"Light You Up" by Shawn Mullins from the album Light You Up. 2010.
Well, readers, here we have mister Shawn Mullins. The name might not ring a bell, but I bet you've heard hiiimmmm! Back in the late 90s he had a huge hit with "Lullaby". He never stopped making music, but other than a guest appearance on Sister Hazel's "Mandolin Moon", this is the only other recording by him I know. I therefore wonder about the startling similarities between "Light You Up" and "Lullaby". In both songs only the chorus contains singing. Otherwise, a deeply voiced monologue drives the tune over a simple beat. A repetitiveness thus brews over the brim of lyrics lacking that certain fizz. Somehow, through all this, the elements create an enjoyable concoction just the same. It's easy listening brought under the dark side of the limbo stick. An evil smirk slingshot-ed into the midst of a sing-along chorus.
Again, the lyrics of "Light You Up" seem to have skipped the extra polish at the car wash. There's no glorified language, and Mullins repeats "everybody wants..." so often that pretty soon everybody wants him to stop talking. All the same, the whole point of the song can be book-ended by almost any line from the verses and the first line of the chorus. For example: "Everybody wants a taste of your honey- I just want to light you up." There's a positive message here. The singer (talker?) knows that everybody wants fame, material possessions, and perhaps even to take advantage of a presumed love interest. He would rather light this person up. I take this in a completely honest and wholesome manner, but I suppose if your mind clogged itself down the rain gutter, you could think dirty of it. No matter your definition, the song states "I don't want anything but to make you happy." Just how happy is up to the listener.
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