1.) Swedish synt… Read Full Bio ↴Secret Service is the name of more than one artist:
1.) Swedish synthpop-group who had big hits in the 80's with the singles "Flash In The Night", "I'm So I'm So I'm So (I'm So In Love With You)" and "Don't You Know, Don't You Know". Front man Ola Håkansson later founded Stockholm Records.
2.) Punk band with female vocals, released a 5 track demo in 1999
3.) A US rock band - Phenomenon (featuring future Ratt guitarist Robbin Crosby) had morphed into Secret Service in 1979 and then morphed onto Aircraft, now fronted by future Riverdogs vocalist Rob Lamothe, finally re-named to Mac Meda in 1981.
Flash In The Night
Secret Service Lyrics
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All my hopes seemed so forlorn.
The misty signs of laughter
And the light eluded all.
My despair was caught in motion
A face just barely true
Shadows in blue.
A flash in the night...
In the changing of the season
Releasing one lost name.
The scar once healed forever
Dissolving in the rain.
A twig snapped in the clearing
A glimpse of golden skin
My face within
My despair was caught in motion.
A face just barely true
Shadows in blue.
A flash in the night...
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 singer 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 singer 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.
Line by Line Meaning
As a break of dawn came closer
As the morning approached
All my hopes seemed so forlorn.
I felt hopeless.
The misty signs of laughter
The signs of joy were unclear.
And the light eluded all.
There was no light in sight.
My despair was caught in motion
My sadness would not go away.
A face just barely true
A face I almost didn't recognize.
Shadows in blue.
Darkness was all around.
A flash in the night...
A sudden moment of surprise.
In the changing of the season
As the weather changed.
Releasing one lost name.
I remembered someone I had lost.
The scar once healed forever
The wound that had once been healed was now open again.
Dissolving in the rain.
My pain was being washed away.
A twig snapped in the clearing
I heard a sudden noise.
A glimpse of golden skin
I saw someone who had beautiful skin.
My face within
I saw my own face reflected.
My despair was caught in motion.
I couldn't escape my sadness.
A face just barely true
A face that was almost unfamiliar.
Shadows in blue.
Everything was dark and sad.
A flash in the night...
A brief moment of surprise and emotion.
Lyrics © Universal Music Publishing Group
Written by: BJORN HAKANSON, TIM ARNOLD NORELL
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