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The Light Will Stay On Lyrics
I go to sleep,
Before the devil wakes
And I wake up,
Before the angels take
All my worldly desires,
All my yardsticks of fear,
Hanging down, hanging down.
I go to sleep,
Before the devil wakes
And I wake up,
Before the angels take
All my secrets untold,
All my motives unclear,
Hanging down in the fire, burning them higher,
Won't take them away from here.
And long after we're gone,
The light will stay on
The light will stay on.
Watched the city, city of crows
Watched them fly,
watched them all flying low
Out above the flood plain, just above the dirt road
They were hungry as winter, hungry as us
Not afraid to be flying, not afraid to be lost
And long after we're gone,
The light will stay on
The light will stay on.
And if you bury me, add three feet to it
One for your sorrow, Two for your sweat,
Three for the strange things we never forget
And long after we're gone,
The light will stay on
The light will stay on.
And long after we're safe,
The lights will not fade
The lights will not fade.
Before the devil wakes
And I wake up,
Before the angels take
All my yardsticks of fear,
Hanging down, hanging down.
Before the devil wakes
And I wake up,
Before the angels take
All my motives unclear,
Hanging down in the fire, burning them higher,
Won't take them away from here.
The light will stay on
The light will stay on.
Watched them fly,
watched them all flying low
They were hungry as winter, hungry as us
Not afraid to be flying, not afraid to be lost
The light will stay on
The light will stay on.
One for your sorrow, Two for your sweat,
Three for the strange things we never forget
The light will stay on
The light will stay on.
The lights will not fade
The lights will not fade.
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