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Jerry Cantrell

Setting Sun

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Setting Sun Lyrics

Cue the light, watch this show
Till you find the one you know
Aaaah, eyes wide, skin aflame
All you were is wiped away
All you love has died today

You stand by, You stand by,
You stand by, You stand by,
And let it happen....

All you were is wiped away
All you love has died today
All you were is wiped away
All you love has died today

Run, you are a setting sun
Night to night

Stand them up against the wall
Through the smoke the bodies fall
Aaaah, and the crowd seems appeased
All you were is wiped away
All you love has died today
You stand by, You stand by,
You stand by, You stand by,
And let it happen....

All you were is wiped away
All you love has died today
All you were is wiped away
All you love has died today

Run, you are a setting sun
Night to night
Run, you are a setting sun
Night to night

You stand by, You stand by,
You stand by, You stand by,
And let it happen....

Watch you come down, Oh, you're setting sun.......

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eternaltearsofsorrow On Feb 07, 2019

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2019-02-07 08:35:30

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7y ago

I think this song is about how easily someone can fall from grace. No matter how high in regard we hold our heroes, the bigger they are - the harder they can fall. Here today & gone tomorrow - the brightest sun can so dimly set.

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