When The Night's On Fire

music and lyrics by Mike Oldfield
sung by Anita Hegerland

Last revised: 13 December 1995

I was hoping, could you be my inspiration?
Whatever should become in the candlelight.
I was dreaming, was it my imagination?
Tomorrow never comes in the candlelight.


When the night's on fire,
Do you need love's arms to hold you?
It's a flame, there burns no finer.
When you see one bird,
There's another watching over.
And the two can fly much higher.


I was listening to the wind that walks the hours.
I never would have heard, in the candlelight.
I was hoping, would you shelter me from showers?
I believe every word in the candlelight.


When the night's on fire and you burn
Like a flame that's burning in the rain,
Do you need somewhere to turn?
When you see one bird,
It's the two that fly higher
and a second in heaven's worth a whole life's
Trouble and trial.