Light This City

Light This City - Wake Me At Sunset lyrics

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A 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 />

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And my mother with her deadened eyes, <br />

She comes alive.<br />

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"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 />

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I'll be back before you know it and then<br />

I promise you I'll be home for good"<br />

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"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 />

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"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 />

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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 />

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You never kept your promise, so I'm not keeping mine<br />

Wake me at sunset so I can say goodbye.

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