Music Review: Tiesto "Red Lights "

Tiesto
Red Lights
Album: TBA
Year: 2013

              Michael Zitron is ready to go public with his girlfriend
in the assuring  "Red Lights."

   A reserved guitar opens the single, setting a stabilized
tone. He watches as she rinses the plate and puts it in the
dishwasher. A phone vibrates on the counter and she says that it's
him. He nods, trying to getting his bearings back and answers the
phone. With her, he gets lost in their time together, forgetting
there's a world outside of them. He's willing to do what it takes to
make her happy. The fantasy of her hanging out with her friends may
actually be reality soon. He tells her that was his best friend,
asking him if he could hang out. He continues to say that he can no
longer betray his best friend anymore. Their relationship is solid and
can survive the fallout that will follow. They can't allow themselves
to second guess their decision and wonder if they did the right thing.
("Blacked out/Everything's faded on your love/I'm already wasted, so
close/That I can taste it now, now/So let's break right out of these
guilty cages/We're going to make it now/Don't ever turn around/Don't
ever turn around.")

In the chorus, he says it's their business. They need to
trust themselves and take the risk. He suggests they run away together and get away from their friends who won't talk to them anymore and the
family who won't look them in the eyes. ("Nobody else needs to
know/Where we might go/We could just run them red lights/We could just
run them red lights/There ain't no reason to stay/We'll be light years
away./We could just run them red lights/We could just run them red
lights/We could just run them red lights/We could just run them red
lights.")

                         The synths twirl, prancing with joy.

He tells her they have to tell people. Otherwise,
they are lying if they choose to take the easy way out. The
complications were for a reason. They are supposed to be together. He
says they can't let others convince them that their relationship is
wrong. Their families will be ashamed and point to the other person,
saying they caused it. Their friends and family will force a break up. They can't let it go on any longer. They have to tell everyone as soon
as possible.  ("White lights, flirt in the darkness/This road leads
where your heart is/These signs, something we can't ignore/We can't back
down/We'll never let them change us/We're going to make it
now/What are we waiting for/What are we waiting for.")

The chorus is sung again, with the twirling synths
joining for the last "we could just run them red lights."

                Zitron's comforting vocals presses lightly for the
relationship to become fully realized. She fears the backlash and he
wants it to be out in the open. He can no longer deal with it being a
secret.

         Tiesto's idyllic arrangement abandons trance altogether and
mimics Avicii's style. It's really unfortunate; given that he has done
some terrific remixes (Jordin Sparks' "No Air," Britney Spears' "Piece
of Me") that improve on the original, turning into it something it
wouldn't have become.  Here, the desperation for mainstream success is
palpable.

         The soft "Red Lights" sticks to the current EDM status quo:
quiet beginning, lyrics that embrace life with the occasional perky
synth. Also, by all means check out the Jordin Sparks "No Air" remix.