Kill the Lights

"**Kill the Lights**" is a song recorded by Alex Newell and record producer DJ Cassidy, featuring an additional contribution from guitarist Nile Rodgers. The song was first featured on the *Vinyl* episode "Rock and Roll Queen", and later appeared on the episode's accompanying extended play, *Vinyl: Music from the HBO Original Series - Vol. 1.9*, and the show's compilation soundtrack, *Vinyl: The Essentials (Best of Season 1)*.

Another version of the song features English singer and songwriter Jess Glynne, and a set of remixes of this version by Audien, Yolanda Be Cool, Chuckie, and Dimitri from Paris was released as a single on April 15, 2016.

Within the series, "Kill the Lights" is a song by Indigo, an in-universe dance and proto-disco music group. In a pivotal plotline, Clark Morelle and Jorge diligently promote this song to numerous dance clubs throughout New York City, leading it to skyrocket in popularity, ultimately emerging as a resounding hit by the series' end.

## Lyrics

*You set me free every time your hand's on me,*
*I wanna be your way and shine*
*I take the night, the feeling that you're giving me*
*You lit this box, and set it high*
*Oh, no, don't run away from your life*
*Oh, no, don't turn away from the heart and the proof*
*From the way that we move,*
*Kill the lights, we can't lose!*
*Kill the lights and look right at me*
*Close your eyes, you can see me by the way that I feel*
*Kill the lights, and touch my body*
*Close your eyes, you can see me by the way that I feel*
*Come and spin me around, let's get lost in the sound*
*Close your eyes, you can see me by the way that I feel*
*Touch my body, kill the lights tonight*
*Let's hit the light, tomorrow doesn't know what's coming*
*Don't try to hide it, let's have some fun*
*You can't rely on anything or anyone who fights the love you have inside*
*Oh, oh*
*Oh, no, don't run away from your life*
*Oh, no, don't turn away from the heart and the proof*
*From the way that we move,*
*Kill the lights, we can't lose!*
*Kill the lights and look right at me*
*Close your eyes, you can see me by the way that I feel*
*Kill the lights, and touch my body*
*Close your eyes, you can see me by the way that I feel*
*Come and spin me around, let's get lost in the sound*
*Close your eyes, you can see me by the way that I feel*
*Touch my body, kill the lights tonight*
*Kill the lights*
*(Kill the lights)*
*Close your eyes*
*(Close your eyes)*
*Kill the lights*
*(Kill the lights)*
*Close your eyes*
*(Close it, close it, close it)*
*Kill the lights and look right at me*
*Close your eyes, you can see me by the way that I feel*
*Kill the lights, and touch my body*
*Close your eyes, you can see me by the way that I feel*
*Come and spin me around, let's get lost in the sound*
*Close your eyes, you can see me by the way that I feel*
*Touch my body, kill the lights tonight*
*Kill the lights and look right at me*
*Close your eyes, you can see me by the way that I feel*
*Kill the lights, and touch my body*
*Close your eyes, you can see me by the way that I feel*
*Come and spin me around, let's get lost in the sound*
*Close your eyes, you can see me by the way that I feel*
*Touch my body, kill the lights tonight*
## Video

Alex Newell & DJ Cassidy with Nile Rodgers - Kill The Lights (Official Video)