Best of 2012 Pop Mash-Up
Anthem Lights Lyrics

I’m at a payphone
The singer is at a payphone.

I threw a wish in the well,
The singer threw a wish in a well.

Don’t ask me, I’ll never tell
The singer won't disclose the wish they made in the well.

I looked to you as it fell,
The singer looked at someone as the wish fell.

And now you’re in my way
That person is now in the singer's way.

I trade my soul for a wish,
The singer would trade their soul for a wish.

Pennies and dimes for a kiss
The singer would pay a small price for a kiss.

I wasn't looking for this,
The singer wasn't looking for the situation they are now in.

But now you’re in my way
That person is still in the singer's way.

I've wasted my nights
The singer has wasted their nights.

You turned out the lights
The person turned out the lights.

Now I’m paralyzed
The singer is now paralyzed.

Still stuck in that time when we called it love
The singer is still stuck in the time when they called it love.

But even the sun sets in paradise
Even paradise has its end.

Hey, I just met you,
The singer just met someone.

And this is crazy,
The situation is considered crazy.

So call me, maybe?
The singer wants the person they just met to call them.

It’s hard to look right, At you baaaaby
The singer has a hard time looking directly at the person they just met.

Here’s my number
The singer gives their phone number to the person they just met.

All of my changes I spent on you
The singer has spent all their time and effort on the person they are referring to.

Where have the time gone, Baby it’s all wrong
The singer wonders where the time has gone and that everything is now wrong.

Where are the plans we made for two
The singer is questioning where the plans they made for the two of them have gone.

If happy ever after did exist (I’m wide awake)
The singer is pondering if happiness after winning someone's love exists.

I would still be holding you like this (I’m wide awake)
If happiness after winning someone's love exists, the singer would still be holding on to that person.

All those fairy tales are full of it (I’m wide awake)
The singer believes that fairy tales are full of false promises.

One more stupid love song I’ll be sick
The singer dislikes love songs.

Yeah, falling from cloud 9
The singer is falling from a high place.

(it was out of the blue I’m)
Unclear meaning.

Crashing from the high (I wish I knew then
The singer is crashing from a high and regrets something from before.

what I know now wouldn't dive in, Wouldn't bow down)
If the singer knew what they know now, they wouldn't have dived in or bowed down to something from before.

Falling from cloud 9
The singer is falling from a high place.

Star-ships were meant to fly
Star-ships were meant to fly.

Hands up and touch the sky
Raise their hands and touch the sky.

Let’s do this one last time
Let's do something one more time.

Let’s do this one more time
Let's do something one more time.

One more time, one more time, One more time
One more repetition of the previous lines.

Tonight
The events of the song take place tonight.

We are young
The singer and the person they are referring to are young.

So let’s set the world on fire
The singer wants to set the world on fire with the other person.

We can burn brighter
Together, the two would burn brighter than the sun.

Than the sun
The two would burn brighter than the sun.