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I Was the Light of Day Lyrics by The Nocturnes

A Year of Spring

2009

Sarah, do not come home
\nI came and found the body, oh
\nSarah, do not come home
\nHe clearly had overgrown
\nAnd to his chest he’d pinned a note
\nSarah, do not come home
\n
\nI’ll be awake out in the garden, in the garden
\nI’ll be cutting the roses, cutting the roses
\nOut in the place where they would make us
\nAnd they’d take us
\nWe’d be cutting the roses, cutting the roses
\n
\nI was a steel plane (you rang, you rang)
\nI was the light of day (you rang, you rang)
\nI was a hеavy thing (you rang, you rang)
\nI was the light of day (you rang, you rang)
\n
\nBa do da da da do
\nBa do da da da do
\nBa do da da da do
\nBa do da da da do
\n
\nNow that you’ve left us hеre
\nThe words you wrote, the message clear
\nNow that you’ve left us here
\nYou went with pockets filled of rotten roots
\nAnd the plants you killed
\nNow that you’ve let us here
\n
\nAre you awake out in the garden, in the garden?
\nAre you cutting the roses? Cutting up roses?
\nThat was the place where you would make us
\nThat you’d take us
\nWe were cutting up roses, cutting up roses
\n
\nI was a steel plane (you rang, you rang)
\nI was the light of day (you rang, you rang)
\nI was a heavy thing (you rang, you rang)
\nI was the light of day (you rang, you rang)
\n
\nCome with me dancing now, with your scissors, dear
\nWe will cut them out, out
\nWe’ll bring you back somehow
\nWe will cut them up and gather in
\nAll the roses that have grown from your mouth
\n
\nI was a steel plane
\nI was the light of day
\nI was a heavy thing
\nI was the light of day\n\n
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The Nocturnes

The Nocturnes

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