Electric Light Lyrics

Lyric discussion by bruiseviolet 

Cover art for Electric Light lyrics by PJ Harvey

i love this song. it has such a creepy feel to it. it seems like it's about prostitution; electric light could be the light omitting from a streetlamp. she looks beautiful, but it's tears the narrator's heart out because he job is so dangerous/immoral/etc. dawn could either mean a woman named dawn, waiting outside, or the dawn itself, ready to reclaim the girl. sirens are alluring and cause harm, saying that, perhaps, the dawn brings an alluring danger?