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I'm building a fire to keep you warm long after I retire
'Cause this body is bound to expire, tonight, tonight
The embers will grow and will remind you what you already know
That the night is only a temporary absence of light, of light
Of light, of light
In the morning you wake, the ashes, the memory and the sun on your face
I will not seem so far away, arise, you're alive
Arise, you're alive
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Gavin Paul
Oct 15, 2012
In the morning you wake, the ashes, the memory and the sun on your face/I will not seem so far away, arise you're alive
Curtaining the final sentiment on Gibbard’s first solo offering, this first-person indie-lullaby rides what few songwriters are able to do – placing listener in scene, reminding via fireside acoustic pluck that though your “body is bound to expire,” the “night is only a temporary absence of light.”
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