The Passing Light of Day

Though life has worn us down

Through sun and rain

Your eyes are still the same

Deep blue against all gray

"Love, don't be afraid"

You seem to say

"I am here for you

All the way

My lover, my best friend"

Do you remember us?

Is that first January?

You had just turned nineteen

I was soon to be twenty

We fed on politics and poetry

Two children fueled by unbroken dreams

You're watching me slowly slip away

Like the passing light of day

Watching the colors turn to grey

Like the passing light of day

The passing light of day

You better burn out, they say

Then fade away

Some candles last an hour

And others one full day

But I want to be like the sun

That steady flame that burns

On and off - and still

You're watching this slowly slip away

Like the passing light of day

We're watching the colors turning grey

In the passing light...

Lifetimes since we met that January

Two young kids

Feeding on politics and poetry

Running our dreams

Empires have fallen

Nations have been born

Heroes of our childhood

Dead, forgotten, or gone

But we stand

All those times that I went away

All those times that I couldn't stay

Wish that I could give them back

Wish that I could give them back

All those times that I fed on you

All those times that I turned on you

Wish that I could take 'em back

Wish that I could take 'em back

Cause all those times led to here today

All those times speak to her today

All those moments returned today

All those times of another day

You're watching this slowly slip away

Like the passing light of day

Watching our colors turning grey

Like the passing light of day

I need something new

If I could stare down you

Would it feel the same?

I need something new

To feel old again

I need something new

Take me home again

All those people who worry us

All those things that were hurting us

None of that can reach me now

None of that can reach me now

All the darkness we thought about

All those things that we fought about

None of that can touch me now

None of that can touch me now

All that matters is you today

All the thoughts that I think today

Every word that I say today

Every second another day

We're all burning out, fading away

Like the passing light of day

We are watching the colors turning grey

In the passing light of day

We may wish we could run, just walk away

From this passing light of day

But at some point we needed to stop and say

"It's okay, it's okay."

"My love, don't be afraid", I hear you say

"I'll be here for you all the way"

And I just wish that I could smile and say:

'Baby, hey. I'm in too much pain

To feel afraid'

My lover, my best friend

Lover, best friend

I'm watching it slowly slip away

Like the passing light of day

Watching the colors turning gray

In the passing light of day

And although I wish that I could stay

It somehow strangely feels okay

It is what it is, I'll find my way

Through this passing light...