"The Lights and Buzz" is a song by

Jack's Mannequin Jack's Mannequin was an American rock band formed in 2004, hailing from Orange County, California. The band originally began as a solo project for Andrew McMahon, the frontman of Something Corporate. The band was signed to Maverick Records and re ...

. It was released on November 15, 2005, as a

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exclusively through the

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. In 2006, the song appeared as a

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on the

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ese version of Jack's Mannequin's debut album ''

Everything in Transit ''Everything in Transit'' is the debut studio album by American rock band Jack's Mannequin. Amid rising tensions within Something Corporate, the band went on a break; returning to his home in Orange County, California, frontman Andrew McMahon beg ...

'', as well as on

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's '' Super Christmas''. It was also remastered for the 10th anniversary edition of ''Everything in Transit''. It is the first song frontman

Andrew McMahon Andrew Ross McMahon (born September 3, 1982) is an American singer-songwriter. He was the vocalist, pianist and primary lyricist for the bands Something Corporate and main songwriter for Jack's Mannequin and performs solo both under his own nam ...

wrote and recorded after his

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transplant in connection with his

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diagnosis in late 2005. The song's lyrics are heavily influenced by his recovery from the disease, indicated in lines like ''"I'm coming home from my hardest year"'' and ''"It's good to be alive"''.

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