Difference between revisions of "Lights In The Sky (song)"

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Album:The Slip

Length:3:30

Versions:Lights In The Sky

"Lights In The Sky" is the seventh track on the Nine Inch Nails album The Slip. Its somewhat devotional lyrics are reminiscent of those of both "We're In This Together" and "The Fragile."

Curiously, the track overlaps into "Corona Radiata" and shares its tempo (55 BPM), but whether the tracks are otherwise related is possible but unknown. Multitracks for this song (and all others from The Slip) were released in raw WAV format via remix.nin.com.

Track artwork

Artwork accompanying the digital file

The song's accompanying art is vague, but may represent a light in the sky, a whirlpool (As in "Watching you drown; I'll follow you down") or possibly even a halo (in the sense of the literal meaning or the NIN catalogue system). It is also one of the three pictures in The Slip that have no red lines.

Appearances

Halos

The Slip

Versions

Lights In The Sky

This is the original album version. It consists of Trent Reznor singing quietly in his lower vocal range, accompanied by piano. It is joined toward its ending by very quiet ambience and flute. The structure resembles the first half of the stripped-down version of "The Fragile." The incoming ambient pads of "Corona Radiata" fade in over the song's ending.

Live

This song debuted live on the second night of the NIN/JA Tour, and was played infrequently throughout that tour - it has not appeared since.

Lyrics

   She's mostly gone
   Some other place
   I'm getting by 
   In other ways
   Everything they whispered in our ear
   Is coming true
   Try to justify the things
   I used to do
   Believe in you 
   
   Watching you drown
   I'll follow you down
   I am here right beside you
   The lights in the sky
   Have finally arrived
   I am staying right beside you
   
   I tried to stay away
   Just in case
   I've come to realize
   We all have our place
   Time has a way you know 
   To make it clear
   I have my role in this
   I can't disappear
   Or leave you here
   
   Watching you drown
   I'll follow you down
   I am here right beside you
   The lights in the sky
   Are waving goodbye
   I am staying right beside you

External Links

"Lights In The Sky" live from on stage, Austin, 5.12.09

Previous track - "Head Down"

Track 7 from The Slip

Next track - "Corona Radiata"

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-{{expand}}{{song
+{{song
-| title=Lights in the Sky
+| title=Lights In The Sky
 | album=''[[The Slip]]''
 | length=3:30
-| versions=Lights in the Sky
+| BPM = 55
-| live=N/A
+| versions=Lights In The Sky
-}}[[Image:lightsinthesky.jpg|thumb|200px|Artwork accompanying the MP3 file]]
+| live=[[Wave Goodbye Tour]]
-'''''"Lights in the Sky"''''' is the seventh track on the [[Nine Inch Nails]] album ''[[The Slip]]''. It appears to consist of [[Trent Reznor]] singing and accompanying himself on solo piano. The structure resembles the "stripped-down" version of "[[The Fragile (song)|The Fragile]]" found in the ''[[Still]]'' album.
+}}
+'''"Lights In The Sky"''' is the seventh track on the [[Nine Inch Nails]] album ''[[The Slip]]''. Its somewhat devotional lyrics are reminiscent of those of both "[[We're In This Together (song)|We're In This Together]]" and "[[The Fragile (song)|The Fragile]]."
-The art is vague, but may represent a light in the sky, a whirlpool (As in "Watching you drown; I'll follow you down") or possibly even a halo (in the sense of the literal meaning or the NIN catalogue system). It is also one of the three pictures in ''The Slip'' that have no red lines.
+Curiously, the track overlaps into "[[Corona Radiata]]" and shares its tempo (55 BPM), but whether the tracks are otherwise related is possible but unknown. [[Multitracks]] for this song (and all others from ''The Slip'') were released in raw WAV format via [[remix.nin.com]].
-Curiously, the track overlaps into "[[Corona Radiata]]", but whether the tracks are somehow related is possible but unknown.
+==Track artwork==
+[[Image:lightsinthesky.jpg|thumb|Artwork accompanying the digital file]]
+The song's accompanying art is vague, but may represent a light in the sky, a whirlpool (As in "Watching you drown; I'll follow you down") or possibly even a halo (in the sense of the literal meaning or the NIN catalogue system). It is also one of the three pictures in ''The Slip'' that have no red lines.
 ==Appearances==
 ===Halos===
-*''[[The Slip]]''
+*''The Slip''
 ==Versions==
-===Lights in the Sky===
+===Lights In The Sky===
-This is the original album version.
+This is the original album version. It consists of [[Trent Reznor]] singing quietly in his lower vocal range, accompanied by piano. It is joined toward its ending by very quiet ambience and flute. The structure resembles the first half of the stripped-down version of "[[The Fragile (song)#The Fragile (Still)|The Fragile]]." The incoming ambient pads of "Corona Radiata" fade in over the song's ending.
 ==Live==
-This song has not been played live.
+This song debuted live on the [[2009/05/09 Tampa, FL|second night]] of the [[NIN/JA Tour]], and was played infrequently throughout that tour - it has not appeared since.
 ==Lyrics==
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      Is coming true
      Try to justify the things
-     They used to do
+     I used to do
      Believe in you
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      I am staying right beside you
+==External Links==
-[[Category: NIN Songs]] [[Category:NIN Songs Never Played Live]]
+*[http://vimeo.com/5054463 "Lights In The Sky" live from on stage, Austin, 5.12.09]
+<BR>
+{{succession box
+| title=[[The Slip#Track Listing|The Slip]]
+| before= [[Head Down]]
+| after= [[Corona Radiata]]
+| track= 7
+}}
+[[Category: NIN Songs]][[Category:Know The Score]][[Category:NIN Songs Released as Multitracks]]