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Sudden Life Lyrics
Floating in the clouds, giving up the fight
A voice is calling out, I'm walking into the light
We used to race a thousand miles a day so fast
Feet they barely even touched the ground
We used to fly to places out beyond our own little world
The fury and the sun
A sun flickered like a television set
Bright flashes of a warning sign
Flipping channels in a world gone static
Eroding away line by the fading line
Under water for years we’re found,
so much harder to swim, than drown
The current takes us,
Now we're walking into the light
Are you dying all your life? (Walking into the light)
Broken, beaten, tired out
You wanted to live but don't know how
Diagnosis sudden life
Can no one revive me now?
Feels like I'm walking into the light
Woke up falling on a wave of golden sound
Tunnel vision and a great beyond
Heart beating like a rhythm slowing down
Til it's gone, an echo of a song
A flat line and a closing bell
Whisper a warm farewell
The flames are beckoning
As we're walking into the light
Are you dying all your life? (Walking into the light)
Broken, beaten, tired out
You wanted to love but don't know how
Diagnosis sudden life
Can no one revive me now?
Feels like I'm walking into the light
Don't suppose that you know the way
Don't suppose that you care
I see lights up ahead and hear
Choirs of angels ringing in my ears
But you know that, had you a choice,
You would go back and do it again
We all have unfinished business to tend
So no I won't go gentle
Into the good night
You can keep your candle
I'm walking away from the light
Yeah I'm walking away from the light
I'm walking away from the light
I'm walking away from the light
I'm walking away from the light
Diagnosis sudden life (Walking into the light)
I woke up my heart racing, I'm
At a loss explaining why
Are you dying all your life?
Then put your darkest days behind
Let life flash right before your eyes
And for very the first time,
It feels like I'm walking away from the light
A voice is calling out, I'm walking into the light
Feet they barely even touched the ground
We used to fly to places out beyond our own little world
The fury and the sun
Bright flashes of a warning sign
Flipping channels in a world gone static
Eroding away line by the fading line
so much harder to swim, than drown
The current takes us,
Now we're walking into the light
Broken, beaten, tired out
You wanted to live but don't know how
Diagnosis sudden life
Can no one revive me now?
Feels like I'm walking into the light
Tunnel vision and a great beyond
Heart beating like a rhythm slowing down
Til it's gone, an echo of a song
Whisper a warm farewell
The flames are beckoning
As we're walking into the light
Broken, beaten, tired out
You wanted to love but don't know how
Diagnosis sudden life
Can no one revive me now?
Feels like I'm walking into the light
Don't suppose that you care
I see lights up ahead and hear
Choirs of angels ringing in my ears
But you know that, had you a choice,
You would go back and do it again
We all have unfinished business to tend
Into the good night
You can keep your candle
I'm walking away from the light
Yeah I'm walking away from the light
I'm walking away from the light
I'm walking away from the light
I'm walking away from the light
I woke up my heart racing, I'm
At a loss explaining why
Are you dying all your life?
Then put your darkest days behind
Let life flash right before your eyes
And for very the first time,
It feels like I'm walking away from the light
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This song is taken from the poem by Dylan Thomas called "Do not go gentle into that good night". The song (as is the poem) is about fighting against death and finding the will to live.The first lines gives the impression of a soul passing from the world into eternity. A soul who is "giving up the fight" floats "in the clouds" and begins "walking into the light" The light symbolizes death and is commonly interpreted as what someone sees when they die hence the phrase "don't go toward the light" etc. Note that he begins saying he is walking toward the light Through the song the speaker reminisces about his life.The name of the song comes from his view as he looks back on his life and feels it as so sudden or quick.Though he has had troubles and wants to give up the song has a turn around after the second chorus (Are you dying all your life?..)The turnaround (Don't suppose that you know the way..) is a conversation with himself, him weighing the options in his mind. He realizes that he has regrets and wants to live to make it right. Finally my favorite part of the song “So no I won't go gentle Into the good night” which is paraphrased from the Poem mentioned earlier. Then the speaker says he is “walking away from the light” changing what he said earlier and choosing life and fighting death. This is a very thoughtful song and one of my favorite off The Black Market album