The World Is Lit By Lightning Lyrics - Deacon Blue

So maybe you're standing 

In some foreign town 

You've walked for miles 

'Til the heat slows you down 

And your jeans and your curls 

Are bleached and split 

And your money and your anger 

Are all used up 

Maybe I'm sorry 

About the light in this place 

Makes my heart seem cold 

As the words on these pages 

Maybe I'm reminded 

By a shop window display or a decoration 

Like some church candle that might just burn 

'Cause we're dancing under chandeliers and I'm telling you 

Caught in the headlights and I'm yelling it at you 

Why is it girl when the world is lit by lightning 

That I keep telling you that I love you 

So you're ten miles out 

Of this city at night 

When do coloured lights 

Become paint and glass and dust 

And how I wonder 

What light to trust 

The light of the distance 

Or the candle that might just burn 

'Cause we're dancing under chandeliers and I'm telling you 

Caught in the headlights and I'm yelling it at you 

Why is it girl when the world is lit by lightning 

That I keep telling you that I love you 

Seraphim and cherubim 

Skies full of gold dust 

Moonshine and starlight 

Pockets full of rainbows 

Windows and mirrored balls 

Porcelain and silverlake 

Dance hall neons flash and swing 

Blow out your candles 

It will call you angel 

Angel 

Angel 

When the world knows your name 

Dancing under chandeliers and I'm telling you 

Caught in the headlights and I'm yelling it at you 

Why is it girl when the world is lit by lightning 

That I keep telling you that I love you 

I love you 

I love you 

'Cause we're dancing under chandeliers and I'm telling you 

Caught in the headlights and I'm yelling it at you 

Why is it girl when the world is lit by lightning 

That I keep telling you that I love you