Eclipse Lyrics

Chalk one up for Science; it's there in black and white

An alignment of the sun and Earth with our rocky satellite

We know just how they happen, and plot them through the years

Predicting every date and time, and where they will appear

There's an empty sense of longing no one can quantify

When songbirds all fall silent and day-stars fill the sky

And ocean waters rise upon the land

And shift the shoreline like a giant hand

And there's a strange light that wraps this world in day-for-night

That alters form and distance like a mist upon the shore

There's a new tide that washes fragile dreams aside

As the moon erases all that's gone before

A promise is a promise, a lie is just a lie

A thief can steal the morning with soft whispers in the night

I used to view the moon, full of romance and surprise

I never saw things clearly, till his shadow crossed your eyes

And though I'm told that Time will lead me to a brighter day

The birds have all gone silent and these stars don't point my way

And I roam the grassy cliffs above the shore

And feel my life go drifting, like a boat that's lost its moor

And there's a strange light that wraps this world in day-for-night

That alters form and distance like a mist upon the shore

There's a new tide that washes careless dreams aside

As the moon erases all that's gone before

I can see your love-light fading, it'll shine on me no more

And the moon's erasing all that's gone before