it's like you took the giant christmas tree 

at rockafella center and 

you spread it paper thin 

but you were careful not to break a bulb 

and then you mirrored it a million fold 

to shine 

and shine 

and shine along 



and there's a tap on my knee 

bring up your seat back please, she says 

but I know she means 

if you feel like dancing 

dance with me 



some of the lights below 

shine directly on the people I know 

their lives take such strange shapes 

but how together they appear from above 

I guess that could be love 

my friends 

my friends 

I'm coming home 



and then the captain speaks 

it's clear and 44 degrees 

but I know he means 

if you feel like dancing 

dance with me 



but I been out past the lights 

where the jagged black begins 

i let my heels sink in the sand 

and the ocean sucked it's teeth 

and the cold cuts through my feet 

and stretched out on and on and on 



how disconnected I can feel on the ground 

it's like I'm shining all alone 

and i don't wanna be 

so 

before i go to bed tonight 

i'll signal up to the passing flight 

hit the lights 

the lights 

the lights 

the lights 



and now the man in the middle seat 

recites the times tables audibly 

but i know he means 

if you feel like dancing 

dance with me 

if you feel like dancing 

dance with me 

[repeat]