Super Furry Animals – Northern Lites

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Born in a manger.
Your getting stranger everyday.
Uncertain chancer.
Your sending everything astray.
Your certain danger.
Your a monsoon and fire all in one.
Got me on the run.

There's a distant light.
A forest fire burning everything insight.
Easy flight.
We pick it up in space with survey satellite.
Survey satellite looking at you.
Your turning every modern theory on it's head.
Leaving me for dead.

Your so demanding.
You've got me fumbling for escape.
I'm understanding.
But I'm afraid it's all too late.
To find a meaning.
Your blowing everything away.
From coast to coast.
Got me much too close.

There's a distant light.
A forest fire burning everything insight.
Easy flight.
We pick it up in space with survey satellite.
Survey satellite looking at you.
Your turning every modern theory on it's head.
Leaving me for dead.

Don't worry me or hurry me.
Blow me far away to the northern lites.
Abandon me, abandon me.
Blow me far away, blow me far away to the northern lites

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Lyrics submitted by jack gas

Track duration: 03:30

"Northern Lites" as written by Huw Bunford, Cian Ciaran, Dafydd Ieuan, Guto Pryce, Gruff Rhys

Lyrics © Universal Music Publishing Group

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    General Comment:i love the bit in:
    Got me on the run
    There's a distant light
    (Distant light)
    A forest fire burning everything in sight
    (Easy fight)
    We pick it up in space with survey satellite
    (Survey satellite, looking at you)
    You're turning every modern theory
    On its head
    (Survey satellite, looking at you)
    Leaving me for dead

    when it goes all cheezy and happy even though he is kinda singing:

    A forest fire burning everything in sight

    its a welsh thing that they can all seem to make something so..........un cheery, sound so nice and floaty!!!!!






    i dont mean to be racist when i say its a welsh thing












    but it is











    LOL














    (:










    i like cheeze
    Flag wee yinon April 16, 2008   Link
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    General Comment:I think it is about someone who actually *was* born in a manger -- or said to be born there -- and that's God. And it's about how God or the universe or nature (I doubt it matters much from the perspective of SFA) is now destroying everything on earth through global warming, fires, and lots of other Ten Plague-like calamities. Very pleasant music to go with such destructive lyrics.
    Flag islanduniverseon July 24, 2007   Link
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    General Comment:I think this song is about somebody who refers to themself as perfect
    "Born in a manger"
    but who is actually completely insane and strange, but being completely attracted to that person despite the fact they are so different.
    Flag dancepartycoruptionon November 06, 2006   Link
  • 0
    General Comment:I think its about a bonkers girlfriend.
    Flag heartbeats_xxxon June 27, 2006   Link
  • 0
    General Comment:Actually, I've heard several times that this song is about global warming. Or El Ninio. I forget which.
    Flag CosmicWolfyon October 21, 2005   Link
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    General Comment:excellent indeed. i think it's about being so crazy about someone, you want them to kick you into touch almost as much as you want to be with them because you know that they could hurt you.
    Flag dixie72on July 23, 2005   Link
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    General Comment:Excellent song. My favorite by far.
    Flag CosmicWolfyon March 07, 2003   Link

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