LIGHTS ON – English Lyrics

• By: Santigold, Ryan Beatty

Lyrics & Translation

[English]

Snow is falling, it's on the ground

First delayed but it's cancelled now

Late to the train broke myself off

Am I getting closer?

Now am I getting closer?

Taking the streets, I'm moving slow

Sure made a sweat now, what's there to lose?

I just wanna get there before you go

I hope I'm getting closer

I hope I'm getting closer

Leave the lights on

It may take a while but I'm coming home

Lights on

It may take a while but I'm coming home

Unlock the door

I'm coming, I'm coming

No matter how far

Leave the lights on

It may take a while but I'm coming home

I'll be there in the morning

I'll be there before you know it

Going fast as I can

But the traffic is bad

And my rental is slow

I'm coming, I'm coming

I'm coming home

You on my team, I can't be alone

You hear that ring, I pick up the phone

Call, a plane, a walk, a train

No matter which way baby, I'm coming home

Wish that I could press fast forward

To the part where I get there

Seeing all the lights on

Leave the lights on

It may take a while but I'm coming home

Lights on

It may take a while but I'm coming home

Unlock the door

I'm coming, I'm coming

No matter how far

Leave the lights on

It may take a while but I'm coming home

Bar is low, texts slow

No goodbyes, no xo

My flight delay, no echo

(Echo, echo, echo)

Hurry cause the plan's urgent

I'm trying to get home like the man's version

Emergency until I see you

And then you can hold mine like a hand surgeon

But let me take your bow off

Wooly knits, Prada hat so I can show off

You my gift that I can't get until I get to that front door

It's fluorescent if I leave with the lights on

Yeah, leave the lights on

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Key Vocabulary

Vocabulary	Meanings
home /hoʊm/ A1	noun - The place where one lives permanently. adverb - To or at the place where one lives.
light /laɪt/ A1	noun - The natural agent that stimulates sight and makes things visible; a device producing illumination.
closer /ˈkloʊsər/ A2	adjective - Nearing a particular point or condition; at a shorter distance. adverb - At or to a shorter distance or interval.
delay /dɪˈleɪ/ B1	verb - To make (someone or something) late or slow; to postpone. noun - A period of time when something is held up or postponed.
cancel /ˈkænsəl/ B1	verb - To decide or announce that a planned event will not take place.
unlock /ʌnˈlɒk/ B1	verb - To open (something locked) by means of a key or other device.
far /fɑːr/ A2	adjective - At, to, or by a great distance. adverb - At or to a great distance.
traffic /ˈtræfɪk/ A2	noun - Vehicles moving on a road or public highway.
rental /ˈrentəl/ B1	noun - An item that has been rented, especially a vehicle.
alone /əˈloʊn/ A2	adjective - Without any other people; solitary.
urgent /ˈɜːrdʒənt/ B2	adjective - Requiring immediate action or attention.
emergency /ɪˈmɜːrdʒənsi/ B1	noun - A serious, unexpected, and often dangerous situation requiring immediate action.
fluorescent /flʊˈresənt/ C1	adjective - (Of a substance or light) emitting light as a result of absorbing radiation of a different wavelength; brightly glowing.
snow /snoʊ/ A1	noun - Atmospheric water vapor frozen into ice crystals and falling in light white flakes.
wish /wɪʃ/ A2	verb - To want something to happen or to be true, even if it is unlikely or impossible. noun - A desire or hope for something.
forward /ˈfɔːrwərd/ B1	adverb - In the direction that one is facing or travelling; towards the front.
surgeon /ˈsɜːrdʒən/ B2	noun - A medical practitioner qualified to practice surgery.
gift /ɡɪft/ A2	noun - A thing given willingly to someone without payment; a present.
bow /boʊ/ B1	noun - A knot with two loops and two loose ends, used as a fastening or for decoration.
version /ˈvɜːrʒən/ B2	noun - A particular form of something differing in certain respects from an earlier form or other forms of the same type.