[Verse 1] One went out at a bus-stop in Edinburgh One went out in an English park One went out in a night club, when I was fifteen Little lights in my heart
[Verse 2] One went out when I lied to my mother Said the cigarettes she found were not mine One went out within me Now I smoke like a chimney It's getting dark in this heart of mine It's getting dark in this heart of mine
[Chorus] We're born with millions Of little lights shining in the dark And they show us the way One lights up, every time you feel love in your heart One dies when it moves away
[Verse 3] One went out in the back streets of Manchester One went out in an airport in Spain One went out, have no doubt When I grew up and moved out Of the place where the boy used to play
[Chorus] We're born with millions Of little lights shining in the dark And they show us the way One lights up, every time you feel love in your heart One dies when it moves away We're born with millions Of little lights shining in our hearts And they die along the way Till we're old and we're cold And we're lying in the dark Cause they'll all burn out one day They'll all burn out one day Oh oh, they'll all burn out one day They'll all burn out one day Yeah
At each of these places and times in his life, he lost a piece of his innocence or a “little light”. This whole song is about how when we’re young we have all these little lights but as we get older and live life a bit more, we realize that we are slowly losing all our little lights and that they’ll all be gone or “burnt out” one day.
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