Now the whole place is dark
Every light on this side of the town
Suddenly it all went down
Now we’ll all be brothers of the fossil fires of the sun
Now we’ll all be sisters of the fossil blood of the moon
Now they’ll be working in the cold gray rock
Now they’ll be working in the concrete streets
Now they’ll be working in the hot mill steam
In the sirens and the silences now
All those great set up hearts all at once start to beat
After tonight, if you don’t want it to be a secret out of the past
I will resurrect it, have a good look at it
Streak its blood across my beak, dust my feathers in its ash
Feel his ghost breathing down my back
I will try and know whatever I try, I will be gone, but not forever
We will try and know whatever we try, We’ll be gone, but not forever
I will let everything be what it will
It really is this cold and dark in hell
At least this town’s being honest with itself
Some of you, it’s getting hard to tell
Real truth about it is, is no one gets it right
Real truth about it is we’re all supposed to try
There ain’t no end to the sands I’ve been trying to cross
The real truth about it is my kinda life’s no better off
If I’ve got the map or if I’m lost
I only start to taste the dust
I forget who I owe, and what
Who I am, and was
There ain’t no end to the desert I’ll cross
I really knew it all along
Mama, here comes midnight with the dead moon in its jaws
Must be the big star about to fall
Mama, here comes midnight with the dead moon in its jaws
Must be the big star about to fall
Long Dark Blues, Will o’ the Wisp
Long Dark Blues, The ageless darkness
Long Dark Blues, The big star is fallen
Long Dark Blues, Listen.
Long Dark Blues, through the static and distance
Long Dark Blues, the farewell transmission
Long Dark Blues, Listen
Listen
Listen
Listen
Here are the lyrics to the demo version:
Now the whole place is dark Every light on this side of the town Suddenly it all went down Now we’ll all be brothers of the fossil fires of the sun Now we’ll all be sisters of the fossil blood of the moon
Now they’ll be working in the cold gray rock Now they’ll be working in the concrete streets Now they’ll be working in the hot mill steam In the sirens and the silences now All those great set up hearts all at once start to beat
After tonight, if you don’t want it to be a secret out of the past I will resurrect it, have a good look at it Streak its blood across my beak, dust my feathers in its ash Feel his ghost breathing down my back
I will try and know whatever I try, I will be gone, but not forever We will try and know whatever we try, We’ll be gone, but not forever
I will let everything be what it will It really is this cold and dark in hell At least this town’s being honest with itself Some of you, it’s getting hard to tell
Real truth about it is, is no one gets it right Real truth about it is we’re all supposed to try There ain’t no end to the sands I’ve been trying to cross The real truth about it is my kinda life’s no better off If I’ve got the map or if I’m lost
I only start to taste the dust I forget who I owe, and what Who I am, and was There ain’t no end to the desert I’ll cross I really knew it all along
Mama, here comes midnight with the dead moon in its jaws Must be the big star about to fall Mama, here comes midnight with the dead moon in its jaws Must be the big star about to fall
Long Dark Blues, Will o’ the Wisp Long Dark Blues, The ageless darkness Long Dark Blues, The big star is fallen Long Dark Blues, Listen. Long Dark Blues, through the static and distance Long Dark Blues, the farewell transmission Long Dark Blues, Listen Listen Listen Listen