Twilight
A song lyric
I lie awake at night
Watching the clock tick by
Aging myself out of another day
It’s 3 am again
My favorite hour, and when
A faint piano starts to play
I find it almost deafening
To hear the sounds of so much breathing
It wasn’t so very long ago
I heard so many different hearts beating
How unlucky I am to hold this power
Wandering haunted hallways forever
I’ll navigate the witching hour
Conducting a symphony of eternal slumbers
It’s the cruelest joke
When you lose the ones you once held close
And still gotta be thankful
For the life you have, you better be grateful
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PRE-CHORUS:
Some won’t see the sunrise today
No one warned me life could be that way
They said, “make the most of everyday”
Because someday, you’ll drift away
Into the fray, beyond the gray
CHORUS:
I lose sleep, I lose me
I lose everything
Whenever I envision your face
I’d give hope, I’d give love
Give up the stars above
For just one more blue sky day
If I can close my eyes
I will dream, Heaven’s beams
I will see you once again
If I can’t turn back time
I won’t go, oh, I know
I will break the chain
If I could, then I would
How I miss you darling
If you could, then you would
Be here, instead of dearly departed
I could miss another sunrise
Just to see you in the twilight
Do you know how long you’ve been gone?
I don’t know how much time moves on
I see the lines on my face getting clearer
I see the grays in my hair through the mirror
Can you find me beyond your ghostly plains?
Break through the walls of time and space?
Would you meet me tonight?
Under moonlight, in the hour of twilight?
(PRE-CHORUS, CHORUS)
BRIDGE:
At dusk, the shadows tease amends
Come closer, together we will transcend
In the twilight, everything will be alright
It’s twenty years ago, and we’re still alive
We can dance, take my hand
And we’ll spin around ’til the sands run out
We can laugh, we can cry
It won’t be too soon before long
When we’ll have to say goodbye
We’ve had the time of our lives
Just you and I
(CHORUS)
OUTRO:
I’ve lost you, I’ve lost me
I’ve lost everything
And now I, dance in a ballroom of ghosts
Spin around, my lost and found
I know I’ve got nothing now
But I, will always be a gracious host
