“BIY” and “Drive Home” by Brite Spot – Song Features

 

     The debut single of Brite Spot landed last month. “BIY” is a song that builds upon itself, sometimes with readily apparent additions and other times with subtle enhancements. Today, Brite Spot released a second engaging single – “Drive Home.”
 
     “BIY” refreshingly diverges from the norm. The song is unconventional from the start, since it does not include an instrumental intro, other than four seconds of easily missed rhythmic ambience. More importantly, the song uses an upward staircase of intensity. It is common for a song with a verse-chorus-verse beginning to have an increased tempo during the chorus, relative to the verses that bookend the chorus. In comparison, Brite Spot fitted “BIY” with a three-step increase of instrumental intensity and vocal urgency. Better, a fourth step is added at the start of the following verse.
 
     Brite Spot is the Indie project led by producer/songwriter Matt Sztyk (pronounced “stick”). He is originally from New Jersey, but it now based in Los Angeles. At the start of “BIY,” his vocal approach is calm and the lyrics are contemplative. The lead vocals grow increasingly more forceful as the single progresses and are joined by backing vocals that add to the richness. At times, there is an interesting pause at the end of a line, such as in "Caught up in the moment, just a moment, all I ... need."

 While talking about the song, Sztyk said, “’BIY’ is an introduction to the rest of your life after being caught up in a moment for too long.”
 
      “BIY” by Brite Spot

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Lyrics of “BIY” by Brite Spot
A long time ago
Laying in a field of snow
Waiting for the stars to write a word
Or paint a picture of life on earth
 
I couldn’t see it but I wanted to believe in something
Found love when I wasn’t paying her attention
Caught up in the moment, just a moment, all I need
I believed in you
 
One year ago
Justin was still alive
Driving fast, playing hard, falling in love
Holding on, one more song, just to be sure
 
It started to fall
A new way to see the world
Thousands of miles return home
I couldn’t recognize it anymore
 
I couldn’t see it but I wanted to believe in something
Found love when I wasn’t paying her attention
Caught up in the moment, just a moment, all I need
 
Well, I believed in you
'Cause I wanted to believe in you
Well, I believed in you
'Cause I wanted to believe in you
 
Plenty of time
Waiting for more
Holding my breath
I don’t know how to feel anymore
Driving all night
With the lights off
Holding my breath, it’s quiet
How can I feel anymore
 
I couldn’t see it but I wanted to believe in something
Found love when I wasn’t paying her attention
Caught up in the moment, was it ever real?
Let go, watch it fall until it’s gone and disappears
 
I believed in you
'Cause I wanted to believe in you
Well, I believed in you
'Cause I wanted to believe in you
 

     “Drive Home” has a more consistent energy, other than during a near dream state that begins at 1:42. Matt Sztyk describes the single as “a feel-good song about the beginning stages of a relationship. While dating my gf at the time (now wife), I wrote the bridge first, which was inspired by the two of us driving around listening to music in the car. I sat on it for a while, until figuring out the drum groove, then the rest of the song came quickly after that. It’s a guitar song with a nod to 90’s alternative, the pet shop boys, falling in love, and driving aimlessly through LA until late hours of the night listening to music.”

     “Drive Home” by Brite Spot

Lyrics of “Drive Home” by Brite Spot
I saw you standing in the door
Wearing out my shirt and I
I couldn’t help but smile at the scene
Wave goodnight until they’re gone
Fade into the rearview while
Driving down the street
 
We got caught
Stuck in the car
Watched the moon the whole way driving home
Up the hill around the reservoir
Stuck in the dark
Making time for everything you said
Promise don’t let go of my hand
 
Waiting for the rain to leave
Pressed against the window seat
Going fast enough to keep it dry
After hours on the run
Right until the sun comes on
Chasing out daylight
 
We got caught
Stuck in the car
Watched the moon the whole way driving home
Up the hill around the reservoir
Stuck in the dark
Making time for everything you said
Promise don’t let go of my hand
 
Stand in line, stay inside, it’s all the same
We’ve got time, figure it out on the way
Half alive when I met you, wasted time
Don’t let go of my hand
 
With the windows down and the air is cold
And the radio’s playing west end girls
And we’re driving slow down this dead end road
Don’t let go of my hand, don’t let go of my
 
Raining outside, waiting out cold
Don’t let go of my hand, don’t let go of my
Raining outside, waiting out cold
Don’t let go of my hand, don’t let go
 
We got caught
Stuck in the car
Watched the moon the whole way driving home
Up the hill around the reservoir
Stuck in the dark
Making time for everything you said
Promise don’t let go of my hand
 
Stand in line, stay inside, it’s all the same
We’ve got time, figure it out on the way
Half alive when I met you, wasted time
Don’t let go of my hand