St. Elmo's Fire (Man in Motion) Lyrics

Lyric discussion by traviswrdunbar 

Cover art for St. Elmo's Fire (Man in Motion) lyrics by John Parr

Fun fact: St. Elmo's Fire is a weather effect usually witnessed as a nimbus of light around the mastheads of sailing ships. Usually taken as the Saint watching over your ship.

Most motivational song in history. I have never managed to listen to this and stay in anything but a really energetic cheerful mood.

@traviswrdunbar the 80s movie of the same name has the character Billy explain what St Elmo's fire is near the end of the fim

@traviswrdunbar

okay, not prepared to say the 'most' motivational song in history. Dragonforce has some. but i would put this in my top 5 most motivational songs of all time.

and it was written to raise spinal cord injury awareness. in fact, in a movie about Rick Hansen, a version of this was sung omitting the 'St elmo's fire' portion of the chorus