Katie Melua - If The Lights Go Out

In 'Nine Million Bicycles', Katie Melua sang that we are twelve billion light years from the edge. And she added, "that's a guess, no one can ever say it's true". A scientist responded saying that we actually know the distance from the edge. It's not a guess. He said it is 13.7 billion light years and not as Katie Melua sang. Of course, it's a song and 13.7 doesn't really fit into it. The song's an expression of love; about how deep and wide is her love for her lover. Katie Melua accepted the correction and a new version can be heard here She has a sense of humor and took it well.

In this song, 'If the Lights Go Out', there is a lot of apocalyptic overtone. In Nine Million Bicycles, it was the scientists, now here, what will the Theologians say?:-)))

"If The Lights Go Out"

They say the world must end somehow,

They say the end's not far from now;

I think they're wrong,

Don't worry your life away,

Start living for today,

Don't think about tomorrow.

And if the lights go out on all of us,

In just a year or two.

And if the sky falls down like pouring rain,

Then I'll be here with you.

I'll go down with you.

Well I'm gonna try for all I'm worth,

To stay with you till the end of the earth.

Don't let me down,

Don't let your feelings win.

Don't give out, and don't give in,

Don't think about tomorrow.

Cause if the lights go out on all of us,

In just a year or two.

And if the sky falls down like pouring rain,

Then I'll be here with you.

I'll go down with you.

And if the lights go out on all of us,

In just a year or two.

And if the sky falls down like pouring rain,

Then I'll be here with you.

I'll go down with you.

I'll go down with you

In the original version, and in the above lyrics, it is 'Don't think about tomorrow'. But in the video, she's singing, 'Think about tomorrow'. Interesting.

(It seems to me that she maintains a low profile and keeps a level head...Unlike most of our celebrities.)