"We've got a 747 coming down in the night
There's no power, there's no runway lights
Radio operator try to get a message through
Tell the flight deck New York has no lights
There's no power what do we do?
747 coming down in the night
Try to get a message through

We were strangers in the night (*)
Both on separate flights
Strangers in the night
Going nowhere

This is Scandinavian one-o-one
Flight from Hawaii coming out of the sun
Kennedy should be in sight
We can't see a thing here in the night
Navigator says we're on the flight path
There's no radio, no sign of life
This is Scandinavian one-o-one
For God's sake, get the ground lights on, because

(Repeat *)

There's a 747 going into the night
There's no power, they don't know why
They've no fuel, they've got to land soon
They can't land by the light of the moon
They're overshooting, there's no guiding lights
Set a course into the light
Scandinavian one-o-one
For God's sake get your ground lights on

(Repeat *)"

I love the song, but I don't really understand it.

A 747 is a large passanger plane. As was common for Saxon, they wrote a lot of history around tragic events in history, and this was one of those songs.

That's my question, what event?

2 penises one orrifice. "Strangers in the night, both on Different flights?" It should make sense to you now.

Also, "Ground lights" are a common term used to describe anal beads.

Actually, I read that POTN was about a real train that wuld pass Bif's house when he was a child.

Having never sat down to read the lyrics and just picking them up from listening to it, I always thought that Princess of the Night was about an actual woman, not a train. The "she used to bring the mail to me through the ice and snow" part did confuse me a bit though.

Every good woman should get the mail in the ice and snow and bring it to you.




After typing this comment I am reminded that Auntie Saxon has been around for awhile and is due to pop in any moment.

It's a secret code for daemon conjuration like most of Saxon's songs. The, we're just British blokes who swill ale and say fookin a lot, is all an act. They're high priests in the church of stan.