Released: October 28, 2011
Songwriter: Paul Epworth Florence Welch
Producer: Paul Epworth
[Verse 1]
And I had a dream
About my old school
And she was there all pink and gold and glittering
I threw my arms around her legs
Came to weeping (came to weeping)
Came to weeping (came to weeping)
[Pre-Chorus]
And I heard your voice as clear as day
And you told me I should concentrate
It was all so strange and so surreal
That a ghost should be so practical
Only if for a night
[Chorus]
And the only solution was to stand and fight
And my body was bruised and I was set alight
But you came over me like some holy rite
And although I was burning, you're the only light
Only if for a night
[Verse 2]
And the grass was so green against my new clothes
And I did cartwheels in your honor
Dancing on tiptoes
My own secret ceremonials
Before the service began
In the graveyard doing handstands
[Pre-Chorus]
And I heard your voice as clear as day
And you told me I should concentrate
It was all so strange and so surreal
That a ghost should be so practical
Only if for a night
[Chorus]
And the only solution was to stand and fight
And my body was bruised and I was set alight
But you came over me like some holy rite
And although I was burning, you're the only light
Only if for a night
[Bridge]
My doe, my dear, my darling
Tell me what all the sighing is about
Tell me what all the sighing is about
[Pre-Chorus]
And I heard your voice as clear as day
And you told me I should concentrate
It was all so strange and so surreal
That a ghost should be so practical
[Outro]
Only if for a night (yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, eh eh)
Only if for a night (yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, eh eh)
Only if for a night (yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, eh eh)
Only if for a night (yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, eh eh)
Only if for a night (yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, eh eh)
Only if for a night (yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, eh eh)
Only if for a night (yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, eh eh)
Only if for a night (yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, eh eh)
And I had a dream
About my old school
And she was there all pink and gold and glittering
I threw my arms around her legs
Came to weeping (came to weeping)
Came to weeping (came to weeping)
[Pre-Chorus]
And I heard your voice as clear as day
And you told me I should concentrate
It was all so strange and so surreal
That a ghost should be so practical
Only if for a night
[Chorus]
And the only solution was to stand and fight
And my body was bruised and I was set alight
But you came over me like some holy rite
And although I was burning, you're the only light
Only if for a night
[Verse 2]
And the grass was so green against my new clothes
And I did cartwheels in your honor
Dancing on tiptoes
My own secret ceremonials
Before the service began
In the graveyard doing handstands
[Pre-Chorus]
And I heard your voice as clear as day
And you told me I should concentrate
It was all so strange and so surreal
That a ghost should be so practical
Only if for a night
[Chorus]
And the only solution was to stand and fight
And my body was bruised and I was set alight
But you came over me like some holy rite
And although I was burning, you're the only light
Only if for a night
[Bridge]
My doe, my dear, my darling
Tell me what all the sighing is about
Tell me what all the sighing is about
[Pre-Chorus]
And I heard your voice as clear as day
And you told me I should concentrate
It was all so strange and so surreal
That a ghost should be so practical
[Outro]
Only if for a night (yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, eh eh)
Only if for a night (yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, eh eh)
Only if for a night (yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, eh eh)
Only if for a night (yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, eh eh)
Only if for a night (yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, eh eh)
Only if for a night (yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, eh eh)
Only if for a night (yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, eh eh)
Only if for a night (yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, eh eh)
Ceremonials (Digital Deluxe Version)
- Seven Devils
- Leave My Body
- Strangeness and Charm (Bonus Track)
- Landscape (Demo)
- Breath of Life (Bonus Track)
- Take Care (Bonus Track)
- Spectrum (Say My Name) [Calvin Harris Remix]
- What the Water Gave Me (Demo)
- Heartlines (Acoustic)
- Shake It Out (Acoustic)
- All This and Heaven Too
- Breaking Down
- Spectrum
- Shake It Out
- Lover to Lover
- What the Water Gave Me
- Remain Nameless (Bonus Track)
- Bedroom Hymns (Bonus Track)
- Heartlines
- Never Let Me Go
- Only If For A Night
- No Light, No Light
- Breaking Down (Acoustic)
- Ceremonials (2011)
- Ceremonials (Digital Deluxe Version) (2011)
- Jenny of Oldstones (Game of Thrones)
- Dog Days Are Over
- Hunger
- Shake It Out
- Delilah
- Sky Full of Song
- Big God
- Never Let Me Go
- Cosmic Love
- Wish That You Were Here
- Patricia
- What Kind of Man
- Ship to Wreck
- The End of Love
- Seven Devils
- Queen of Peace
- 100 Years
- June
- How Big, How Blue, How Beautiful
- You’ve Got the Love
- Grace
- Over the Love
- Third Eye
- South London Forever