seven minute song called "Genesis"
I hope you enjoyed it
Thank you so much