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Steve Madewell: Music

Are You Still Lighting Up For Me

(Steve Madewell)
September 1, 2007
Steve Madewell

The telephone rang in the middle of the night

And I jumped up out of bed

All the things that could be wrong

Rushed into my head

A strange voice in the darkness

Asked if it was me

I strained to hear a familiar tone

And wondered who could it be?

Suddenly I heard your voice

A voice that I once knew

From a long time back

When a memory was

Made by me and you

I stepped outside so I could talk

and find some privacy

When a thousands lights all flashed at once like I was in a dream

Chorus

All the lights around me

Going out then reappearing

Were not so different than

The voice on the line that I was hearing

Are you still lighting up for me?

 

Fireflies on the hillsides

And underneath the trees

Across the field they lit the night

Like a phosphorescent sea

Each one lighting up the way

To bring a lover home

Flashing bright in a dark hot night

Trying not to be alone

Chorus

All the lights around me

Going out then reappearing

Were not so different than

The voice on the line that I was hearing

Are you still lighting up for me?

We can't go back to a time that's past

Love can be so fleeting

Bridges burned and lessons learned

Maybe this all had no meaning

But something I can give to you is the voice that you are hearing

Time and time and time again

It's a small gift that I am giving

Are you still lighting up for me?

Of all those flashing lights that shown

Yours was bright and searing

A white hot light in the neon nights

But your light kept disappearing

Are you still lighting up for me?