Northern Lights

I love to see you free and dancing
You are my angel and my plaything
You move in ways that set my heart ablaze
It's you who puts my soul in ecstasy

You are my angel and my plaything
Your motion I find so entrancing
Shall I stand next to your fire ?
Smoke rings rise higher and higher
You are my angel and my plaything

If I'm your rose, you are my sun and rain
And the northern lights will shine again and again
If I'm your rose, you are my sun and rain

In the heat of the night, in the light of the day, as is given can also be taken away
In the heat of the night, in the light of the day, I remove anything that can stand in our way
I'll move in ways that set your heart ablaze

If I'm your rose, you are my sun and rain
And the northern lights will shine again and again
If I'm your rose, you are my sun and rain
And the northern lights will shine again and again
If I'm your rose, you are my sun and rain

Lyrics by:
Brown / McCracken / Colquhoun

Available on:
Music Of The Spheres (4.13)

Details:

The aurora borealis shines above Bear Lake, Alaska. An aurora is a natural light display in the sky, particularly in the polar regions, caused by the collision of charged particles directed by the Earth's magnetic field. In northern latitudes, the effect is known as the aurora borealis (or the northern lights), named after the Roman goddess of dawn, Aurora, and the Greek name for the north wind, Boreas. Its southern counterpart, the aurora australis (or the southern lights), has similar properties, but is only visible from high southern latitudes in Antarctica, South America, or Australasia.

Discernible influences on Northern Lights (a strain of cannabis) include 'Teardrop' by Massive Attack, and 'Lucky Star' by Madonna, in which she expresses her affection for someone by comparing them to a celestial body ("You must be my lucky star. 'cause you shine on me wherever you are... Come on, shine your heavenly body tonight"). The lyric, "Shall I stand next to your fire ?" derives from the chorus line of 'Fire', by The Jimi Hendrix Experience (Another Hendrix track, 'Killing Floor', is referenced on Hear No See No Speak No). The intro and outro of Northern Lights samples the flickering light in Leon's bathroom, from Ridley Scott's 'Blade Runner' (1982).

Top: Leon's bathroom, from Blade Runner. Deckard in this particular scene is not played by Harrison Ford. The shot was done after principal photography had ended, when Ford had finished his work on the film. This is why you only see his silhouette; Deckard here is played by Vic Armstrong, who had worked as a stunt double for Ford in 'Raiders of the Lost Ark.'
Bottom: The cover artwork of Music Of The Spheres is possibly influenced by this iconic opening shot of Blade Runner.

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