Chase This Light (song)
| Released: | 2007-10-16 |
| Length: | 3:26 |
| Label: | Interscope Records |
| Producer: | Chris Testa, John Fields |
Appears On
- Chase This Light
- Chase This Light Tour - Brixton Academy
- Chase This Light Tour - Recorded Live Manchester Academy
- ITunes Session
Lyrics
[Verse 1]
I'm a suspect, I'm a traitor
I'm only here in body visiting
Yellow faces in the distance screams
"The beauty is in what isn't said,"
I'm rising to my feet
[Chorus]
Because tonight, the world turned in me
Because right now, I don't dare to breathe
Oh, babe, I know, it's alive and somewhere for us to find
Tonight, oh chase this light with me
[Verse 2]
My just so, my last call
My life is yours in your gifted hands
Confetti rainfall in a quiet street
These things I've found are special now
The knot is in my reach
[Chorus]
Because tonight, the world turned in me
Because right now, I don't dare to breathe
Oh, babe, I know, it's alive and somewhere for us to find
Tonight, oh chase this light with me
[Bridge]
A movie, still photograph
Through a martyr's eyes can I see
I've seen the best of love, the best of hate, the best reward is earned
And I've paid for every single word I ever said
[Verse 3]
Confetti rainfall in a quiet streets
The beauty is in what you make it
So get up on your feet
[Chorus][x2]
Because tonight, the world turned in me
Because right now, I don't dare to breathe
Oh, babe, I know, it's alive and somewhere for us to find
Tonight, oh chase this light with me
Recording Details
Reflecting on Chase This Light Jim Adkins said the song is about "Becoming self-aware in the middle of a special experience. The “chase” is trying to find that feeling of discovery. of challenge." [1]
Reception with Charting Data/Certification/Sales Data
Personnel
Other Versions
COVID-19 Quarantine Acoustic Edition
On the week of 2020-03-21 Jim Adkins, filmed by Zach Lind recorded an acoustic version of this track from Unit 2 in Tempe Arizona though Facebook Live. This can be found here: https://www.facebook.com/watch/live/?v=1324974214358570&ref=watch_permalink before playing the track Jim mentions it would have been while they were playing the Download Festival in Sidney Australia. [2]
See Also
References
- ↑ http://bbs.jimmyeatworld.com/blog/index.php, Band Blog, Jimmy Eat World, 2007-10-09, Jimmy Eat World, Jimmy Eat World, 2021-05-16, 10.09.07 vancouver, bc. day off. i was asked to write a blurb for journalists ( is "blurb" in the book?) about each of the songs. here is as concise as i can get about each tune without trampling on what you might make of it for yourself. we have never thought it was our job to explain songs. that is a rant for another time. but, after a few people asking me questions about the tunes and having really, really off base interpretations i thought it may be a good idea to at least point people in a closer direction. so, spoiler alert. i guess. 1. Big Casino-A loser anthem. Song about disgruntled burn-out dreams of success and what they would do with it. 2. Let It Happen-Always wanted to write an “I ain’t missing you”-- feigning strength as a defense song. 3.Always Be- about co-dependancy; vulnerability exploited. 4. Carry You-With distance and time, it becomes easier to invent qualities that may not have existed in a relationship. And to falsely believe those qualities could be included in a current version of the relationship. 5. Electable (Give It Up)-Frustration with the lack of intelligent political discourse in America. Why is attempting to polarize such an effective distraction from accountability? 6. Gotta Be Somebody’s Blues-A song about apathy. Oppression is an abstraction and thought of as someone else’s problem… until it’s you that finds yourself defending your rights. 7. Felling Lucky-A bar brawl song. Another loser anthem. yup. 8. Here It Goes-Know what is truly important to you. Don’t lose sight of that in the face of opportunity OR in the face of desperation. 9. Chase This Light-Becoming self-aware in the middle of a special experience. The “chase” is trying to find that feeling of discovery. of challange. 10. Firefight-Because it is new, everything is a big deal. 11. Dizzy-Unspoken awkwardness when two people are faced with their past. jim back to topPosted On: Oct 09, 2007 by Jim, https://web.archive.org/web/20071012192957/http://bbs.jimmyeatworld.com/blog/index.php?varDay=all, 2007-10-12
- ↑ https://consequenceofsound.net/2020/03/jimmy-eat-world-criminal-energy-tour-dates-tickets/, Jimmy Eat World Announce “Criminal Energy Tour” with The Front Bottoms, Schatz, Lake, 2020-03-09, Consequence of Sound, Consequence of Sound, 2021-03-09,
External Links
Jimmy Eat Pod Episode Link: https://www.jimmyeatpod.com/115-chase-this-light/