I sit and wonder, I often wonder I sit and wonder about the things she does I sit and wonder, I often wonder, I've been waiting for this moment to come
And she's the teacher and I'm the pupil but I aint learning anything at all, Now I'm falling into the black hole and I can barely feel the sun
Yeah I sit and wonder, I fall to pieces I've been waiting for her to come A bed of roses, her cheeks like peaches, Yeah I aint going to wait no more,
Give me some light, give the light, yeah give me some light, give me some light
Well writes a passage, we are mistaken yeah some are going to break into stone, The door is open and I am reaching, yeah it looks like a prodical son
Yeah give me some light, give the light, yeah give me some light, give me some light
God give me the light, give me the light, yeah give me some light, give me some light
I've been there doing it to my mind lord
Something is going on inside my head lord Something is going on inside my head lord
Bass player Simon Jones told the New Musical Express January 19 2008: "That was born out of a 25-minute jam and we just edited it down into a song. That's kind of the method we've always used, ever since the early days. We all take away the tracks, and make a note of all the bits that are good, then just put them together."
In an interview with BBC DJ Steve Lamacq in July 2008 Richard Ashcroft explained: "Lyrically it's like a rite of passage song, it's a song where, you know, someone's literally searching for the light, searching for salvation."
In the same Steve Lamacq interview guitarist Nick McCabe revealed: "One of the signature guitar lines is actually me checking that the guitar's working, the bit at the beginning with a duff note. 'Diddly ding'. I was like, 'Is it on?'"