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When the lights go down in the City And the sun shines on the bay I want to be there in my City Oh, oo, oh Ohh, oo, ohh Oh, oo, oh So you think you're lonely Well my friend I'm lonely too I want to go back to my City by the bay Ohh, ohh Oh, oo, oh It's sad, oh there's been mornings Out on the road with you Without your charms Oh, oo, oh My, my, my My, my, my Ohh, ohh Oh, oo, oh When the lights go down in the city And the sun shines on the bay I want to be there in my City (Oh, oo, oh) Ohh, oo, oh Oh, oh, oh When the lights go down in the city And the sun shines on the bay I want to be there in my City Oh, oo, oh Ohh, oo, oh Oh, oh, oh (Hmm) Ohh, oo, oh Oh, oh, oh

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Lights Lyrics as written by Neal Joseph Schon Stephen Ray Perry

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i always associated it with Green BAY, seeing as how it says city by the BAY duhh -Kevin

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yes! thank you fellow wisconsin person of awesomeness!<br /> <br /> lol, but seriously, thanks to you i will now and forever be reminded of the great state of wisconsin.

Journey's best.

go ahead. argue.

and, yes, it is about San Fran, but I'd like to think it's about my home town, sea-town.

and computwiz - Journey is not a singer. journey is a band. Steve Perry is a singer. for a band. called journey. shoots

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I used to listen to this song every mourning on the ride to my daycare. And to me it's about Seattle. Thats my city, but now it had a greater meaning when I was all the way out in butt fucking Iraq fight a war. I come back in August 2003. Hey friends does that give a good enough instight for a great song.

This is a great song...one of my favorites. Joyrney is a good band. And with regards to that Los Angeles comment...I, too, must laugh. Everybody knows that San Francisco is the city by the bay.

@zacster He said it's definitely about LA but had to change the name when he got called to join the band. He wrote this song before he joined Journey<br /> <br /> hollywoodreporter.com/news/journeys-steve-perry-joins-eels-711540

actually, compuwiz is kinda right...Steve Perry originally wrote this song about LA, then had to change it when he joined Journey to make it about San Fran cuz that's where the rest of Journey was from...i got your back compuwiz!!

hell yeah CT man. I have great memories of hearing this song on the radio while driving up I-91 throught hartford. Not a city by the bay in any means, but its still a good feeling.

YES THIS SONG IS ABOUT SAN FRANSICO, NOT LOS ANGELES! A really great memory I have of this song is when I was a kid me and my family flew to San Fransico. It was at like 2:00 in the morning when the plane was about the hit the runway, and they played this song during the landing process. Since the airport is right in the bay, MAN the sight of the Golden Gate Bridge lit up with this song playing was so beatuiful, and at the same time so emontional. Passengers were crying, it definatley is something I will remember for ever. This song always cheers me up because it makes me think of that time. Steve Perry has a powerful, and heart touching voice.

This would be a great story, if you could actually see the GG bridge from the Airport!

The fact that one single radio standard Journey song could incite such heated debate is a major source of entertainment for me at this moment.

Sure, I am easily amused. Just as Compuwiz19 is positively weird. Whats next? The assertion by FaRvELvR1992 that its about green bay? Oh, wait. wouldnt want to give anyone any ideas...

Probably my favorite Journey song (just an inch above Separate Ways).

I always love thinking about how with a few judicious changes to the lyrics, it could really be a song about wanting to go home to any city. Yeah, I know it's about San Francisco, but it's nice to imagine it could be about Tampa, New York City, or even Hell, Michigan if one felt like it. That's how universal the sensibility it invokes is.

Even though this is about San Francisco, it was written in Los Angeles, where the band had relocated. Steve Perry explained in an interview with Joe Benson of Arrow 93.1 FM: "I had the song written in Los Angeles almost completely except for the bridge and it was written about Los Angeles. It was 'when the lights go down in the city and the sun shines on LA.' I didn't like the way it sounded at the time. And so I just had it sitting back in the corner. Then life changed my plans once again, and I was now facing joining Journey. I love San Francisco, the bay and the whole thing. 'The bay' fit so nice, 'When the lights go down in the city and the sun shines on the bay.' It was one of those early morning going across the bridge things when the sun was coming up and the lights were going down. It was perfect."

'City by the Bay' IS synonymous with San Francisco(Bay Area) and that's where Steve is from but this song can be interpreted as anyone's 'city by the bay'.

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So you think you're lonely Well my friend I'm lonely too I want to get back to my City by the bay Ooh, ooh

It's sad, oh there's been mornings out on the road without you, Without your charms, Ooh, my, my, my

Journey - Lights - Lyrics Meaning

The song "Lights" by Journey was not originally a hit; however, it gained popularity over the years. The song is thought to be about San Francisco because of the reference to the "City by the Bay." However, the song was actually written originally about Los Angeles. The band is originally from the San Francisco area; however, they relocated to LA later on and wrote the song about this city. The original lyrics to the song were "When the lights go down in the city, and the sun shines on LA" However, Perry didn't like the way this flowed and later changed the lyrics to "The sun shines on the bay."

Steve Perry states in an interview that the song was brought back to focus when he first joined Journey and they decided that the lyrics "by the bay" were much more suitable since the band originated from the San Francisco area. This was the first song that featured Perry as the lead singer of Journey and references the beauty of the sunset in San Francisco as it reflects off of the bay. This song was featured on the album "Infinity" which was the last album that featured Aynsley Dunbar as the drummer. He was later replaced by Steve Smith because he was "incompatible" with the band.

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• This is about San Francisco, the "City by the bay." Journey formed there and became popular in that area before hitting it big. If you haven't seen a sunset in San Francisco you don't know what you're missing. >> Suggestion credit : Don - San Jose, CA
• This was one of the first Journey songs featuring lead singer Steve Perry. He was accepted into the band after the group's manager listened to his audition tape for only 15 seconds.
• Even though this is about San Francisco, it was written in Los Angeles, where the band had relocated. Steve Perry explained in an interview with Joe Benson of Arrow 93.1 FM: "I had the song written in Los Angeles almost completely except for the bridge and it was written about Los Angeles. It was 'when the lights go down in the city and the sun shines on LA.' I didn't like the way it sounded at the time. And so I just had it sitting back in the corner. Then life changed my plans once again, and I was now facing joining Journey. I love San Francisco, the bay and the whole thing. 'The bay' fit so nice, 'When the lights go down in the city and the sun shines on the bay.' It was one of those early morning going across the bridge things when the sun was coming up and the lights were going down. It was perfect." Perry finished writing the song with Journey guitarist Neal Schon, who says they "banged it out in about 20 minutes."
• This was the third single from the Infinity album, the group's fourth, but their first with Steve Perry. Their first three albums had a prog-rock bent and didn't contain any chart hits; the three singles from Infinity reached the lower half of the Hot 100, and would have certainly gone higher if the band was established on pop radio: " Wheel In The Sky " - #57 " Anytime " - #83 "Lights" - #68 All three songs grew in popularity over the years, with "Lights" and "Wheel In The Sky" played at just about every Journey concert.
• Infinity was the last album with drummer Aynsley Dunbar, who was kicked out for "incompatibility" and replaced with Steve Smith.
• In 2017, Neal Schon started dedicating this song to Steve Perry at Journey concerts, telling the story of how they wrote it together. This was an olive branch to Perry, who was furious when the band moved on without him in 1999 when he was unable to tour. A reunion seemed inevitable, but Perry never returned to the band.
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• Tobias from Walsrode , Germany Still I am very impressed , even After decades of Years passing by, my JOURNEY-cds are Constantly in the Air, just Discovered several YouTube-Videos.... to Continue ROCKING .... STAY HEALTHY!!
• Terri from Long Beach, Wa This song was originally written by Steve Perry while he lived in Los Angeles. It wasn't quite right so he put it aside. When he joined Journey it came with him. Neal Schon helped to suggest some changes in the song that made it work. The rest is history.
• Mary from Castle Rock, Co I love this song. I grew up listening to Journey in the 80's. When I graduated from High School we went for our Senior Trip to San Francisco and took a ride on of their bay area boats and OF COURSE they played this song...will never forget it. It brought me goosbumps. I can still remember who I danced this song with, that's how vivid my memories are of this song. Proud to be from the Bay Area!!! Love you Steve Perry!
• Sandra from Gardnerville, Nv Hey James, San Jose, CA...Too funny! First, though...Steve Perry...What an incredible rock n' roll vocal! I love the song and the way he sang it! Anyway...While I heard the reference to this song/LA for the first time right here, I have to laugh about the SF Giants, thing. Although, I am a LA Dodgers Fan, I was in attendance to hear a friend of mine actually sing the National Anthem at Candlestick at an SF Giants game, (It was on the Fourth of July at a Giants/Dodger game. I don't remember what year for the life of me...details are sketchy...LOL), his elderly dad was there for it and it was a very special moment for all of us. Speaking of the SF Giants, I have a cute story about Will Clark and Mackey Sasser...
• James from San Jose, Ca 3. And finally, while it's personally disappointing to learn about the "L.A." thing, I had a great "Lights" moment in San Francisco. I was at a Giant's game back when they played at Candlestick Park. It was July 4, but San Francisco weather, it was actually rainy. By the end of the game, the rain had turned to a mist, and as they prepared for the July 4 fireworks, they played Lights as they dimmed the stadium lights. I know it was planned that way, but with the mist and everything, it was just a beautiful moment that I'll never forget.
• James from San Jose, Ca 2. lol Wish I could delete my last comment. Here is a 2nd Joe Benson interview with Steve Perry: http://steveperryfanclub.homestead.com/OffTheRecord.html The "L.A." claim is true, and it's about sunRISE on the Bay according to Perry. There you have it.
• James from San Jose, Ca 1. Here's the Joe Benson interview with Steve Perry: http://steveperryfanclub.homestead.com/OffTheRecord3.html There is NOTHING about the song being written about L.A., so stop the rumors.
• Jeff from Seal Beach, Ca I also heard the interview with joe benson on the radio in los angeles where steve perry mentions the lyrics originally were l.A., not the bay. He also mentioned other lyrics about lights referring to los angeles that he had to change to fit the s.F. Image..I love the song but it was originally about los angeles, not San Francisco
• Teri from Ca., Ca In an interview with Joe Benson, Steve Perry talked about this song. Originally, he wrote this song about Los Angeles. The original lyrics said "when the lights go down in the city and the sun shines on L.A.". (The person(s) that mentioned this fact before was correct) When Steve joined Journey he changed it, removing the L.A. reference and added references to the bay area/San Francisco after driving across one of the bridges.
• Beau from San Francisco, Ca So Steve Perry longs for San Francisco while he's in LA, but the distance doesn't make him forget that the San Francisco looks EAST over the bay. I have enjoyed many a sunrise and Steve describes the feeling spectacularly.
• Brandon from Peoria, Il Actually if you think of the "lights going down" as the city's lights fading OFF. Then it makes sense. It would be refering to early morning in San Fransisco. BUT...since the sun rises in the EAST, the sun would not be coming up over the bay at the time...OKAY try this...Late evening, with the sun setting over the San Fransisco Bay and the city's lights coming ON just before dark...that sounds about right :)
• Robert from San Francisco, Ca When the lights go down in the city and the sun shines on the bay. Doesn't happen very often but wouldn't trade it. Journey had it right - right Tilton.
• Casey from Pensacola, Fl yep... he may have been in LA, but he says "I want to get back to my City by the bay" right in the lyrics. seems pretty clear to me...
• Paul from Cincinnati, Oh I love this song. It always makes me feel sentimental.
• Matthew from East Brunswick, Nj Terrific song, Excellent guitar riff. Journey rocks!
• Becki from Hendersonville, Tn This song Is about San Francisco.I belong to a Steve Perry website and they have years of archives of interviews.Steve himself said it was about San Francisco.
• Jennifer from San Antonoi, Tx Note to Emo in San Jose, the lyrics actually say: "When the lights go down in the city and the sun shines on the BAY..." not LA
• Aj from Cleveland, Ga I also love the guitar solo.
• Stefanie Magura from Rock Hill, Sc Well, I know the songs have different beats, but the beginning still sounds like something Hendricks would have done.
• Stefanie Magura from Rock Hill, Sc great song! It's one of my favorites by them! I love the guitar solo. The beginning of the song sounds similar to the beginning of 'little Wing' by Jimi hendricks. Does anyone agree with me?
• Emo from San Jose, Ca Reportedly, Steve Perry did in fact originally write the song in L.A. and the lyrics were something like "When the lights go down in the city and the sun shine on L.A...."
• Tony from San Francisco, Ca This song may have been partially written IN L.A., but last time I checked, San Francisco was the city by the bay.
• Josh from C.p, Mn the song was actually written about LA since steve wrote parts of it while he lived in LA
• Chris from Aurora, Il Steve Perry has an amazing voice, and this is one of the songs that I listen to when I just get tired of bands who have talent, but still get airtime on the radio.

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"We learned that our feelings are valid and, growing up, we didn't think that our feelings were ever valid," Melody continued. "We thought it was the adults who were right. They really helped us learn that our feelings are valid and we can sit and talk about them however long we need to in order to get through it." 

The behavior that Marissa and Melody saw modeled by Mironczuk and Battle began to help them relate to others in a variety of situations in their life. 

"Me and my sister were not the best in high school," Melody said. "We didn't hang out with the right people. When things didn't go right, we would react really aggressively. We eventually learned how to go through those things and learned how to talk out our feelings. It's better that we actually get to talk things out. Together, I think our relationship has grown so much. It's good to see that we can love each other way better and talk through different scenarios as sisters. We go through similar things; it's good to know that someone else is feeling what I'm feeling." 

Mironczuk and Battle would eventually adopt the sisters and officially become their parents, providing them the family and home they hadn't previously experienced in their lives. 

"The home that I grew up in was something that nobody should experience," Marissa said. "I feel like my adoptive parents definitely have changed me for the better. The love and the care that I got from them was really hard to accept at first. When you grow up for 15 to 16 years being abused in so many ways, it was just really hard to accept that people do have lives and they do care and love their children. That is what I've experienced since then." 

A change in Marissa and Melody's environment helped their vision for the future become clearer. 

Both were exceptional athletes at Brackenridge High School who etched their names in the all-time record books. Marissa holds the school record in the 1,600 meters and Melody the school record in the 3,200 meters. As seniors in cross country, Melody won the district title and Marissa finished second. 

They knew they had the talent to be NCAA Division I student-athletes, but they still wanted to leave San Antonio as a way to put their pasts behind them. 

"We wanted to go to a Division I school because we did feel like that's where our talent was at," Marissa said. "We wanted to start a new life. We wanted to leave San Antonio to escape our problems, but throughout the process of picking a college, our adoptive parents did remind us that we shouldn't want to leave San Antonio just to get away from our problems, we should want to grow through them. If we still saw ourselves leaving, then go ahead, but don't let our problems be the reason we leave San Antonio." 

During the recruitment process, Marissa had been communicating with David Hartman, UTSA's long-time distance coach and was interested in attending her hometown school. She scheduled a visit with the program, but Melody was unsure. The night before Marissa was to make her visit to UTSA, Melody agreed to join her on the visit. 

"I reached out to Coach Hartman and he told me that I was able to come on a visit with my sister," Marissa said. "I honestly loved the campus. Everything about RACE I loved. Coach Hartman seemed like a good person and he is a good person. It was very last-minute that we decided to stay in San Antonio." 

Their freshman year at UTSA is coming to a close for Marissa and Melody Espinoza. Both are majoring in psychology within the College for Health, Community and Policy. 

It has already been an experience that has benefitted the duo in a number of positive ways.    "My time here at UTSA has been quite amazing," Melody said. "I'm very blessed for how this first year is going. I didn't expect to receive such love and support from coaches and teammates that I have. I actually talked to a sports psychologist and that is really nice. The resources that UTSA has provided for us have been amazing. Going through this first year of college being a student-athlete, I definitely underestimated it, but having the right support, resources and people, it definitely makes it a bit easier." 

Both credit, more than anything, the people within the UTSA family for enhancing their student-athlete experience and their lives. 

"I have grown close with a lot of the girls on the team and a couple who I now call my best friends," Marissa said. "I'm glad I met them because of coming here. Every athlete goes through so many things; your season doesn't always go right. When you have the right people around you, it makes things so much easier. Coach Hartman has also taught me to be tougher. He has definitely pushed me to be better as an athlete and as a person. I'm very thankful that I have the coach that I do." 

Though the path that led them to UTSA included an abusive childhood and countless negative experiences, their resilience in making a better life for themselves will serve as an inspiration to countless others. 

"I hope when people hear my story they learn that whatever situation that you're in, that you're able to get out of it," Melody said. "I know it might seem impossible, but it's definitely possible. There are people out in the world who have so much love that they want to give. It might be hard to accept it, but that's the only thing you can do to heal yourself and heal your trauma. Life is challenging, but you will get through it. There is always light on the other side." 

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"Lights" is a song recorded by American rock band Journey and written by Steve Perry and Neal Schon, released in 1978.

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Journey is an American rock band formed in 1973 in San Francisco by former members of Santana and Frumious Bandersnatch. The band has gone through several phases; its strongest commercial success occurred between 1978 and 1987, after which it temporarily disbanded. During that period, the band released a series of hit songs, including 1981's "Don't Stop Believin'", which became in 2009 the top-selling catalog track in iTunes history. Its parent studio album, Escape, the band's eighth and most successful, reached No. 1 on the Billboard 200 and yielded another of their most popular singles, "Open Arms". Its 1983 follow-up, Frontiers, was almost as successful in the United States, reaching No. 2 and spawning several successful singles; it broadened the band's ap… more »

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erica zaino's temple of time invites journey through light and reflection along australian coast

The temple of time captures the rhythms of the day.

Step into the Temple of Time, a contemporary art installation designed to evoke reflection and introspection along the coastal landscape of Cottesloe. Conceived by Western Australian Architect Erica Zaino, the structure, crafted from translucent polycarbonate panels, captures the ever-changing essence of time and light. Its open design and absence of a traditional ceiling allows for unobstructed views of the sky, fostering a sense of connection to the natural world and the rhythms of the day.

During the day, the panels filter sunlight, casting a soft, diffused glow and a dance of shadows throughout the space that evolve with the passage of time. As evening falls, the installation undergoes a dramatic transformation, illuminated from within by solar lights that cast an ethereal glow over the surrounding landscape. The once-translucent panels now take on a radiant quality, emitting a gentle luminescence that invites visitors to linger and explore.

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The installation’s concept emerged as a tribute to the 20th Anniversary of Sculpture by the Sea Cottesloe, a celebration of two decades in the natural beauty along the coastal landscape. Architect Erica Zaino envisions The Temple of Time as a space to reflect on the passage of time, inviting visitors to contemplate the memories forged along the coastline over the years.

The Temple of Time celebrates Sculpture by the Sea’s collective cultural journey, highlighting the ways in which art has enriched lives, sparked conversations, and fostered a deeper connection with the environment. Just as the tides flow, the installation captures the ephemeral nature of art and life. While the physical structure is temporary, the impact and memories it creates are eternal. This duality reminds viewers that while moments may pass, their essence endures.

When it comes to installing a polycarbonate structure at Cottesloe Beach – a site famous for its natural beauty and fierce coastal winds – artists and engineers face a unique set of challenges. The goal here is to maintain the aesthetic vision while ensuring the structure’s durability and stability without relying on traditional structural systems. ‘Finding the right balance between flexibility and rigidity is critical. Too much flexibility can lead to excessive movement and instability in high winds, while too much rigidity can make the structure brittle and susceptible to cracking,’ notes Erica Zaino.

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