The Light Will Stay On

I go to sleep

Before the devil wakes

And I wake up

Before the angels take



All my worldly desires

All my yardsticks of fear

Hangin' down, hangin' down



I go to sleep

Before the devil wakes

And I wake up

Before the angels take



All my secrets untold, all my motives unclear

Hangin' down in the fire burnin' them higher

Won't take them away from here



And long after we're gone

The light will stay on

The light will stay on



Watched the city, city of crows

Watched them fly

Watched 'em all flyin' low



Out above the flood plain just above the dirt road

They were hungry as winter, hungry as us

Not afraid to be flyin', not afraid to be lost



And long after we're gone

The light will stay on

The light will stay on



And if you bury me add three feet to it

One for your sorrow, two for your sweat

Three for the strange things we never forget



And long after we're gone

The light will stay on

The light will stay on



And long after we're safe

The lights will not fade

The lights will not fade