Turn The Lights Off

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Turn The Lights Off
Written by	Joe Hawley
Appears on	Good & Evil, Turn The Lights Off (Single)
Sung by	Joe Hawley, Rob Cantor, Zubin Sedghi
Duration	2:56
Genre	Rock
Language	English
Links:	YouTube Spotify Alternate Bridge (Bandcamp)

Turn The Lights Off is a song by Joe Hawley and was one of the first "new" songs the band began playing, in June 2006. The music video for the song currently stands as the last upload on the Tally Hall YouTube account.

On August 26th 2022, Turn The Lights Off was released as a vinyl single with Light & Night as a B-Side.

Inspiration

Taken from an interview with My Car and My Guitar:

Joe: The whole album is about dualities, and that song is probably about the child-adult duality. And the verses are about kids growing up, and the choruses are about whatever chaos or strife is caused by competition for partners? I was looking at Where The Wild Things Are, also. And I pictured this boy going into his closet and seeing a monster party. A party full of monsters dancing, like in this movie Jacob’s Ladder, also. Just a lot of visions like that kind of influencing the song.

Lyrics

Don't go in there
You'll become one
Freaky creatures
Monster party
Eyes of yellow
Scales & feathers
Tails in tethers
Turn the lights off

Bend the nightmare
You control it
Artful dodger
Easy does it
Shut the closet
Get under the covers
Snakes & lovers
Turn the lights off

Everybody likes to get taken for turns
To see how bright the fire inside of us burns
& everybody wants to get evil tonight
But all good devils masquerade under the light

Here's the pinky
There's the kinky
Everybody complicate it
Man & Woman
Baby child
Calm & Wild
Turn the lights off

Don't remember (Day's gone)
What we look like (Night's on)
Younger holding	(Day's gone)
One another (Light's passed)
Paper colors (Day's gone)
Dangle streaming (Night's on)
Tangle screaming (Light's gone)
Turn the lights off

Everybody likes to get taken for turns
To see how bright the fire inside of us burns
& everybody wants to get evil tonight
But all good devils masquerade under the light

Can't they take it
Should be stronger
Books abandoned
Breathe the water
Mind distracted (Bad girls)		
Sons & Daughters (Good boys)		
Out for slaughter (Bad guys)		
Turn the lights off

Sparkles & shines on the water (Bet you've got a bone to pick with me)
Seeps through the cumulus brume (Bet you've got a bone to pick with me)
Tingles & tears while we're gazing (Bet you've got a bone to pick with me)
Vanishes soon after bedtime for (good Bet you've got a bone to pick with me)

Don't you like it (Day's gone)
I know I do (Night's on)
How about you? (Day's gone)
What do we know (Light's passed)
Tiny patterns (Day's gone)
Hypnotizing (Night's on)
Terrorizing (Light's gone)
Turn the lights off

Everybody likes to get taken for turns
To see how bright the fire inside of us burns
& everybody wants to get evil tonight
But all good devils masquerade under the light

Chroma diamonds
Twinkle brightly
Dance in darkness
Blow the nights off
Sleepy child
Spark desire
Walk the fire

Early Lyrics

Don't go in there
You'll become one
Freaky creatures
Monster party
Eyes of yellow
Scales & feathers
Tails in tethers
Turn the lights off

Bend the nightmare
You control it
Teeth & toenails
Easy does it
Shut the closet
Get under the covers
Snakes & lovers
Turn the lights off

Everybody likes to get taken for turns
To see how bright the fire inside of us burns
& everybody wants to get evil tonight
But all good devils masquerade under the light

Here's the pinky
There's the kinky
Everybody complicate it
Man & Woman
Baby child
Calm & Wild
Turn the lights off

Don't remember (Day's gone)
What we look like (Night's on)
Younger holding	(Day's gone)
One another (Light's passed)
Paper colors (Day's gone)
Dangle streaming (Night's on)
Tangle screaming (Light's gone)
Turn the lights off

Everybody likes to get taken for turns
To see how bright the fire inside of us burns
& everybody wants to get evil tonight
But all good devils masquerade under the light

Can't they take it
Should be stronger
Books abandoned
Breathe the water
Mind distracted (Bad girls)		
Sons & Daughters (Good boys)		
Out for slaughter (Bad guys)		
Turn the lights off

Bet you've got a bone to pick with me (Sparkles & shines on the water) 
Bet you've got a bone to pick with me (Seeps through the cumulus brume)
Bet you've got a bone to pick with me (Tingles & tears while we're gazing)
Bet you've got a bone to pick with me (Vanishes soon after bedtime for good)

Don't you like it (Day's gone)
I know I do (Night's on)
How about you? (Day's gone)
What do we know (Light's passed)
Tiny patterns (Day's gone)
Hypnotizing (Night's on)
Tantalizing (Light's gone)
Turn the lights off

Everybody likes to get taken for turns
To see how bright the fire inside of us burns
& everybody wants to get evil tonight
But all good devils masquerade under the light

Chroma diamonds
Twinkle brightly
Dance in darkness
Blow the nights off
Sleepy child
Spark desire
Walk the fire
Turn the lights off

Tabs/Chords

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References

ㅤㅤㅤㅤㅤㅤㅤㅤㅤㅤㅤㅤㅤㅤGood & Evil

Never Meant To Know · & · You & Me · Cannibal · Who You Are · Sacred Beast · Hymn For A Scarecrow · A Lady · The Trap · Turn The Lights Off · Misery Fell · Out In The Twilight · You · Fate Of The Stars

Admittedly Incomplete Demos

Another Minute (Live at the Frieze Basement, December 2002) · Mobile Phone Premonition (Live at the Frieze Basement, December 2002) · Welcome to Tally Hall (Acoustic Demo) ⋅ Marvin's SFX - Bohemian Rhapsody (Sample) ⋅ Banana Man (Lounge Version) ⋅ Blind Pig Introduction (January 2008) ⋅ Spring and a Storm (Original Demo feat. Ryan Scott) ⋅ Two Wuv (Alternate Bridges) ⋅ The Whole World and You (Punk Rehearsal) ⋅ Just a Friend ⋅ Songy Song ⋅ Keep Up The Good Work! Theme ⋅ Sea Cucumber (Demo) ⋅ Tally Hall's Internet Show Theme ⋅ Spiced Rum Commercial (Demo) ⋅ You & Me (Zubin Lead Vocal Rehearsal) ⋅ Cannibal (Demo) ⋅ Who You Are (Demo) ⋅ Sacred Beast (Demo) ⋅ Hymn For A Scarecrow (Demo)* ⋅ A Lady (Demo) ⋅ The Trap (Demo) ⋅ Turn the Lights Off (Alternate Bridge) ⋅ Out in the Twilight (Demo) ⋅ Fate of the Stars (Demo) ⋅ Light & Night (Demo) ⋅ Love Track (Rehearsal) ⋅ Go (Demo) ⋅ Color Be Gone (Demo) ⋅ The Minstrel Boy ⋅ Welcome To Tally Hall (Reprise) (Demo)*
* indicates tracks added on April 15th, 2022