2015Released
4:16

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This major-key ballad tempers haunting keyboards and beefy guitars with a towering vocal. "The message for 'The Light' is one of positivity," said vocalist and lyricist David Draiman. "Most people are quite apprehensive about the 'dark' periods, and experiences of their lives. However, sometimes those dark periods of time are a necessary path we must take in order to finally see, 'the light,' so to speak."

Whilst we're on the subject of light – here's a few fun facts to, er, enlighten you. Moving at the speed of 186,000 miles per second, it takes 8 minutes for light to travel from the sun to the earth. Light doesn't necessarily travel at the speed of light. In 1999, Harvard physicist Lene Hau was able to slow down light to 38 miles per hour. There is no red light 30 feet underwater, so blood appears green.

Speaking about the track with Loudwire, Draiman stated: "Go figure. Disturbed songs with an air of positivity. Who would have ever thought?" "You know, the only way that you get to appreciate the darkness is by contrasting it with light," he continued. "I think that people have utilized our music in particular to get them through the difficult periods in their lives, to triumph against adversity, to overcome obstacles. And it's been my experience, with people in my life, or friends that I have or have had, that sometimes those periods in our lives that are dark ones can be so daunting and you let them overwhelm you to the extent that you succumb to hopelessness and you succumb to stagnation. And the truth be told, everything is a pathway. Sometimes you have to go through dark periods in your life in order to find the answer that you need, in order to become stronger, in order to see the light, per se. And it's just putting things in that perspective."

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Song Analysis

Key, BPM (tempo) and time signature of The Light.
F♯Key
MajorMode
4/4Time Signature
160BPM

Album

The album The Light is released on.

Released By

The record label that has released The Light.
Reprise
© 2015 Reprise Records
℗ 2015 Reprise Records

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