Track 9 of the album Sparks on the Blue Ridge · 2014
Polaroid of the Northern Lights
“We drove north until the radio quit and the sky started to glow. I still keep the polaroid on the dash.”
folk rock · dreamy folk · nostalgic jangle · 3:30
Lyrics
We drove north till the radio went quiet Past the last gas pump and the last cell tower Pulled over on a ridge in the freezing dark And waited for the sky to show its power Then green came creeping over the mountains Like a curtain pulled by a patient hand We stood there in our coats, four of us silent Four small shadows on a big white land I took a Polaroid of the northern lights Though it never could catch the glow Just a blur of green and a row of friends Standing close in the snow I took a Polaroid of the northern lights And I keep it on the dash Not for the colour, not for the proof But for how long that moment would last We drove home slow with the heater rattling Nobody wanted to say a word We had seen something bigger than all our troubles And the quiet was the best thing we heard I took a Polaroid of the northern lights Though it never could catch the glow Just a blur of green and a row of friends Standing close in the snow I took a Polaroid of the northern lights And I keep it on the dash Not for the colour, not for the proof But for how long that moment would last Some nights are too big for a camera Some nights are too big for a song You just stand there with your breath in the cold And let it carry you along I took a Polaroid of the northern lights Though it never could catch the glow Just a blur of green and a row of friends Standing close in the snow I took a Polaroid of the northern lights And I keep it on the dash Not for the colour, not for the proof But for how long that moment would last How long that moment would last How long that moment would last