This is a hauntingly beautiful song about introspection, specifically about looking back at a relationship that started bad and ended so poorly, that the narrator wants to go back to the very beginning and tell himself to not even travel down that road. I believe that the relationship started poorly because of the lines:
"Take me back to the night we met:When the night was full of terrors: And your eyes were filled with tears: When you had not touched me yet"
So, the first night was not a great start, but the narrator pursued the relationship and eventually both overcame the rough start to fall in love with each other:
"I had all and then most of you"
Like many relationships that turn sour, it was not a quick decline, but a gradual one where the narrator and their partner fall out of love and gradually grow apart
"Some and now none of you"
Losing someone who was once everything in your world, who you could confide in, tell your secrets to, share all the most intimate parts of your life, to being strangers with that person is probably one of the most painful experiences a person can go through. So Painful, the narrator wants to go back in time and tell himself to not even pursue the relationship.
This was the perfect song for "13 Reasons Why"
Slowly we watch the degradation of the civilization
The rise and fall of all we are
Stands here before us
This place is evil
We stare in insult
This world is vile
We are the answer
How long until we die?
Die from the inside out
How much is enough for us to see the light?
How much blood must be shed?
Come past the lies
We cannot be so blind
Hear their cries
The wait 'til daylight dies
Daylight dies
We all have blood on our hands
How can we (how can we) ignore the sound?
Come past the lies
We cannot be so blind
Hear their cries
The wait 'til daylight dies
The cost of one life
The price of ones soul
Is too much to lose
No more broken promises
The shattered hearts will heal
No more broken promises
No more (no more)
Come past the lies
We cannot be so blind
Hear their cries
The wait 'til daylight dies
How long until it dies?
How long?
How long?
How long until it dies
How long?
How long?
The rise and fall of all we are
Stands here before us
This place is evil
We stare in insult
This world is vile
We are the answer
How long until we die?
Die from the inside out
How much is enough for us to see the light?
How much blood must be shed?
Come past the lies
We cannot be so blind
Hear their cries
The wait 'til daylight dies
Daylight dies
We all have blood on our hands
How can we (how can we) ignore the sound?
Come past the lies
We cannot be so blind
Hear their cries
The wait 'til daylight dies
The cost of one life
The price of ones soul
Is too much to lose
No more broken promises
The shattered hearts will heal
No more broken promises
No more (no more)
Come past the lies
We cannot be so blind
Hear their cries
The wait 'til daylight dies
How long until it dies?
How long?
How long?
How long until it dies
How long?
How long?
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Daylight Dies Lyrics as written by Howard Jones Adam Dutkiewicz
Lyrics © Warner Chappell Music, Inc.
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we are in insult?. lol
kick ass song though
this song is fucking incredible
i think that the line "we stare in insult" is actually "is there an answer?"
This song is terrific. One hell of an opening to the new album. My veiw is the song could fit different situatuions in the world... I picked Rawanda as an example. The western countries allowed genocide to take place instead of stepping in. Rawanda had no real profit. If we went there, all we would be losing is money. The song reaches out to politicans, challenging them to step up and take the side of those in need. Daylight dies refers to how it is never to late to change things for the better. Excellent song.
Slowly we watch the degradation of a cilvilization. The rise and fall of all we are stands before us. This place is evil. Is there an awnser? This world is vile. We are the awnser? How long until we die? Die from the inside out. Houw much is enough for us to see the light? How much blood must be spilled. Contest the lies, we cannot be so blind. Hear their cries. Don't wait 'till daylight dies. When there is blood on our hands. How can we ignore the truth. Contest the lies. We cannot be so blind. Hear their cries. Don't wait till daylight dies. The cost of one life the price of one soul is too much to bear. No more broken promises, our shattered hearts will heal. No more broken promises. No more. Contest the lies. We cannot be so blind. Hear their cries, don't wait 'till daylight dies. How long until it dies? How long?
"This place is vile. We are the answer."- Horrible things happen around the world and the only way they will change for the better is if we step in and help.
"Contest the lies, we cannot be so blind."- Don't believe everything you hear. Challenge yourselves to see through people who want to deceive you into thinking everything is going alright.
"Hear their cries, don't wait 'til daylight dies."- Don't wait until it's too late. "When Daylight Dies" is a time when bad things move past the point of no return and it is too late to help.