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The Downtown Lights Lyrics
Sometimes I walk away
When all I really wanna do
Is love and hold you right
There is just one thing I can say
Nobody loves you this way
It's alright
Can't you see?
The downtown lights
In love we're all the same
We're walking down an empty street
And with nobody, call your name
Empty streets, empty nights
The downtown lights
How do I know you feel it?
How do I know you feel it?
How do I know you feel it?
How do I know it's true?
Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, it's alright
Tonight and every night
Let's go walking down this empty street
Let's walk in the cool evening light
Wrong or right
Be at my side
The downtown lights
It will be alright
It will be alright
The downtown lights
Yeah, yeah
How do I know you feel it?
How do I know you feel it?
How do I know you feel it?
How do I know it's true?
It's alright
It's alright
The downtown lights
Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah
How do I know you feel it?
How do I know you feel it?
How do I know you feel it?
How do I know it's true?
Yeah, yeah, the downtown lights
The neon's and the cigarettes
Rented rooms and rented cars
The crowded streets, the empty bars
Chimney tops and trumpets
The golden lights, the loving prayers
The coloured shoes, the empty trains
I'm tired of crying on the stairs
The downtown lights
Yeah, yeah
When all I really wanna do
Is love and hold you right
There is just one thing I can say
Nobody loves you this way
It's alright
Can't you see?
The downtown lights
We're walking down an empty street
And with nobody, call your name
Empty streets, empty nights
The downtown lights
How do I know you feel it?
How do I know you feel it?
How do I know it's true?
Let's go walking down this empty street
Let's walk in the cool evening light
Wrong or right
Be at my side
The downtown lights
It will be alright
The downtown lights
Yeah, yeah
How do I know you feel it?
How do I know you feel it?
How do I know it's true?
It's alright
The downtown lights
How do I know you feel it?
How do I know you feel it?
How do I know it's true?
Rented rooms and rented cars
The crowded streets, the empty bars
Chimney tops and trumpets
The golden lights, the loving prayers
The coloured shoes, the empty trains
I'm tired of crying on the stairs
The downtown lights
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This song is most probably about the narrator's longing for some sort assurance that his partner's heart is as true as his. The thing islike a lot of other Blue Nile songs, mood functions over narrative here. Paul Buchanan paints such amazing visuals with both his lyrics and his arrangements. Whenever I listen to Hats, it conjures this foggy, blue, deserted urban landscape.
@Iamschpartacus I like your interpretation. It happens to me too, Paul Buchanan takes my mind and heart to old memories and emotions of México city. Thanks.
@Iamschpartacus I like your interpretation. It happens to me too, Paul Buchanan takes my mind and heart to old memories and emotions of México city. Thanks.
I agree with this interpretation also. The plaintive way he sings "How do I know..." indicates his uncertainty. Wandering down the empty streets and seeing the Downtown Lights reminds him of times and places where he\'s had the most wistful feelings of love and loves lost.
I agree with this interpretation also. The plaintive way he sings "How do I know..." indicates his uncertainty. Wandering down the empty streets and seeing the Downtown Lights reminds him of times and places where he\'s had the most wistful feelings of love and loves lost.
When I listen to this song, I feel you hear two people. The extra echo on some lyrics is the other speaker / singer. It's a conversation.