Guide the Way

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## Song by Aurora

"**Guide the Way**" is a song by Australian singer, songwriter, rapper, and producer Aurora. It was released on January 9, 2015 as the B-side to "Remember When", the fifth single from Aurora's debut studio album, *Platinum Heart* (2015).

## Background and composition

Preparing to return home to Platvia after a successful international promotional tour for her forthcoming album, Aurora began reflecting on her past, as well as preparing for her future. Aurora recorded two new songs for release as a single and its B-side respectively: the single, "Remember When", was a dramatisation of the teenage runaway experience in America, while its B-side, "Guide the Way", was a more personal offering describing Aurora's feelings in her own youth and hometown before relocating from Australia to Platvia in order to pursue a career in music.

"Guide the Way" is composed as a dark wave song. Aurora wanted to write a more grounded counterpart to her forthcoming single, "Remember When", and turned to her own youth for inspiration. "I grew up in a very small town. I definitely had what many might consider a sheltered childhood," Aurora recalled in a radio interview promoting the track, "I knew that if I wanted to make something of myself, I was going to have to be my own guiding light."

## Critical reception

"Guide the Way" was met with generally negative reviews, with critics calling the song confusing, unsure whether it was referencing the past or the future.

It received a rating of 5.125 by Platvian music critics. It is Aurora's most poorly received release to date.

## Commercial performance

"Guide the Way" debuted and peaked at #9 on the Platvia HitList chart dated January 20, 2015.

It also debuted and peaked at #5 on the Platvian Dark Wave Songs component chart on the same day.

## Lyrics

Down in the graveyard of this haunted old ghost town
Rests my spirit where it lies without a sound
How it used to be reckless
Now it cries, breathless, "I'll never forget this"
Here in a clearing I am standing full of fear
I can feel the change, it's in the atmosphere
Coming hard like a freight train
Flowing through my veins, driving me insane
**Pre-Chorus**
Every step I take could be my last
**Chorus (A)**
Here I stand, all alone
Facing down this path I've paved
So unsure, insecure
With the choices that I've made
I don't know what I should do now
Pray the storm clouds will clear somehow
In the end, can't pretend
For my mistakes I will pay
I must do this on my own
There's no light to guide the way
**Second Verse**
This is my opportunity to take a risk
To step right out of the mould that I insist
On forcing myself into
I know what to do, time for something new
Where I go from here now I do not really care
Because thankfully I'm finally aware
That I'm here for the journey
Nothing is blurry, I'm leaving early
**Pre-Chorus**
Every step I take could be my last
**Chorus (A)**
Here I stand, all alone
Facing down this path I've paved
So unsure, insecure
With the choices that I've made
I don't know what I should do now
Pray the storm clouds will clear somehow
In the end, can't pretend
For my mistakes I will pay
I must do this on my own
There's no light to guide the way
**Bridge**
So much promise, so much life
Destroyed right before my eyes
I was blinded by the darkness
And the fear of the unknown
So much undeserving pain
Which had drenched me like the rain
But I'm slowly drying now
Due to this fire in my bones
**Chorus (B)**
And yet still, here I am
Facing down this path I've paved
So unsure, insecure
With the choices that I've made
I don't know what I should do now
Pray the storm clouds will clear somehow
In the end, can't pretend
For my mistakes I will pay
I must do this on my own
There's no light to guide the way
**Chorus (A)**
Here I stand, all alone
Facing down this path I've paved
So unsure, insecure
With the choices that I've made
I don't know what I should do now
Pray the storm clouds will clear somehow
In the end, can't pretend
For my mistakes I will pay
I must do this on my own
There's no light to guide the way

## Track listing

All tracks are written and produced by Aurora Renée Jaymesson.

 **Total length:** | 0:00

## Re-recorded version

Following her split from Red Rose Records in 2020, "Guide the Way" was re-recorded as a bonus track for Aurora's album *Platinum Heart: Deluxe* (2021). It appears as the twelfth track on the re-recorded album.