X‑Marks The Pedwalk – Light Your Mind

‘Let Me Light Your Mind’ – but please without the vocoder overkill

Light Your Mind starts with a tech­noid house intro that is almost a little too min­im­al­ist­ic for my taste. The track strikes me as a chilled-out ver­sion of a com­mer­cial Ibiza sum­mer hit – well pro­duced, but per­haps a little too pol­ished. What both­ers me most are the exag­ger­ated vocoder effects. I think that's a shame because Andrés' voice actu­ally has so much more to offer.

I like the lyr­ic­al idea: the notion of tak­ing someone's emo­tion­al bur­den off their shoulders – "I'd carry your weight, you know" – comes across as hon­est and fits well with the dreamy synth pop sound. Nevertheless, Light Your Mind remains more of a nice appet­iser than a real high­light in X‑Marks' cata­logue for me.

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Lyrics of "X‑Marks The Pedwalk – Light Your Mind"

I’d carry my weight, you know,
but you’re every­where I go, so I can grow

Time after time I’d hurt
that’s when you’d turn and say that I should know…

there’s not a day that I’m alone,
with all our faith there’s always home
I believe you‘re not that strong,
so I ask you to let me light your mind
Let me light your mind
Let me light your mind

I’d carry your weight, you know,
and be every­where you go, so you can grow

I’d light your mind
I’d light your mind

Time after time you’ll hurt
that’s when I’ll turn and say that you should know…

there’s not a day that I’m alone,
with all our faith there’s always home
I believe you‘re not that strong,
so I ask you to let me light your mind

Let me light your mind
Let me light your mind
and save you too
I’m beg­ging you
I’d light your mind
I’d light your mind