The Night That The Lights Went Out In NYC Lyrics
So close your eyes
Gaze up at the heavens
And see if you can point me out
I'd wish upon a satellite
To bring me back to you, bring me back to you
You spend your whole life searching for
All the things we think we want
And never really knowing what we have
To bring us to our destiny
Gaze up at the heavens
And see if you can point me out
I'd wish upon a satellite
To bring me back to you, bring me back to you
You spend your whole life searching for
All the things we think we want
And never really knowing what we have
These stars are fading now
Be careful what you wish for
These stars are fading
I'd wish upon a satellite
To bring me back to you, bring me back to you
You spend your whole life searching for
All the things we think we want
And never really knowing what we have
This song is on the Spider-Man 2 soundtrack and it's absolutely amazing. Worth the cost of the CD by itself.
I agree freehat! I love this song... it's meaningful in a beautiful way!
A good friend of mine has spent her whole life putting school ahead of everything. Now that she is in the top school in her feild, and she doesn't even know if it's what she really wants. She doesn't want to be a career bitch anymore, so this song sort of reminds me of that. She has an awesome family and friends and she never realized it until she was off to college, away from it all.
Just an observation, I see the recurring theme of satellites coming through, and I am guessing it's influenced by Billy Bragg's song A New England... "Is it wrong to wish on space hardware?" which Kris actually did a cover of. The theme also came though in All you can ever learn is what you already know... "all these satellites and shattered dreams" Im interested in knowing if these were all influenced by the same thing.
I like loopy's connection about her friend. That makes me look at this song in a whole new light. And I agree completely, beecause I am one of those who takes for granted what I am and have and only looks for when I can be "free"
I think the theme of satellites comes from the part at the end 'these stars are fading'. If there are no stars to wish on then the nearest thing is a satellite. It might be from that song but thats just what i got from it.
I love this song- it reminds me of antoher song by this band named bleu called "searching for the satellites" that is also very good.
amazing song...this and gifts and curses r the best songs on that CD dude
as far as the satellite thing, i would say that its sort of like in the movie 'October Sky' (can you really see spacecraft in the night sky?). its also interesting that they mention that because of the title of the song, being that normally you cant see much in the sky at night in New York City (or even suburbs...) because of ambient light, and its talking about the blackout in 2003. (iirc it was 03)
ahh.. i love this song.. it just makes me think of missing someone and being far away from them. i agree with bmxdude... gifts and curses is a wkd song! as is this.. am listening to it right now
Gotta love that part when they go back to the chorus after the bridge... and it's just drums and the sounds of a radar or something... "Be careful what you wish for, these stars are fading" Awesome.