I'll Be the Night

when i was a child i made a deal against the sun

that if it died out that i would carry on

so you can feel and you can see

that it's all real

and you won't have to cryi'll be the night, let your systems all transpire

let them soak up the light then dash them on the fire

and in the flames of your streets

children will be laughing at your feet

and i will be goneno one owes you any favours, they only owe you wine

and a fruitless search for saviours, will leave nothing inside

i'm married to the sky, im a servant of the hour

i'm open as time, and i'm perfect without powerand i will carry your death, and i will speak your final words

i will draw your final breath, so that it will be heard

above the sound of your empires tumbling down

until you're memorised by the ground

in the bitterness of the endoh i pray you're never lonely and that leads you all to love

i pray you're never empty but cannot fathom the Above

i pray for your children and that their wishes be understood

by their masters and their minds and are not buried in the flood

of other's dreams

and other's schemes

and other's teams

which should be left aloneand i'll be the night