Stone cold in this warm bed again
Wide awake and waiting for them
I send my shadow running on ahead again
I wait and wait and.......
I'm waving in my beautiful friends over there on the end of the
The bright light the bright light begins it
The grass is high and the sky is low tonight
I wanna be here i wanna be gone
And this time i won't cry i won't
I'm waving in my beautiful friends over there on the end of the
The bright light the bright light begins it and i get sucked into it again
Wild and high on the summer wind
I'm in for a love so tough i could break my teeth if i bit down hard upon it
And a voice so rich just the sound of it is forever nauseating
And i get sucked into it again
Wild and high on the summer wind


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The Bright Light Lyrics as written by Tanya Donelly

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    I think this is about being abducted by aliens.

    stegzyon May 02, 2007   Link
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    I thought it was about a dream about being abducted by aliens, yes.

    sadiesadieon August 27, 2010   Link
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    General Comment

    Holy cow, I never thought of that. I think the perfect, perfect fit with the music distracted me and I just never even considered what she might be singing about. (I say perfect, but she had to work at it: the first version of this song has completely different lyrics and is called "Her Bad Year".)

    chrisrazoron October 26, 2011   Link
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    My Interpretation

    I'm not sure about the alien thing. I know the video shows what appears to be a B-movie set and aliens but I think that was just for the video to make it interesting.

    The theme for the album "Lovesongs for Underdogs" seems to be about continuously being in the wrong relationship. Or the wrong life situation. She knows her choices are not right but continues going through the motions either because it's easier or more fun. (she gets "sucked into" "the bright light again.")

    The same theme is happening in other songs like "Goat Girl": "I wanted a lion but I ended up with a man who wanted a Gezelle.. But I am a goat girl.")

    and "Pretty Deep" ("And now i'm in pretty deep, pretty deep... Everything i ever learned is wrong...")

    and in "Manna" ("I am here now and i'm staying put... For reasons, my reasons.."

    Also this "keep making the wrong choice / bad situation" theme is common theme in her earlier songs. In "Slow Dog" she writes about a relationship with an adulterer that she knows is wrong but she won't end, ("Just can't leave that dog alone..")

    And again in "Super-connected" it's about being in a life situation that looks and feels good on the surface, but she is being controlled by others. ("Are there heartstrings connected... to the wings... on your back")

    Pretty depressing situations. I hope most of these are just songs and not based too much on things that actually happened to her! :)

    zedbladeon August 31, 2019   Link

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