Don't You Forget About Me #4 - Lighthouse

The Hush Sound - Lighthouse

Where would you go if the world was seemingly ending around you? Would you choose to head to a lighthouse haunted by the ghost of a girl locked inside waiting for the return of her sailor lover? Probably not, but for the two protagonists in 'Lighthouse' it appears to be their only option. Wait, two protagonists? Yeah... maybe there's only one, but I'm sticking to the theory that it's not just the one characters that gets the narrative here. Confused? I hope so. I know I am.

There's so much to like about this song; the sweet and simple piano arrangement, Greta Salpeter's haunting vocals that draw you in completely and there's the amazing writing that makes up one of the coolest stories to be put into a song. I love a good ghost story (except for Paranormal Activity - that was awful) and that's pretty much what we get given in 'Lighthouse.' Check out the lyrics....

Take what you need while there's time

The city will be earth in a short while

If I'm not mistaken it's been in flames

You and I will escape to the seaside

There is a storm in the distance

The wind breathing warning of its imminence

There is a lighthouse five hundred yards down

You and I will be safe there

There is a girl who haunts that lighthouse

She saved me, I was swimming

So young I almost drowned

Under the water she sang a story

Of losing her lover

She calls a warning

Love, you are foolish, you're tired

Your sleeplessness makes you a liar

The city is burning

The ocean is turning

You and I will be safe in the lighthouse

Her lover was a sailor

She went and she waited there

The door locked from the outside

Lover never arrived so she sings there

Soft as a siren luring the ships off their course, how alarming

We went in, we climbed up and looked out

The door locked from the outside

Three ghosts in a lighthouse

Best ending ever! It's like The Sixth Sense in song form!!

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