The party wasn't over, when my friends started leaving
Still a lot of things I had to say
If I walked back in that room, would it be the way I left it?
Lost my nerve and turned away
And the rains came
And the skies turned grey
When the lights came on
I could see the picture
It burnt my eyes and it bruised my mind
Gave me hope to face the future
I was not alone when the lights came on
They crucified the ox and put his carcass to the fire
Stood around proclaiming they were free
Stripped away his flesh, while giving thanks for all his labours
No-one saw the joke, but him and me
Then the rains came
And the skies turned grey
When the lights came on
I could see the picture
It burnt my eyes and it bruised my mind
Gave me hope to face the future
I was not alone when the lights came on
Then the rains came
And the skies turned grey
When the lights came on
I could see the picture
It burnt my eyes and it bruised my mind
Gave me hope to face the future
I was not alone when the lights came on
A wise man built his house upon a rock beside a river
Cared not for the storms that lashed around
The foolish man was tempted, dipped his soul into the water
His body, though at peace, has not been found
But the rains came
And the skies turned grey
When the lights came on
I could see the picture
It burnt my eyes and it bruised my mind
Gave me hope to face the future
I was not alone when the lights came on
When the lights came on
I could see into the future
It burnt my eyes and it bruised my mind
I saw the truth that I had been concealing
We were face to face when the lights came on