The song, written sa pamamagitan ng the band with producer Jon Hopkins, was originally recorded sa pamamagitan ng the band for their sixth studio album Ghost Stories. It appears as the fifth track on the album.
"Midnight" was built over an previously unreleased original track produced sa pamamagitan ng Jon Hopkins in 2003. The track, named "Amphora", was never completed sa pamamagitan ng Hopkins and was partly released sa pamamagitan ng ambient/electronic music blog A Strangely Isolated Place on SoundCloud in early 2012, as part of their playlist "ASIP - 1.00.00". The song also incorporates elements from a Jon Hopkins recording titled sa pamamagitan ng Hopkins as "The Fourth State II", a reproduction of his 2008 extended play The Fourth Estate.
In the darkness before the dawn
In the swirling of this storm
When I'm rolling with the punches
And hope is gone
Leave a light, a light on
Millions of miles from home
In the swirling, swimming on
When I'm rolling with the thunder
But bleed from thorns
Leave a light, a light on
Leave a light, a light on
In the darkness before the dawn
In the darkness before the dawn
Leave a light, a light on
Leave a light, a light on
"Midnight" was built over an previously unreleased original track produced sa pamamagitan ng Jon Hopkins in 2003. The track, named "Amphora", was never completed sa pamamagitan ng Hopkins and was partly released sa pamamagitan ng ambient/electronic music blog A Strangely Isolated Place on SoundCloud in early 2012, as part of their playlist "ASIP - 1.00.00". The song also incorporates elements from a Jon Hopkins recording titled sa pamamagitan ng Hopkins as "The Fourth State II", a reproduction of his 2008 extended play The Fourth Estate.
In the darkness before the dawn
In the swirling of this storm
When I'm rolling with the punches
And hope is gone
Leave a light, a light on
Millions of miles from home
In the swirling, swimming on
When I'm rolling with the thunder
But bleed from thorns
Leave a light, a light on
Leave a light, a light on
In the darkness before the dawn
In the darkness before the dawn
Leave a light, a light on
Leave a light, a light on
When you try your best, but you don't succeed
When you get what you want, but not what you need
When you feel so tired, but you can't sleep
Stuck in reverse
And the tears come streaming down your face
When you lose something you can't replace
When you pag-ibig someone, but it goes to waste
Could it be worse?
Lights will guide you home
And ignite your bones
And I will try to fix you
And high up above or down below
When you're too in pag-ibig to let it go
But if you never try you'll never know
Just what you're worth
Lights will guide you home
And ignite your bones
And I will try to fix you
Tears stream down on your face
When you lose something you cannot replace
Tears stream down on your face
And on your face I...
Tears stream down on your face
I promise you I will learn from my mistakes
Tears stream down on your face
And on your face I...
Lights will guide you home
And ignite your bones
And I will try to fix you
When you get what you want, but not what you need
When you feel so tired, but you can't sleep
Stuck in reverse
And the tears come streaming down your face
When you lose something you can't replace
When you pag-ibig someone, but it goes to waste
Could it be worse?
Lights will guide you home
And ignite your bones
And I will try to fix you
And high up above or down below
When you're too in pag-ibig to let it go
But if you never try you'll never know
Just what you're worth
Lights will guide you home
And ignite your bones
And I will try to fix you
Tears stream down on your face
When you lose something you cannot replace
Tears stream down on your face
And on your face I...
Tears stream down on your face
I promise you I will learn from my mistakes
Tears stream down on your face
And on your face I...
Lights will guide you home
And ignite your bones
And I will try to fix you
Verse 1:
come on now, don't you want to see
this thing that's happening to me
like moses has power over sea
so you've got power over me
Verse 2:
come on now don't you want to know
you're a refuge, somewhere i can go
you're air that, air that i can breathe
you're my golden opportunity
Chorus:
and oh, oh yes i would
if i only could
and you know i would
and baby i, oh baby i
i wish
Verse 3:
come on now, don't you want to see
this thing that's happening to me
i'll be waiting oh no matter what you say
cause i've been waiting for days and days and days
Chorus:
and oh, oh yes i would
if i only could
and you know i would
and baby i, oh baby i
i wish
i wish
Bridge:
oh, oh, oh
oh, oh, oh
if the sky's gonna fall down let it fall on me
if you're gonna break down you can break on me
if the sky's gonna fall down let it fall on me
Oh Lord
Let it fall on me
come on now, don't you want to see
this thing that's happening to me
like moses has power over sea
so you've got power over me
Verse 2:
come on now don't you want to know
you're a refuge, somewhere i can go
you're air that, air that i can breathe
you're my golden opportunity
Chorus:
and oh, oh yes i would
if i only could
and you know i would
and baby i, oh baby i
i wish
Verse 3:
come on now, don't you want to see
this thing that's happening to me
i'll be waiting oh no matter what you say
cause i've been waiting for days and days and days
Chorus:
and oh, oh yes i would
if i only could
and you know i would
and baby i, oh baby i
i wish
i wish
Bridge:
oh, oh, oh
oh, oh, oh
if the sky's gonna fall down let it fall on me
if you're gonna break down you can break on me
if the sky's gonna fall down let it fall on me
Oh Lord
Let it fall on me