I Want To See The Light

from Cold War Night Life by Rational Youth

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I WANT TO SEE THE LIGHT

Someone left the lights out on the ground
And the people that were there were never found
10:15 flight to Madrapour
Soaring off into the night forever more
And the dreams they were dreaming
Have all flickered and died
Before they close that curtain
I want to see the light

In a dream the truth is overheard
That our destination’s only just a word
He who so desires is free to go
But the gesture would be futile even so
All your well-formed opinions
Are just holes in the night
Before they pull that trigger
I want to see the light

Someone bring my medicine, I’m ill
The machine is ready, waiting for the kill
Powers below have analysed my fate
Memo Update Final Subject Terminate
But I feel only nothing
I with silence abide
Before the push that button
I want to see the light

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from Cold War Night Life, released December 6, 2019
Written by Tracy Howe and Bill Vorn (Third Side Music). Produced by Pyer Desrochers and Marc de Mouy.

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