Pain of Salvation – The Passing Light of Day
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Though life has worn us down
Through sun and rain
Your eyes are still the same
Deep blue against all gray»Love, don’t be afraid«
They seem to say
»I am here for you all the way
My lover, my best friend«Do you remember us?
That first January?
You had just turned nineteen
I was to be twenty
We fed on politics and poetry
Two children fueled by unbroken dreamsYou’re watching me slowly slip away
Like the passing light of day
Watching the colors turn to grey
Like the passing light of day
The passing light…Better burn out, they say
Than fade away
Some candles last an hour
And others one full dayBut I, I wanna be like the sun
That steady flame that burns on and on
And still…You’re watching me slowly slip away
Like the passing light of day
We’re watching the colors turning grey
In the passing light…A lifetime since we met that January
Two young kids
Feeding on politics and poetry
Running on dreamsEmpires have fallen
Nations have been born
Heroes of our childhood
Dead, forgotten or goneBut we stand
All those times that I went away
All those times that I couldn’t stay
Wish that I could give them back
Wish that I could give them backAll those times that I fed on you
All those times that I turned on you
Wish that I could take them back
Wish that I could take them backCause all those are still here today
All those times they still hurt today
All those moments return today
All those times of »another day«You’re watching me slowly slip away
Like the passing light of day
Watching all colors turning grey
Like the passing light of dayI need something new
If I could start anew
Would it be the same?I need something new
To feel whole again
I will see this through
I need something new
Take me home againAll those people who worried us
All those things that were hurting us
None of that can reach me now
None of that can reach me nowAll the darkness we thought about
All those things that we fought about
None of that can touch me now
None of that can touch me nowAll that matters is you today
All the thoughts that I think today
Every word that I say today
Every second another dayWe’re all burning out, fading away
Like the passing light of day
We are watching the colors turning grey
In the passing light of dayWe may wish we could run, just walk away
From this passing light of day
But at some point we need to stop and say
»It’s okay, it’s okay.«»My love, don’t be afraid«, I hear you say
»I’ll be here for you all the way«
And I just wish that I could smile and say:
»Baby, hey. I’m in too much pain
To feel afraid
My lover, my best friend«Lover, best friend
I’m watching it slowly slip away
Like the passing light of day
Watching the colors turning gray
In the passing light of dayAnd although I wish that I could stay
It somehow strangely feels okay
It is what it is, I’ll find my way
Through this passing light…
Pain of Salvation, The Passing Light of Day (TIDAL).