Song information On this page you can find the lyrics of the song Wake Me at Sunset, artist - Light This City. Album song Light This City - Digital Collection, in the genre Date of issue: 21.12.2017
Record label: Prosthetic
Song language: English
Wake Me at Sunset |
| A flash brighter than lightning overhead |
| But my town is asleep |
| So they don’t see my father coming home |
| I imagine him walking in the middle of this night |
| All the way back to us |
| He likes to look up at the sky as he steps out onto familiar ground |
| Now he’s rounding our corner |
| Now he’s walking through the door |
| He’s walking through the door |
| And my mother with her deadened eyes |
| She comes alive |
| Don’t go |
| I plead even though I know |
| I know his strong love for us both won’t keep him from the sky |
| I know it tears him up inside to say it’s only one more time |
| He knows it’s just a lie he wants to believe |
| I need the stars flying by me |
| The earth afloat |
| Above or below |
| It doesn’t matter where |
| Just as long as it isn’t right here |
| I’ll be back before you know it |
| And then I promise you I’ll be home for good |
| Let me go with you |
| I have begged ever since I was a child |
| I know just what he’s going to say |
| I don’t want you to end up like me |
| Aching between the mystery of new planets to be explored |
| And the comfort of this ancient discovery beneath our feet |
| You’ll struggle to give up that which you love |
| And it’s not easy |
| Son |
| Just please promise me you won’t become like me |
| I just nod and let go even though I know |
| I know his strong love for us both won’t keep him from the sky |
| I know it tears him up inside to say it’s only one more time |
| A flash as bright as a rocket ship exploding |
| But my town is asleep |
| So they don’t see my father die |
| I imagine him falling into the sun |
| And I look up at the sky |
| If only you would have stayed this time |
| Now he’s rounding the corner |
| Now he’s walking through the door |
| Please just walk through that door |
| When I asked him how many ways one could die in space |
| He said a million |
| They call them traveling graves |
| If they can’t find you |
| Then they can’t bury you |
| Imagine how it feels to envy the stars and resent the sun |
| Morning won’t ever be the same |
| You never kept your promise |
| So I’m not keeping mine |
| Wake me at sunset so I can say goodbye |