When I was young lying in the grass
I felt so safe in a warming bath
Of sunlight, of sunlightVast open sky could do no harm
Like an embrace from mother's arms
In sunlight, in sunlight
In sunlight, in sunlightWith every year that came to pass
More clouds appeared 'til the sky went black
And there was no sunlight, no sunlight
And there was no sunlight, no sunlight anymoreIt disappeared with the same speed
As the idealistic things I believed
The optimist died inside of meNo sunlight, no sunlight
No sunlight, no sunlightIt disappeared with the same speed
As the idealistic things I believed
The optimist died inside of meNo sunlight, no sunlight
No sunlight, no sunlight
No sunlight, no sunlight
No sunlight, no sunlight
No sunlight anymore
Songwriters
Gibbard, Benjamin / Walla, ChristopherPublished by
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