Lyrics
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