When they went to bed that night, no one would have believed
That in the morning light would not be there
The dark hung heavy on the air like the grip of a jealous man
No place was there known to have been spared
Then panic took control of minds as fear hit everyone
The day the light went out of the daytime sky

Artificial light could hardly penetrate the gloom
Nothing out of reach could be observed
Looting, pillage, murder, rape became the rule of that day
Who hit him no one knew, or whom he hit
Cars were caught in pileups and the planes could never land
The day the light went out of the daytime sky

"Now I can rest here after my journey
Now I can feed here before I continue."

Some were there who's heads were clear who sought, tried to find
The nature of this deadly foe, the dark
It seemed the sun was still somewhere, though hidden from their sight
By something, though amorphous, yet alive
And so they looked for ways to rid themselves of the parasite
The day the light went out of the daytime sky

"Now I can rest here after my journey
Now I can feed here before I continue."

They tried in many fruitless ways to see the noonday sun
By blasting with their missiles through the dark
But soon a kind of sleepy state came over everyone
Till nothing seemed to stir or even breathe
And when the darkness chose to disappear, not many had survived
Then came a shadow - another had arrived
And again the light went out of the daytime sky


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The Day the Light Went Out Lyrics as written by Tony Banks

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    Song Meaning

    A large eldritch abomination blocks out the Sun, people panic, some try to get rid of it, it eats almost everyone then leaves. Another one arrives, "And again the light went out of the daytime sky."

    SergeantDiggson March 11, 2015   Link

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