Villagers - A Trick Of The Light Lyrics






My heart is spilling over
Crashing on the ground
I can't see what's around me
But soon I'll come around
My faith is in the balance
Of a million tiny words
So I return to silence

And if I see a sign in the sky tonight
No one's gonna tell me it's a trick of the light
May never come but I'm willing to wait
What can I say I'm a man of the faith
And there's an ocean in my body
And there's a river in my soul
And I'm crying

It's time when I let go
Of things I can't control
This path that I've taken
Is the only one I know
Well I've come so far to get here
And I've got so far to go
So I'll take what I can get
In matters of the soul

And if I see a sign in the sky tonight
No one's gonna tell me it's a trick of the light
May never come but I'm willing to wait
What can I say I'm a man of the faith
And there's an ocean in my body
And there's a river in my soul
And I'm crying

And we are the dawn
And we carry the sun
And we are the dawn
And we carry the sun

And if I see a sign in the sky tonight
No one's gonna tell me it's a trick of the light
May never come but I'm willing to wait
What can I say I'm a man of the faith
And there's an ocean in my body
And there's a river in my soul
And I'm crying

(See it coming)
And if I see a sign in the sky tonight (see it coming)
No one's gonna tell me it's a trick of the light (feel it coming)
May never come but I'm willing to wait (see it coming)
What can I say I'm a man of the faith (feel it coming)
And there's an ocean in my body (see it coming)
And there's a river in my soul (see it coming)
And I'm crying





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  1. p.... s....

    I heard this song in Starbucks Japan today. Thanks Starbucks!

  2. D.... T....

    gawn
    "There is so much to be said about what is to be so that little's getting done."
    ,dan'

  3. D.... T....

    "the last wish you should ask a genie grant you is for his friendship."
    ,dan'

  4. M.... T....

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  5. D.... T....

    "Conor Oberst joins Villagers."
    "David Bazan joins as electric xylophone and bass, production and guitar by Sir Isaac Brock the minus the sir."
    ,dan'

    D.... T....

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  6. N.... H....

    I'm usually a hip-hop guy... But this track is fucking beautiful

  7. D.... /....

    Good song

  8. A.... ....

    Sitting at Starbucks and the chords of this song caught my ear.. beautiful song

    A.... ....

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  9. A.... ....

    Wait. Two people as women or just one?

  10. I.... F....

    Incredible song and beautiful video

  11. S.... ....

    Anyone else think that this guy in the video could be a metaphor for dogs. They can see the best in us even when we can't see it in ourselves or in others.

  12. H.... M....

    My man Luke Kelly going through it

    H.... M....

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  13. M.... V....

    Such a great song....

  14. N.... L....

    is that Will Ferrell !?

  15. N.... L....

    Is that mz bean in a scene ? (Rowan Atkinson )

  16. N.... L....

    Love the song but the video sucks of flaccid ball-flaps!? I don't get it, is it a cloned woman gone Pete Tong? Does David Copper Feel at the end ?

  17. d.... ....

    Been listening to this song for about 3 weeks and cannot stop. Love it and the whole album. 🖤

  18. E.... G....

    70 times in a day and I am not intoxicated.great <3

  19. J.... B....

    This song is intoxicating in the very best way.

  20. C.... ....

    Everyones saying they love villagers, They love villagers from minecraft.

  21. G.... v....

    Is it just me...?

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WOuI4OqJfQc

    copy paste.

  22. H.... L....

    Just got hooked by this song from Defending the Guilty.

    H.... L....

    Yeah, same as.
    Dimensions.
    Those that rely on words, 2-Dimensional format for truths.
    Cardboard cutouts.

  23. S.... B....

    Awesome piece of art!!

  24. N.... N....

    That's my da's best friend

  25. M.... K....

    my morning starts with this song ^^ tnx

    M.... K....

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  26. X.... B....

    Digging this so much! LOVE IT!

    X.... B....

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  27. M.... M....

    Me encanta

  28. G.... ....

    I can tell this guy has a sense of humor 😁

    G.... ....

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  29. P.... ....

    *_Thank you so much for this beautiful composition!!!_* ❤️🇷🇺~(˘▾˘~)

  30. L.... ....

    Such sorrow in the world, while such happiness is so near and magically obtainable. Release your sorrows, and you're there. But, you will mostly walk alone. I get it. I've been here. Genius song and video.

  31. B.... T....

    Didn't realize this was the original. Damnnnn 👍

  32. J.... D....

    Views are missing a couple of zeros =\

  33. J.... S....

    Sounds like "just the 2 of us"

  34. B.... C....

    There's an ocean in my body
    There's a river in my soul
    Crying....
    Beautiful

    B.... C....

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  35. r.... s....

    Can we get the live performance from Tommy T posted

  36. K.... 2....

    Does anyone here see mr bean?????

  37. K.... K....

    When he says there's an ocean in his body, he means it is vast, mysterious, or unknown. When he says that there is a river in my soul, he means that who he is in his hearts of hearts, it flows endless.

    What does a river do? --it flows into an ocean.

    He is saying that his soul flows endlessly outward into his body, which makes the person you see.

    He is also acknowledging that perhaps who you think you see as the person you see in front of you isn't really the person you think he is. That perhaps it is just the trick of light interferencing with your judgement of the truth of who you think he represents

    K.... K....

    or maybe they're just lyrics, i don't really like to think though so OKIE-DOKIE

    K.... K....

    I really liked this analysis :)

    K.... K....

    @Italianice Eater search for the youtube video called "Alan Watts - Its Just A Show"

    K.... K....

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  38. s.... m....

    SKAM NL

  39. E.... ....

    Whos here after the new skam nl clip?

    E.... ....

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  40. M.... ....

    who else came from SKAM dutch?

    M.... ....

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  41. V.... W....

    Does anyone know what song they sampled for this song? Someone told me a few weeks ago and I can’t remember! It’s the boarding song on my flight right now

  42. T.... D....

    This song explains me quite well

  43. H.... I....

    Heard this song when boarding a flight on delta. Love it

  44. m.... j....

    I never knew i needed a song in my life that bad...

  45. S.... S....

    Found this on spotify randomly and was so happy it came up

    S.... S....

    I really like nothing arrived. That's the song I found by villagers on spotify

  46. J.... ....

    Gahhh milk was a bad choice.

  47. A.... R....

    1:23 mr. Bean

  48. P.... ....

    Dad’s Best Friend Pt. 2

  49. D.... B....

    podre ser un joven que no supera los 30 años pero me respetan por favor

    D.... B....

    que va loca jajjaja

    D.... B....

    = despeiudo

    D.... B....

    ya no necesito mas insolentes en mi nomina dice xd

  50. D.... B....

    acaso ese monologo para quedar como el jefe te sirvio?

    D.... B....

    jajajaj andate a la puta

  51. w.... ....

    Since they don't turn on the subtitle service, so I put my Mandarin translate here.
    love this song so much #中文翻譯

    [Verse 1]
    My heart is spilling over
    Crashing on the ground

    I can’t see what’s around me
    But soon I’ll come round

    我的心意滿溢而出
    撞到地面
    我不知道是什麼籠罩了我
    但很快我將會明白

    My faith is in the balance
    Of a million tiny words

    So I return to silence


    我的信心懸盪不安

    億萬詞語充斥
    所以我轉而沉默


    [Chorus]
    And if I see a sign in the sky tonight
    No one’s gonna tell me it’s a trick of the light
    May never come but I’m willing to wait
    What can I say? I’m a man of the faith
    And there’s an ocean in my body
    And there’s a river in my soul
    And I’m crying

    如果我今晚看到一個暗示出現在夜空
    不會有人告訴我那只是一個錯覺
    也許這永遠不會發生但我很樂意等待

    我能說什麼?我是一個有信心的男人
    而我身體裡有片海洋
    而我的靈魂裡有條河
    而我在哭泣


    [Verse 2]
    It’s time that I let go

    Of things I can’t control
    This path that I’ve taken
    Is the only one I know
    Well I’ve come so far to get here
    And I’ve got so far to go
    So I’ll take what I can get
    In matters of the soul


    是時候該放手

    放手那些所有我不能掌控的
    我曾擁有這條小徑
    這是唯一我知道的
    我走了這麼遠來到這裡
    所以我要拿走任何我能拿到的
    關於這靈魂的路徒


    [Chorus]

    And if I see a sign in the sky tonight
    No one’s gonna tell me it’s a trick of the light
    May never come but I’m willing to wait
    What can I say? I’m a man of the faith
    And there’s an ocean in my body
    And there’s a river in my soul
    And I’m crying


    如果我今晚看到一個暗示出現在夜空

    不會有人告訴我那只是一個錯覺
    也許這永遠不會發生但我很樂意等待
    我能說什麼?我是一個有信心的男人
    而我身體裡有片海洋
    而我的靈魂裡有條河
    而我在哭泣


    [Bridge]

    And we are the dawn

    And we carry the sun
    And we are the dawn
    And we carry the sun


    而我們就是黎明

    並且帶上了太陽

    而我們就是黎明
    並且帶上了太陽


    [Chorus]
    And if I see a sign in the sky tonight
    No one’s gonna tell me it’s a trick of the light
    May never come but I’m willing to wait
    What can I say? I’m a man of the faith
    And there’s an ocean in my body
    And there’s a river in my soul
    And I’m crying
    And if I see a sign in the sky tonight (See it coming)
    No one’s gonna tell me it’s a trick of the light (Feel it coming)
    May never come but I’m willing to wait
    What can I say? I’m a man of the faith
    And there’s an ocean in my body
    And there’s a river in my soul
    And I’m crying


    如果我今晚看到一個暗示出現在夜空
    不會有人告訴我那只是一個錯覺
    也許這永遠不會發生但我很樂意等待
    我能說什麼?我是一個有信心的男人
    而我身體裡有片海洋
    而我的靈魂裡有條河
    而我在哭泣
    如果我今晚看到一個暗示出現在夜空(看吶它正來了)
    不會有人告訴我那只是一個錯覺(感覺它來了)
    也許這永遠不會發生但我很樂意等待
    我能說什麼?我是一個有信心的男人
    而我身體裡有片海洋
    而我的靈魂裡有條河
    而我在哭泣

    w.... ....

    So nice to hear that his music has reached so far beyond our little island

    w.... ....

    Thank you for this. <3

  52. S.... ....

    MGMT Youth?

  53. D.... B....

    soy un tonto que cualuiera vence de un puño no se nada de artes marciales es la verdad

  54. J.... A....

    👏🏼

  55. J.... M....

    Air france playlist brought me here, great band

  56. f.... ....

    who Is here from all new indie?

    f.... ....

    Spotify?

  57. M.... ....

    What a fun music video. I was literally just laughing as I watched it. Love this song!

  58. w.... n....

    I like the song but I'ma be honest what with the video?

  59. M.... N....

    Bassline straight out of Flight of the Conchords

  60. t.... ....

    this song should have a billion views

  61. m.... ....

    i belt this shit out when driving

  62. s.... g....

    this song resonate me what i am going through no one gonna tell a trick of the light and we are the door we carry out the soul!!

  63. I.... R....

    Gorgeous!

  64. D.... K....

    My poesy teacher likes this song

  65. N.... m....

    💥💥💥💋

  66. �.... ....

    this is cancer

  67. -.... �....

    шедевр. спасибо guys

  68. V.... B....

    I'm over in Australia and recently found the Villagers through Spotify's random playlist based on my music taste.. I absolutley LOVE everything I've heard! Can't wait to buy The Art of Pretending to Swim and the rest. This song in particular lifted me to another level - so, so good! Magical, dreamy, slightly funky underneath (love the bass guitar in this), with swells of strings and a chorus you can sing with almost instantly. A perfectly crafted song.

  69. P.... S....

    It's my 2018 anthem.
    Is the only one I know.

  70. G.... ....

    lovin the bass line, drums, voice, all of it really

    G.... ....

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  71. a.... y....

    beautiful🇯🇵👏

  72. a.... y....

    美しい

  73. M.... C....

    Diggin the vibes ❤️🥰

  74. m.... c....

    Love this song heaps :) heard it today on the radio and had to find it ..

  75. P.... L....

    yes I HEAR BILL WITHERS! makes me nostalgic

    P.... L....

    Love this song but the first thing I thought of was Bill Withers - Just the Two of Us playing in the melody.

  76. A.... C....

    Great song!!!

  77. -.... �....

    thank you ppl, special feeling. greetings from russia

    -.... �....

    just understood the end. cool

  78. C.... L....

    Does anyone else hear MGMT?? Sounds like an amalgamation of at least 3 songs on Oracular Spectacular?

    C.... L....

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  79. K.... ....

    I only got introduced to Villagers tonight by chance.
    I was treating our lass to a meal for her birthday, right next door to the venue they were gigging.
    I googled “what’s on in Leeds” and couldn’t get a ticket due to a sell out! Anyway just as we were finishing our meal a random woman walked from the other side of the restaurant (no way of knowing we were looking for tickets btw) explaining she had 2 spare tickets to “a band that where playing next door cos her son couldn’t make it! love, luck, coincidence, who gives a fuck? It was like both our birthdays at once!

    K.... ....

    did they play this song?

    K.... ....

    I'm wondering if you love them now and cried to this song as much as I did right now

  80. V.... F....

    My favorite… The Villagers… All of YOu, take cake and continue this beautiful artistic music way… v.

  81. T.... H....

    Conor O’Brien is also beautiful as a woman

  82. S.... K....

    Wow Will Ferrell really let himself go

  83. D.... ....

    Fantastic.

  84. R.... G....

    Bob Gallagher knows how to do a music video.

  85. c.... ....

    This song is about nuclear holocaust and the impending WW3. ;)

  86. D.... F....

    This is such an underrated song.

  87. S.... S....

    It's a good song, but it should be called a cover of "Just the two of us" by Bill Withers. It's a total rip. If I were an entertainment lawyer, I'd sue for plagiarism on behalf of Mr. Withers

    S.... S....

    How do you turn a duck into a soul singer?
    Put it in the microwave until its bill withers.

  88. C.... P....

    There is an ocean in my body ♥️

  89. S.... B....

    It is so much Portugal. The man.
    Their smooth side.
    And / but...
    I love it.

    *longing

  90. h.... ....

    Okay, wow

  91. m.... ....

    What an utterly amazing song. Thank you.

  92. M.... M....

    Je t'adore! Love the bravery in your musical soul.

  93. J.... N....

    Conor's living in a gansters paradise

  94. P.... S....

    When I listen to this song, there's strange smile on my face appearing. Always.

    P.... S....

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  95. v.... ....

    WOW... just wow! Crying.....

  96. j.... r....

    Desparetlly beautiful.

  97. D.... R....

    This is best song to other song but I like this song because not heart love it when people don't have any other time to do.,,?