Ten Seconds to Midnight Lyrics

Lyric discussion by Layman1 

Cover art for Ten Seconds to Midnight lyrics by Divine Comedy, The

Love this song! As the title and lyrics clearly show, this song indicates a countdown to midnight (New Year's Eve perhaps?).

I read somewhere previously that the whole album from which this song came is a description of a boy and girl having a date. (bathing to get ready, eating a seafood dinner, going to see a French film, etc etc).

What I love about this song particularly is the clever way that it embeds the countdown within the lyrics, particularly in the latter stages of the song:

"I think, therefore (FOUR), I am a lucky man

Three: From this balcony The TWO of us can see The house where we first met ONE wet Sunday" :)