The lyrics of Secret Service's "Flash In The Night" paint a picture of a bleak and desolate landscape that is drowning in despair. The lines "As a break of dawn came closer, all my hopes seemed so forlorn/The misty signs of laughter and the light eluded all" suggest that the speaker is facing a crisis of some sort, and feels that there is little to be hopeful about. However, there is a sense of motion and change in the air, as indicated by the lines "My despair was caught in motion/A face just barely true/Shadows in blue". This speaks to the idea that even in the darkest of times, there is always the possibility of something new and unexpected happening.

The second half of the song introduces some additional themes, such as the idea of lost love and the passage of time. The lines "In the changing of the season/Releasing one lost name/The scar once healed forever/Dissolving in the rain" suggest that the speaker is reflecting on a past relationship that has been lost to time. However, there is a sense of bittersweet acceptance here as well; the fact that the scar is "dissolving in the rain" implies that the pain has not completely gone away, but that it is slowly fading.