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Hot as Day Lyrics
When the sun is its most bright
Stare into its light
Do not close your eyes
Let it burn into your mind
Then look left, look right
Let it make you blind
Oh, isn't that a fright
Birth, to eternal night
That someone decides each day
When the days run long and late
Darkness brings me pause
While I lie awake
Sleeping's never long enough
Lying in this heat
I forget to breathe
Oh, isn't that the way
Sun hides himself away
Still, it's hot as day
Stare into its light
Do not close your eyes
Then look left, look right
Let it make you blind
Birth, to eternal night
That someone decides each day
Darkness brings me pause
While I lie awake
Lying in this heat
I forget to breathe
Sun hides himself away
Still, it's hot as day
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I feel like I NEED to comment and say how much I love this song- the feeling of it, the instrumentals, the lyrics... all of it. It's pure brilliance.
it's not "birth, to eternal night" but rather "GO INTO eternal night"
i'm not sure of anything, but here's a slightly different interpretation...
when the sun is its most bright stare into its light do not close your eyes
let it burn into your mind then look left look right let it make you blind
oh isn't that a fright go into eternal night --- someone did fly/defy --- (?)
when the days run long and late darkness brings me pause while i lie awake
sleep is never long enough lying in this heat i forgot to breathe
oh isn't that the wait slow hides himself away still it's hot as day
i have to take it back, because after hearing it live... my opinion differs. also, i'm starting to think jenn's changing the lyrics up, and it's fucking with my head :)
i heard the ending the same as posted: oh isn't that the way sun hides himself away still it's hot as day
it also seemed she didn't say "go into eternal night"... but something like "birth..."
i still can't hear "that someone decides each day"... but more than anything it's the "each day" i can't hear.
my brain needs a rest.
according to Wye Oak:
when the sun is its most bright, stare into its light, do not close your eyes. let it burn into your mind, then look left, look right. let it make you blind. oh, isn't that a fright, burned into eternal night, that someone decides is right. when the days run long and late, darkness gives me pause while i lie awake. sleep is never long enough, lying in this heat, i forget to breathe. oh, isn't that the way, sun hides itself away, still it's hot as day.