In a July 2020 interview for DIY Mag, lead singer Liz Stokes explains:
I’ve never said ‘wish you were here’ or ‘wish I was there’ more than I did last year. I wished for teleportation powers so many times, for the power to appear on my friends' doorsteps and tell them things were going to be OK. Th...
[Verse 1]
Lightning strikes
From the heights and finds
The tallest spires
Points and clicks and acquires
[Verse 2]
You are high
Fists fall clenched in climb
Attracting fire
Down your spine, electrified
But after all, burnt and tired
[Chorus]
'Cause we live in darker times
Open my eyes so I can see brighter, oh
You are a beam of light
Maybe that's why your battery runs dry
[Verse 3]
I hear you cry
From the other side
Of a broadband line
That cuts out and in, two seconds behind
You go quiet and say goodnight
You go quiet and say goodnight
[Chorus]
'Cause we live in darker times
Open my eyes so I can see brighter
And you are a beam of light
Maybe that's why your battery runs dry
Meet me outside in five
I will be waiting out by the street signs
And you are a beam of light
Maybe that's why your battery runs dry
We live in darker times
Open my eyes so I can see brighter
And you are a beam of light
Maybe that's why your battery runs dry
Meet me outside in five
I will be waiting out by the street signs
And you are a beam of light
Maybe that's why your battery runs dry
You Are a Beam of Light was written by Elizabeth Stokes.
You Are a Beam of Light was produced by Jonathan Pearce.
The Beths released You Are a Beam of Light on Fri Jul 10 2020.