Born in a manger
You're getting stranger everyday
Uncertain chancer
You're sending everything astray
You're certain danger
You're a monsoon and a fire all in one
Got me on the run

There's a distant light
(Distant light)
A forest fire burning everything in sight
(Easy fight)
We pick it up in space with survey satellite
(Survey satellite, looking at you)
You're turning every modern theory on its head
(Survey satellite, looking at you)
Leaving me for dead

You're so demanding
You've got me fumbling for escape
I'm understanding
But I'm afraid it's all too late
To find a meaning
You're blowing everything away from coast to coast
Got me much too close

There's a distant light
(Distant light)
A forest fire burning everything in sight
(Easy fight)
We pick it up in space with survey satellite
(Survey satellite, looking at you)
You're turning every modern theory on its head
(Survey satellite, looking at you)
Leaving me for dead

Don't worry me, or hurry me
Blow me far away to the northern lights (X5)
Abandon me, abandon me
Blow me far away to the northern lights
You rain on me, you rain on me
Blow me far away to the northern lights
Abandon me, abandon me
Blow me far away to the northern lights
Don't worry me, or hurry me
Blow me far away to the northern lights
Don't worry me, or hurry me
Blow me far away to the northern lights
Don't worry me, or hurry me
Blow me far away to the northern lights

Quote (1) (Gruff):
"That's inspired by weather phenomena on weather channels. The weather was headline news quite often last year (1998) and I don't remember the weather being on the news so much before. I had this tune for a few years and I know what kind of beat to play it to. So because of the subject matter and the El Niņo phenomenon, I tried the calypso beat. It could've been a rock song, I'm hoping someone's gonna make a rock version of it."
Quote (2) (Gruff):
"This was about the El Niņo phenomenon, communication and destruction. Songs can be extremely useful - you write a song about Howard Marks and the next thing you're at his house; you write a song about the Northern Lites and hopefully someone will take you there. They didn't but I've seen them twice now and they are pretty amazing."
Where:
Real World Studios
When:
1999
Source:
Track 3 (Songbook): 3 minutes, 31 seconds
Track 4 (Guerrilla): 3 minutes, 30 seconds
A-side (Northern Lites): 3 minutes, 31 seconds
Status:
Complete!
Video director:
SFA/Martin McCarthy
Notes:
The promo video for the single was a hastily put together affair consisting of touched-up archive footage taken from the World Curling Championships and a 3-D spinning logo nicked from superfurry.com, but bigger! On more recent tours, SFA have played a rock version of this track, dropping the calypso beat altogether.