Light This City - Wake Me At Sunset lyrics
rate meA flash brighter than lightning overhead, <br />
But my town is asleep<br />
So they don't see my father coming home.<br />
I imagine him walking in the middle of this night<br />
All the way back to us.<br />
He likes to look up at the sky as he<br />
Steps out onto familiar ground.<br />
Now he's rounding our corner, <br />
Now he's walking through the door, <br />
He's walking through the door.<br />
<br />
And my mother with her deadened eyes, <br />
She comes alive.<br />
<br />
"Don't go," I plead even though I know<br />
I know his strong love for us both<br />
Won't keep him from the sky.<br />
I know it tears him up inside to say, <br />
"It's only one more time."<br />
He knows it's just a lie he wants to believe.<br />
"I need the stars flying by me, <br />
The earth afloat, above or below, it doesn't matter where, <br />
Just as long as it isn't right here.<br />
<br />
I'll be back before you know it and then<br />
I promise you I'll be home for good"<br />
<br />
"Let me go with you" I have begged ever since I was a child<br />
I know just what he's going to say:<br />
<br />
"I don't want you to end up like me, <br />
Aching between the mystery of new planets to be explored<br />
And the comfort of this ancient discovery beneath our feet.<br />
You'll struggle to give up that which you love<br />
And it's not easy.<br />
Son, just please promise me you won't become like me."<br />
<br />
I just nod and let go even though I know<br />
I know his strong love for us both<br />
Won't keep him from the sky.<br />
I know it tears him up inside to say, <br />
"It's only one more time."<br />
<br />
A flash as bright as a rocket ship exploding, <br />
But my town is asleep<br />
So they don't see my father die.<br />
I imagine him falling into the sun<br />
And I look up at the sky.<br />
"If only you would have stayed this time."<br />
Now he's rounding the corner, <br />
Now he's walking through the door, <br />
Please, just walk through that door.<br />
<br />
When I asked him how many ways<br />
One could die in space, he said "a million.<br />
They call them traveling graves.<br />
If they can't find you, then they can't bury you."<br />
Imagine how it feels to envy the stars and<br />
Resent the sun<br />
Morning won't ever be the same.<br />
<br />
You never kept your promise, so I'm not keeping mine<br />
Wake me at sunset so I can say goodbye.
