David Kushner – Daylight (Audio, Lyrics, Video)

American singer, David Kushner premieres the music video for the new “Daylight” song produced by Rob Kirwan. Listen, stream, read the lyrics, buy the track.

David Kushner Daylight

On April 14, 2023, David Kushner unveiled his eagerly anticipated single, “Daylight,” produced by Rob Kirwan – from Hozier’s “Take Me To Church.” In the pensive ballad, the singer-songwriter reflects on the paradox of desires that may be harmful to ourselves. In an interview with Paper Magazine, Kushner explains this concept:

With my song “Daylight,” I aim to convey the paradoxical desire for something that is simultaneously harmful to oneself, using elements of light and darkness. The lyrics, “Oh, I love it and I hate it at the same time/You and I drink the poison from the same vine,” encapsulate this concept.

Also, the story is based on biblical references that inspired Kushner as a child:

I would want to do things that would lead to darkness but also want to be in the light. Those are real things. We all go through darkness and we all have brighter moments, too. [This song] speaks from my own life experiences. To me, it’s a realization of my own desires and the complexity of those desires. The desire for light, but always running towards the darkness instead of light.

The accompanying music video — directed by Luke Shaw and Landon Juern — captures a woodland church where fire, water, air, and ash find Kushner pensive and soulful.

David Kushner – Daylight (prod. Rob Kirwan)

14 April 2023
1 Song, 3 minutes
℗ 2023 David Kushner, Miserable Music Group, LLC

Lyric Video

David Kushner – Daylight (prod. Rob Kirwan)

Lyrics

Verse 1
Telling myself “I won’t go there”
Oh but I know that I won’t care
Tryna wash away all the blood I’ve spilt
This lust is a burden that we both share
Two sinners can’t atone from a lone prayer
Souls tied, intertwined by our pride and guilt

Pre-Chorus 1
(Ooh)
There’s darkness in the distance
From the way that I’ve been living
But I know I can’t resist it

Chorus
Oh, I love it and I hate it at the same time
You and I drink the poison from the same vine
Oh, I love it and I hate it at the same time
Hiding all of our sins from the daylight
From the daylight, running from thе daylight
From the daylight, running from the daylight
Oh, I love it and I hatе it at the same time

Verse 2
Telling myself it’s the last time
Can you spare any mercy that you might find
If I’m down on my knees again
Deep down, way down, Lord, I try
Try to follow your light, but it’s night time
Please, don’t leave me in the end

Pre-Chorus 2
(Ooh)
There’s darkness in the distance
I’m begging for forgiveness (Ooh)
But I know I might resist it, oh

Chorus
Oh, I love it and I hate it at the same time
You and I drink the poison from the same vine
Oh, I love it and I hate it at the same time
Hiding all of our sins from the daylight
From the daylight, running from the daylight
From the daylight, running from the daylight
Oh, I love it and I hate it at the same time

Chorus
Oh, I love it and I hate it at the same time
You and I drink the poison from the same vine
Oh, I love it and I hate it at the same time
Hiding all of our sins from the daylight
From the daylight, running from the daylight
From the daylight, running from the daylight
Oh, I love it and I hate it at the same time