effulgence - the quality of being bright and sending out rays of light
radiancy, refulgence, refulgency, shine, radiance
brightness - the location of a visual perception along a continuum from black to white
gleam, lambency, gleaming, glow - an appearance of reflected light
sheen, shininess, luster, lustre - the visual property of something that shines with reflected light
burnish, glossiness, polish, gloss - the property of being smooth and shiny

PHONIQUE FEAT ERLEND OYE - CASUALITIES

I can never forgive you for what you did
And as long as you
Won't even ask for it
It will remain
Like a thorn in our side
Tearing up from taking
Or the rivers run dry

For long I thought the problem was hidden in me
But in your wake there were other
Casualities

Telling the same
Story like my own
Sharing the same
Sorrow like my own

Telling the same
Story like my own
Sharing the same
Sorrow like my own

One day you'll wake up
To find that all
Your friends are on your payroll
You'll sit and wonder
Which one of them
Are only there because you pay them

Top from bottom
You got it made
How many more along your way
Stop being useful
Then sacrifice
So you could be alone claiming your prize

I'll accept excuses for not finding time
But they could never voucher
Against your lack of will
To recognize
The nature and the size
Of the gifts you were given
And the trust that it implied

One day you'll wake up
To find that all
Your friends are on your payroll
You'll sit and wonder
Which one of them
Are only there because you pay them

Top from bottom
You got it made
How many more along your way
Stop being useful
Then sacrifice
So you could be alone claiming your prize

There is a light that never goes out - The Smiths / Erlend Oye

Take me out tonight
Where there's music and there's people
Who are young and alive
Driving in your car
I never never want to go home
Because I haven't got one anymore

Take me out tonight
Because I want to see people
And I want to see life
Driving in your car
Oh please don't drop me home
Because it's not my home, it's their home
And I'm welcome no more

And if a double-decker bus
Crashes into us
To die by your side
Is such a heavenly way to die
And if a ten ton truck
Kills the both of us
To die by your side
Well the pleasure, the privilege is mine

Take me out tonight
Take me anywhere, I don't care
I don't care, I don't care
And in the darkened underpass
I thought Oh God, my chance has come at last
But then a strange fear gripped me
And I just couldn't ask

Take me out tonight
Oh take me anywhere, I don't care
I don't care, I don't care
Driving in your car
I never never want to go home
Because I haven't got one
No, I haven't got one

And if a double-decker bus
Crashes in to us
To die by your side
Is such a heavenly way to die
And if a ten ton truck
Kills the both of us
To die by your side
Well the pleasure, the privilege is mine

There is a light that never goes out
There is a light that never goes out
There is a light that never goes out
There is a light that never goes out