Lyrics for There Is A Light That Never Goes Out as interpreted by weezerific:cutlery

There Is A Light That Never Goes Out Lyrics
Take me out tonight
where there's music and there's people
who are young and alive
driving in your car
I never never want to go home
because I haven't got one anymore

Take me out tonight
because I want to see people
and I want to see life
driving in your car
oh please don't drop me home
because it's not my home, it's their home
and I'm welcome no more

And if a double-decker bus
crashes in to us
to die by your side
is such a heavenly way to die
and if a ten ton truck
kills the both of us
to die by your side
well the pleasure, the privilege is mine

Take me out tonight
take me anywhere, I don't care
I don't care, I don't care
and in the darkened underpass
I thought Oh God, my chance has come at last
but then a strange fear gripped me
and I just couldn't ask

Take me out tonight
oh take me anywhere, I don't care
I don't care, I don't care
driving in your car
I never never want to go home
because I haven't got one
no, I haven't got one

And if a double-decker bus
crashes in to us
to die by your side
is such a heavenly way to die
and if a ten ton truck
kills the both of us
to die by your side
well the pleasure, the privilege is mine

There is a light that never goes out
There is a light that never goes out
There is a light that never goes out
There is a light that never goes out

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NoOtherOne
05-12-2002

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The whole song is humerously romantic and one of my favorite songs.

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goodbyeskyharbor
05-26-2002

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if there is good 80's music, this is it. well, this and the cure and U2. but yeah, this song is adorably charming.

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butterflykiss84
05-27-2002

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Fantastic song which collocates humour with the theme of love. You can't get much better than The Snmiths IMO :)

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weezerific:cutlery
06-05-2002

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i have a smiths shirt that says "And if a double-decker bus crashes in to us to die by your side is such a heavenly way to die". it's so great. so is this song.

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Chloe le Fay
06-19-2002

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I think it's a death wish of sorts. Two people in a car, one of whom (the narrator) is in love, but isafraid to admi, because he thinks he might be rejected. He obviously is not incredibly happy (he also lived with his parents and just got kicked out of the house), but he feels content with his belovèd, and wishes he could die right then at the one good moment of his life.

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BadReligionGrrrl
07-04-2002

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this song always, gave me the hope of being able to get away, but in reality just being stuck, where i always will be. great song though.

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alda
07-22-2002

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The first time I heard this song I thought it sounded familiar and it was! I'd actually heard it first in SPANISH. Mikel Erentxun (or however you spell his last name) atually made a remake of this song but in spanish. The song is exactly the same and the lyrics are almost the same. It's titled "Esta Luz Nunca Se Apagara". Both of the songs are great. First it was my fav. in spanish and now in english

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suedehead
10-17-2002

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I believe all the "take me home" lyrics are supposed to be "take me OUT"! I dont know what song you were listening to cause Moz clearly says "....take me out tonight" Great song by the way. Have you guys seen the video or heard the live version of this song? both really great.

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Miss_Chainsaw
03-20-2003

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i always thought it was someone's plea for a more exciting life. wanting to get out of the small towns and into the big cities. i also thought that the singer didn't know the person they were in the car of, like a hitch hiker, and the 'oh god my chance has come at last' was about losing your virginity in a one night stand with a stranger. i never got the impression it was about real love. i love the way such a strong line as 'there is a light that never goes out' makes me think of tacky neon nightclub signs.

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NishatheDork
04-14-2003

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such an amazing song!

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SouthHibbing
04-21-2003

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Excuse me "Miss Chainsaw", but how could you think that
"And if a double-decker bus
crashes in to us
to die by your side
is such a heavenly way to die"
was not about true love??????
It is and I'm with Chloe Le Fav on the afraid of rejection idea.
The bit about "its not my home" is also about rejection, a feeling of not being good enough or accepted by your own family.

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acoustic
05-05-2003

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trying to avoid problems and staying in the moments of happiness as long as you can. i think this part "and in the darkened underpass
I thought Oh God, my chance has come at last
but then a strange fear gripped me
and I just couldn't ask"
is about him contemplating suicide and not being able to go through it.

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innsikt
05-10-2003

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my favorite smiths song ever.
I have to admit to making my (now ex, but no bitterness) boyfriend listen to this song when I wanted him to get into the Smiths.
and of course, he asked if there was any other meaning into my making him listen to that particular song... I couldn't say no.
Morrissey always succeeds in creating the most romantic songs.

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thats super
05-10-2003

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really romantic. beautiful.

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melancholy_jellyfish
06-11-2003

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One of my favorites from The Smiths too.
I don't know how familiar everyone is with Gregg Araki's movie The Doom Generation, but this song always makes me think of the relationship the two main characters have. There's a scene in the movie also that really goes along with this song where the guy wishes that they'd both die together in a firey explosion at once because he can't bear to miss her.
Anyway, I think the song is more about true love than a one night stand.

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Cherub Rock
07-01-2003

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this song is absolutely amazing and got me hooked on the smiths. as soon as i heard that bass line...
btw the lyrics are "take me *out* tonight"
it's such a beautiful, quirky, strangely affecting little tale of true love.

The Doom Generation...thanx for reminding me..that was one disturbing movie. it was also a load of shit

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ChibiLolita
04-19-2004

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In the book "The Perks of Being a Wallflower", which I thought was pretty mediocre and sort of sappy, there was one part I really liked about a song that makes the main character feel immortal. For me, this is the song that makes me feel "immortal". There is NOTHING like driving around with this blasting out of your speakers at night.

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asleepysheep
05-11-2004

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i heard morrissey wrote this song for elvis.

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Clayton Bigsby
06-07-2004

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To me, this song is about his homosexuality and his family's disapproval of it. He asks his friend to take him away and possibly tries to express his feelings for him, but can't.

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Mozza
07-04-2004

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The song is far more simple than people like to admit. The narrator is hopelessly in love and its just another one of his problems. Its a simple protestation of almost unfathomable love coupled with the narrator's self-loathing of his own lack of self confidence "oh God my chance has come at last, but then a strange fear gripped me and I just couldnt ask." Simple, stupidly beautiful though.

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Mozza
07-04-2004

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The song is far more simple than people like to admit. The narrator is hopelessly in love and its just another one of his problems. Its a simple protestation of almost unfathomable love coupled with the narrator's self-loathing of his own lack of self confidence "oh God my chance has come at last, but then a strange fear gripped me and I just couldnt ask." Simple, stupidly beautiful though.

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goody
10-09-2004

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"and in the darkened underpass
I thought Oh God, my chance has come at last
but then a strange fear gripped me
and I just couldn't ask"

Morrissey himself has said that these lines are the only ones from his songs that really strike him- apparently hearing this always shocks him.

Make of that what you will.

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black milk
10-30-2004

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Beautiful song, indeed.

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hidispenser
11-01-2004

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I've been a Smiths fan for a short while and yet I somehow never came across this song until lastnight, when a very special girl asked me to play it with her as we listened together over the internet. I was near tears after the second listen.

The song HAS to be about true love, not a one night thing. He's talking about someone SO special that dying is actually less important than simply being with that person!

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collapseonimpact
11-19-2004

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not something to cry about though...

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