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I woke up with the power out
Not really something to shout about
Ice has covered up my parents' hands
Don't have any dreams, don't have any plans
I went out into the night
I went out to find some light
Kids are swinging from the power lines
Nobody's home, so nobody minds
I woke up on the darkest night
Neighbors all were shouting that they found the light
("We found the light!")
Shadows jumping all over my walls
Some of them big, some of them small
I went out into the night
I went out to pick a fight with anyone
Light a candle for the kids
Jesus Christ, don't keep it hid!
Ice has covered up my parents' hands
Don't have any dreams, don't have any plans
Growing up in some strange storm
Nobody's cold, nobody's warm
I went out into the night
I went out to find some light
Kids are dying out in the snow
Look at them go, look at them go!
And the power's out in the heart of man
Take it from your heart, put in your hand
What's the plan?
What's the plan?
Is it a dream? Is it a lie?
I think I'll let you decide
Just light a candle for the kids
Jesus Christ, don't keep it hid!
Because nothing's hid, from us kids!
You ain't fooling nobody with the lights out!
And the power's out in the heart of man
Take it from your heart, put in your hand
And there's something wrong in the heart of man
You take it from your heart and put it in your hand!
Where'd you go?
Not really something to shout about
Ice has covered up my parents' hands
Don't have any dreams, don't have any plans
I went out into the night
I went out to find some light
Kids are swinging from the power lines
Nobody's home, so nobody minds
I woke up on the darkest night
Neighbors all were shouting that they found the light
("We found the light!")
Shadows jumping all over my walls
Some of them big, some of them small
I went out into the night
I went out to pick a fight with anyone
Light a candle for the kids
Jesus Christ, don't keep it hid!
Ice has covered up my parents' hands
Don't have any dreams, don't have any plans
Growing up in some strange storm
Nobody's cold, nobody's warm
I went out into the night
I went out to find some light
Kids are dying out in the snow
Look at them go, look at them go!
And the power's out in the heart of man
Take it from your heart, put in your hand
What's the plan?
What's the plan?
Is it a dream? Is it a lie?
I think I'll let you decide
Just light a candle for the kids
Jesus Christ, don't keep it hid!
Because nothing's hid, from us kids!
You ain't fooling nobody with the lights out!
And the power's out in the heart of man
Take it from your heart, put in your hand
And there's something wrong in the heart of man
You take it from your heart and put it in your hand!
Where'd you go?
Lyrics submitted by drinkmilk
Track duration: 05:12
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Not the big problem
His parents are dead so now he does not know what to do with his life
He went out in the night to find the good in the world
There is chaos but no one cares because there are no parents around
He woke up on the worst night
Neighbours claiming they found the light (claiming that they have done something that is not true)
Even the people’s shadows are excited to see the light
Remembering another reason he went out into the horrors of the world, to pick a fight with anyone (lack of care)
Lighting a candle at a kids birthday party = hope in the world. Don’t try to stop kids from hoping for the future.
Hollering about the kids
His parents are cold people
Still does not know what he is going to do
When he was growing up people were inhuman (warm represents good and cold represent bad which shows how if your neither your are inhuman)
Now he focuses on his journey to find some good in the world
Instead he just sees the problems in the world with kids dying in the streets
The power for men to do something in the world is gone
So you must use your own power and put it to use with your hands (physically) to make a difference
What’s going to happen?
You can be spectacle but this is truly happening in the streets in the real world
For the love of God give these kids hope in the world that they could make a difference
Although the lights are dark (can’t see the truth) the kids know what is happening
There are problems in the heart of a man. But how could there be problems when the heart represents all that is good? The problem is that although people have hearts they do not feel for others in the world and do not always help fix the problems in the world.
He’s urging us to help and do something before it is too late.
Meaning:
The song is about all that is wrong in the world and how many times we have the power to do something but we do not. So it is like there is something with everyone’s hearts that does not help. This is because how could we not feel for (in the song) kids dying in the cold on the streets (homelessness). In the chorus he is urging that we take the power from our hearts and do physically do something. This is reiterated and the end when he says to do it now in the hands.
"Is it a dream, is it a lie?
I think I'll let you decide
Just light a candle for the kids
Jesus Christ, don't keep it hid!
Because nothing's hid, from us kids!
You ain't fooling nobody with the lights out!"
It's different from their other songs, has a less "indie" vibe, but still amazing. And I love the story. I really don't want this to do with God...no offence to anyone...but I just see lots of people relating songs and bands to god...a little annoying? eh.
favourite line. - don't just abandon the generation that comes after you
Anyway, the bits you quoted above first made me think of the Allegory, but also the lines, “Light a candle for the kids, Jesus Christ, don’t keep it hid,” seem applicable as well. Having discovered the real light, he tries to show it to them. In the Allegory, Plato wonders if doing this would lead the cave dwellers to kill the light bearer. Interestingly, that’s exactly what happens with Jesus Christ.
I guess what is also funny here is that the electric light in the song servers as a distraction like the shadows on the walls. When the lights are on in the house, they are off in the “hearts of man”.
It talks about storms, maybe the end of the world? I'm not sure. But it all kinda relates to storms,resulting in no technology and advances and just pure human life.
- Neighbors all were shouting that they found the light
("We found the light!")
Shadows jumping all over my walls
Some of them big, some of them small
I feel the song overall is about the banality of life in many areas of the civilized world. How the "power" has gone out in our lives, and with it, our ambition and drive to better ourselves and find meaning. This lyric in particular seems to refer to the idea that most of the "Neighborhood" realizes this and are looking for something to hold on to. In times of hopelessness and darkness, a lot of people turn to religion. Now I'm not saying there is anything inherently wrong with that, but a lot of the time, it's used as a cop-out, a carrot on a stick, a blanket of ignorance so they don't have to really deal with the reality of their life. I can't help but read this part as some of the "Neighbors" saying that they found meaning again in religion...and when the "singer" sees it, it's nothing but shadows reflecting against a wall.
This kind of reminds me Plato's Allegory of the Cave (en.wikipedia.org/wiki/…).
The people have known nothing but darkness with brief moments of shadow reflected on the walls. Because they need to find meaning in their banal existence, they attribute something deeper to the shadows.