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'The Lighthouse' by Interpol is a 2007 alternative track from the album 'Our Love to Admire'. The lyrics frame a search for shelter and steadiness, returning to the image of a lighthouse as a place that feels safe from outside forces, even as storms and tides press in. One line insists on wanting that protection, while the speaker faces the weather head on, listening for meaning in the waves. The repeated question, “What do the waves have to say now?”, turns the coastal scene into a kind of anxious reflection, followed by a plea to slow down as the night closes in.
"The Lighthouse" is a track by Interpol, from the album Our Love to Admire, released 8th July 2007. The track is 5:24 long. It's filed under Alternative. Full lyrics are available below. Dork has published 15 articles about Interpol.
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It's the place that's said to break It's just as safe from the outside tonight And I want that I face the storms at the tides From the lighthouse And I want that Unleash the storm and the night Oh What do the waves have to say now? What do the waves have to say now? Slow now And let the waves have their way now Slow, and let the waves have their day And I want that Here I've been living on roofs made from sin Upward and outward, "begin, begin." Here I've been lucid I'm living within Inwardly urgent, I'm sinking again The lighthouse
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