Released in 2003, it was later featured on the album “When I Said I Wanted to Be Your Dog”. The music video, which features Lekman in an armoured vehicle in a tunnel, gained heavy airplay on MTV in the Nordic countries around release.
Yeah, I got busted
So I used my one phone call to dedicate
A song to you on the radio
Yeah, I got busted
In custody, I imagined our melody
Being played on a grand piano
I saw your face in front of me
It was perfect clarity
I saw a light at the end of the tunnel
And it was you
'Cause you are the light by which I travel into this and that
You are the light
You are the light by which I travel into this and that
Yeah, I got busted
I painted a dirty word on your old man's Mercedes-Benz 'cause you told me to do it
Yeah, I got busted
But soon they released me 'cause the cops were sad
And they didn't know how to prove it
Oh, I saw your face in front of me
It was perfect clarity
I saw a light at the end of the tunnel
And it was you
'Cause you are the light by which I travel into this and that
You are the light
You are the light by which I travel into this and that
It's all so obvious, so obvious
Why would anyone need a map or a compass?
It's so beautiful
To be guided by you
'Cause you are the light
You are the light by which I travel into this and that
You are the light
You are the light by which I travel into this and that
You are the light, light
You are the light, light
You Are the Light was written by Jens Lekman.
You Are the Light was produced by Jens Lekman.