“neon” is one of the two songs recorded for Lykke Li’s 2019 EP still sad still sexy. It was teased on Li’s Instagram stories at the end of January 2019.
In an interview with Vogue, Li revealed this song didn’t make to her fourth album, so sad so sexy.
[Verse 1]
I never love half-hearted
I'm down to get bruised
Who's gonna let go hardest?
We fight and we lose
I got another round, another round in me, yeah
Knock me out, knock me down, I don't care
Who's gonna love you hardest?
I'll do 'til I'm blue
[Chorus]
Neon, neon
When the lights go low, when the lights go low
Neon, neon
In the nights we glow, we glow
I'd rather cry all night, night, night
Then let the feeling die, die, die
Neon, neon, neon
I'm still holding on, neon
[Verse 2]
We kiss better in darkness
We drown out the light
I don't know where we started
Where you became I
We got another round, another round in it, yeah
We got time, we got time, yeah, yeah
Don't want to end this party
I want to stay 'til it's blue
[Chorus]
Neon, neon
When the lights go low, when the lights go low
Neon, neon
In the nights we glow, we glow
I'd rather cry all night, night, night
Then let the feeling die, die, die
Neon, neon, neon
I'm still holding on, neon
[Interlude]
(Neon, neon, neon)
(I'm still holding on, neon)
Neon
Neon
Neon
[Bridge]
Don't let the color dim, dim away (Neon)
Don't let the color dim, dim away (Neon)
Don't let the color dim, dim away (Neon)
Don't let the color dim, dim away
[Chorus]
Neon, neon
When the lights go low, when the lights go low
Neon, neon
In the nights we glow, we glow (Neon)
I'd rather cry all night, night, night (Neon)
Then let the feeling die, die, die (Neon)
Neon, neon, neon (Neon)
I'm still holding on, neon
Neon, neon, neon
I'm still holding on, neon (Neon)
Neon, neon, neon
I'm still holding on, neon
neon was written by Kid Harpoon & Lykke Li.
neon was produced by Kid Harpoon.
From an interview with Vogue:
What drove you to put out the new EP, still sad still sexy?
I was writing songs that didn’t make so sad so sexy, and “neon” was a part of stuff that I was writing that didn’t make the album. Also sometimes songs hit me harder way after I initially wrote them.