Dimming of the Day Lyrics

Lyric discussion by boysherpa 

Cover art for Dimming of the Day lyrics by Bonnie Raitt

This is such a gorgeous song, well written and well performed. The harmony is beautiful. It has such a melancholy feel, though. It seems there has been a breakup: "What days have come to keep us far apart A broken promise or a broken heart". Such longing, and such love, is expressed in the first verse. But what really pulls me in are the lines: "You pulled me like the moon pulls on the tide, You know just where I keep my better side". In this day where so many song express anger and sex, this expression of desire and need from a softer side is so appealing.

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