Story Behind The Song
The question of what to tell a dying person when they are facing eternity.
Song Description
Uncertainty of the careless at the end of their lives, and the questions inside them, and about lifelong certainties dissolving.
| Song Length |
3:36 |
Genre |
Country - Alternative, Folk - Alternative |
| Tempo |
Tempo Undefined |
Lead Vocal |
Male Vocal |
| Mood |
Diplomatic, Gloomy |
Subject |
Infinity, Life |
| Language |
English |
| |
Lyrics
DANIEL- Old Relic
Verse 1
and the midnight flame is burning low, guiding a yellow hand on the wall
Daniel knows it means the dark may go- maybe tomorrow, God only knows
but right throughout this deadly night the hand of warning grows
Chorus
Daniel, you know you need to try though you're dying all of the time
breaking out of this dream of life with a childlike prayer for a sign
you know you shouldn't doubt- when time is running out
this night will soon be done- and judgement has begun
Daniel, you got to do it right, ain't the time to get it all wrong
Daniel, it is time to move along
Verse 2
so the twilight vision moves along bearing a shallow image of dawn
and the mocker's joy becomes forlorn, echoing hollow, ragged and worn
for clear above the fear the hope and faith of man is borne