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30 seconds from disaster // miracle contained

bright lights collective

 

I'm always 30 seconds from disaster with you, with you

I’m always hanging looking over the edge, into the space where I can fall

Just one move from a wipeout, when I follow you

I am steppin' out into a place where there's no exit signs.

 

No exit signs, no exit signs with you

No exit signs with you, no exit signs with you.

 

I'm always on the limit and it's touch and go with you, with you

Can't help but start to think about the mess, that there could be, if I follow

It's not that I don't trust you, ‘cos I know you, really know you.

It's just without an escape hatch to use, I get nervous, really nervous.

 

But I know that you will keep me from falling 

'Cos I've looked over so many drops with you

And I know that even if, even if I stumble

A hand comes out to help me up, and on we go.

 

I'm always 30 seconds from disaster with you, with you

I'm always on the limit and it's touch and go with you, with you

Authenticity // miracle contained

Springate / Phelps Jones / Fleetcroft 

 

She’s on the cover of every magazine

Every mans fantasy

Girls scream ‘why can’t that be me?’

They don’t know the impossibility

She’s as real as the smile on her airbrushed face

In the real world she’d look out of place

 

This is the search for real life

Is there something underneath?

When I strip away the sell does it leave a core of me?

This is the search for real life

 

Lives laid bare with a half hour show

Big Brother watching as if you didn’t know

Construct a story so you watch more

All reality left on the cutting room floor

It’s as real as the fame that they would have you chase

In the real world they sink without a trace

Clear Day // miracle contained

bright lights collective

 

Can we start a revolution?

Can we start a revolution?

Can we start a revolution?

Can we start a revolution in your soul?

 

So many hearts are broken

So many lost in search of more

But do we want a revolution?

Can some justice find a home?

 

You can see for miles on a clear day

 

So many names, so many faces

So many I can never know

But do we want a revolution?

Can I put those unknown first?

 

Don’t go looking for some education

Don’t chase someone else’s dream

Don’t think that you can move without meaning

Can we spark a revolution in your soul?

Binary Life // miracle contained

bright lights collective

 

I am alone but I’m surrounded, and they make sure that I’ve got all that I need

The one thing missing is a heartbeat, ‘cos my body’s cared for fine, but there’s more to me

I long for the breakdowns when someone comes out to see what’s wrong

A real conversation, a real connection to me

 

I am alone but I hear voices, so many voices are talking to me

Avatars and some real faces, think I know them but they really know me

But I struggle to trust them, when I can’t know what they are

Just a bit of eye contact would be a real connection to me

 

Without a heartbeat, where’s the love?

Without a heartbeat, where’s the touch to feed my soul?

Without a heartbeat, know they’ll never understand.

Without a heartbeat yeah.

 

I am alone but not for much longer, unlucky in love, now I’ve found a cure

She’s all that I dreamed of, perfect in every way, programmed in is all I expect a partner to give

But still I wonder, as I get all that I command

If compliance, if it’s a real connection to me

Human Qualities // Miracle contained

Springate / Phelps Jones / Fleetcroft 

 

You’re a beautiful song that’s never been heard

and when you’re gone you’ll never be repeated again.

When you’re feeling alone like there’s no-one to hold

there’s a place for you there, you didn’t grow from thin air.

You didn’t grow from thin air - no!

 

There’s such a miracle contained in your face

Just wanna help you look and find your place

‘Cos you’re looking in the mirror at an empty space

But the lines I see put you in your place

The lines I see put you in your place

 

You’ve got so much to offer - spark a flame in the dark

you can carry a smile and know calm in your heart.

When you mess up in life like you’re missing the mark

in the midst of a wreck there’s a second chance 

there’s a second chance - yeah!

Personal Protest Song // miracle contained

bright lights collective

 

This is a protest song against me.

 

I didn’t pull the trigger, but I live behind the front line.

and I didn’t turn the key, but I don’t look to release you.

I’m not doing the bullying, it’s done on behalf of me

and I didn’t ask the kids to work in the factory, making my clothes.

 

And I feel like I’m trapped, how can I not live this way?

Don’t know where to turn, the steps I should take.

But I know that you’re there, you’re real

And my actions affect you, must start somewhere.

 

I’m not stealing people’s food, it just gets brought here for me

and I’m not taking an unfair share, just what’s available for me

I can’t see what’s happening to you, but I’m not looking

and I didn’t want the world to turn out like this, I know it’s not fair.

SYMPHONY // miracle contained

bright lights collective

 

Sitting on the train like I always do,

counting off the stops like yesterday,

every day feels just the same.

 

And I’ve been busy all day, just one coffee stop,

I’m not sure what I’ve done, or if it really matters.

In a flash, what I’ve achieved could be gone.

 

And I’ve been wondering again where my dreams have gone,

so much I had to offer, but time has passed me by.

In a flash. But I’m holding onto what I’ve got left.

 

It’s just words, but words with the power to change the scene

words to draw us in, give us a glimpse, of how things should be

words, like a sorry after 50 years of hurt

and words that explain the mistakes we made

 

I’m playing my note in your symphony

I’m taking my place in your orchestra

Without me there there’s an empty place

There’s a gap in the music where there’s a space

My note in your symphony makes it complete

 

Sitting on the train like yesterday

counting off the stops in the same old way,

see the same old things through a different frame.

 

And I know that it’s all there

everything I need to play my part

it’s all within my grasp, within my hands

Ocean beyond the Wall // miracle contained

bright lights collective

 

When there’s no way to carry on

the view is filled by an impossible mountain

scrambling up a steep face

gripping the tiniest ledge.

 

Going up or down feels like an equal terror

looking up but there’s no end in sight

feels like you’ll always be here

and then a breeze sea air.

 

And there’s an ocean beyond the wall

There’s a place to stretch out and let the heaviness go.

There’s the promise of a new beginning

And as the tide comes in then out

It takes away what we let go

And we’re left floating in the hope that remains.

 

When life’s a struggle, walls are closing in

light squeezed out, drowned out by frustration

feeling condemned to the dark

see light receding above.

 

Feel the sun upon your skin

let the water bear all your weight

hear the waves crash on the shore 

then retreat, leaving new perspective

you can sing your song again

stretch out and look ahead.

Take me Outside // miracle contained

bright lights collective

 

This is my only chance to be what I can be

With one life left I can’t afford to sit it out

With you beside me, I know that I can’t fail

Take my hand and lead me on

 

My TV is not a window, it’s brighter than the light outside

I’m fed up of travelling the world sat in my chair

Fed up of a life of adventure that I can always control

Of a head full of memories I haven’t known.

 

Take me outside

Take me outside

Take me out

 

And success is not an answer to the longings that I feel inside

When I reach the top I look down from my velvet cage

I just seem to keep on grasping, but I can’t find anywhere to hold

I need to find someplace where I can get rest.

Stolen // miracle contained

bright lights collective

 

There's a cry in the valley, it's anguish and it’s grief

A father letting love loose, and it's streaming from his mouth.

Cradling his daughter, wrapping her arms around his neck.

But every time he puts them there, her arms fall limply down.

She's stolen...

she was gone as the rocket landed

as she built a castle in the sand.

 

Stolen, leaving a family with a hole in, no chance to dream and follow 

Stolen, their song lost to the world, and there's no way home.

And there's no way home.

 

There's a cry from behind the curtain, it's terror and it's pain

A boy letting despair loose, and it's streaming from his mouth.

Crouched in the corner, hoping to be left alone,

But every time he smells the drink, the blows come raining down.

He's stolen....

giving up as the blows kept coming

hope taken by the ones he loved. 

 

Stolen, leaving a person with a hole in, no chance to dream and follow 

Stolen, their song lost to the world, and there’s no way home.

And there’s no way home.

 

There's a cry that echoes outside, it’s confusion and its loss

A girl letting fear loose, and it’s streaming from her mouth.

Locked in a dark room, torn away from all she knows,

And every time the key turns, hopes its someone to take her home.

She's stolen...

she's been snatched and traded onwards

she's forgotten how to be a child.

 

Stolen, leaving a shell without a life in, no chance to dream and follow 

Stolen, their song lost to the world, and there’s no way home.

And there’s no way home.

 

All I want is, all I want is

All I want is to see you smile again

All I want is, all I want is

All I want is to see you smile again

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