“Kill All the Lights” by Samuel Jack – A Song Review

     The soulfulness in Samuel Jack’s voice carries an authority that commands attention, and listeners respect that authority. His first 2018 single release, “Kill All the Lights,” shows yet another increase in his emotional commitment. And the single reaches back to the roots of the Soul genre in its use of a gospel choir.

     Jack also contributes the piano, which provides contrast to the emotive depth during the intro, outro, and other times when the lyrics aren’t driving the track. Then, when the song’s message is being delivered, the piano is more aligned with the Soulful delivery.

      In referring to the single, Samuel Jack explained:

  "This song is about a very poignant moment in my life when frankly, things weren’t going so well. A time when 'life' was getting on top of me, a time when I just wanted it all to go away. Sometimes people need some respite, an escape, to forget and reconnect, and to me, Kill All the Lights has become that, my own form of medicine”.

     Samuel Jack was born in London, but spent time in Clapham, Johannesburg and the Netherlands before moving away from his parents at age 16. He has returned to the England, writing and recording near Somerset.

     “Kill All the Lights” by Samuel Jack 

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Lyrics of “Kill All the Lights” by Samuel Jack

Oh, I’ve been sleeping on

On a bed of stone

And I break my back

And I. I wonder how

I’ve fallen down

Into this trap again

Riddling my mind, as I’m

Staring at a dirty wall

Lying with the bottle tops

Writhing round on the floor

Kill all the lights

Fade to black

Ease my mind

I could murder a drink for my sins

But my money’s running dry

Oh, I just gotta get me outta here

Gotta get me something more

Gotta pick my feet up

And walk them out the door

Oh I could be so much more

I don’t wanna fight it tonight

So kill all the lights.

There’s a letter by, by the tableside

That I left myself

It told me to, change my ways

And find a place

To sleep in peace again

Bangin’ on the bedroom wall

Turn that music off

Don’t know what they’re fighting for

Wouldn’t call their bluff

Wondering why I’m lost

As I close my eyes

Wondering if it stops

By the morning time

Kill all the lights

Fade to black

Ease my mind

I could murder a drink for my sins

But my money’s running dry

Oh, I just gotta get me outta here

Gotta get me something more

Gotta pick my feet up

And walk them out the door

Oh I could be so much more

I don’t wanna fight it tonight

So kill all the lights

Kill all the lights

Kill all the lights

Fade to black

Ease my mind

I could murder a drink for my sins

But my money’s running dry

Oh, I just gotta get me outta here

Gotta get me something more

Gotta pick my feet up

And walk them out the door

I could be so much more

I don’t wanna fight it, no

I don’t wanna fight it, no

So kill all the lights

Kill all the lights

Kill all the lights, now