Song Description
Rootsy-sounding, staying-up-all-night-pacing song with acoustic and slide guidar, fretless bass, non-traditional percussion. Lyrics address wasted time, the road not taken, loss of mother, not following in mother's footsteps by denying your dream.
Song Length |
3:09 |
Genre |
Rock - General |
Tempo |
Medium (111 - 130) |
Lead Vocal |
Female Vocal |
Mood |
Restless, Poignant |
Subject |
Cats, Kittens, Robots |
Similar Artists |
Fleetwood Mac, Melissa Etheridge |
Language |
English |
Era |
2000 and later |
| |
Lyrics
in the early quiet hours
as the darkness holds its breath
morning makes an entrance
on a stage as still as death
and the stars are like excuses
as they leave me one by one
and I find myself facing
west with the sun
I guess I thought I'd have forever
to invent this life of mine
but every path I've taken
left another one behind
so I have been uncertain
and I left too much undone
I know that I have to go
west with the sun
'cause that clock
keeps ticking
even as I turn to run
darkness
right behind me moving west with the sun
my mama never told me
but I realized when she died
night falls like a curtain
on a dream too long denied
and now I have to listen
to the echo of her pain
and make up words we never sang
to a happier refrain
but I won't go down her road
I know I'm burning daylight
and I will not close my eyes
I am aching
straining
toward the fading light
and that clock
keeps ticking
even as I turn to run
darkness
right behind me
moving west with the sun
west with the sun