Lyrics

I caught you   me under the light
Can I realign?
They say it's easy to   you behind
I don't want  

Cut cover, take that  
Hold   to your  
Don't wanna   for you
Don't wanna have to  
All that I've  
to feel another  
I've got to keep it   tonight

And oh, oh, oh
I was a   under your control
And oh, oh, oh
I wanna feel like you've let me go
So let me go

Don't you remember how I used to like
Being on the   ?
I dreamed you   of me calling out my name
Is it   the price?

Cut cover, take that test
Hold courage to your chest
Don't wanna wait for you
Don't wanna have to lose
All that I've compromised
to feel another high
I've got to keep it down tonight

And oh, oh, oh
I was a king under your control
And oh, oh, oh
I wanna feel like you've let me go

I had to   myself to carry on
No love and no  
Take this from me  
Oh, let's fight
Oh, let's fight
Oh, let's fight
Oh

And oh, oh, oh
I was a king under your control
And oh, oh, oh
I wanna feel like you've let me go
So let me go

Let go, let go, let go of everything
Let go, let go, let go of everything
Let go, let go, let go of everything
Let go, let go, let go of everything
Legend

Meaning

Olly Alexander explained to Digital Spy the meaning of the song:

It's about being in a relationship with someone and how that can feel really intoxicating, but that can be really addictive and you can feel like a king. You know it has to end and you feel it's going bad, but you don't feel strong enough to end it yourself. You want the other person to end it. That's what I felt like I was going through over the period of a year, and then towards the end, I wrote the song.

Vocabulary

realign

to put something into a new or correct position

leave you behind

depart and not take along
He left behind all his possessions when he moved to Europe

All that I've compromised

to expose or make vulnerable to danger, suspicion, scandal, etc.; jeopardize

to keep it down

to stop the number, level, or size of something from increasing
I have to exercise to keep my weight down.

carry on

to continue

admission

acknowledgment of the truth of something

be on the line

to be at risk
Firefighters regularly put their lives on the line
Jill was on the line once more