Live by Night

Album: Love and War (2009)
Play Video
  • You live by night
    And waste the day
    You give yourself
    You give yourself away

    I know that when you started
    You liked the way you felt
    And yes I understand you
    But to everybody else

    It's black and white
    To you it's grey
    You know I'll love you anyway

    But it seems to me you're living on the run
    But I hope you know you're not the only one

    Who lives by night
    Lives by night
    They're only trying to chase away the sun

    And when you play
    The way you do
    The sun don't shine
    The same way for you

    And you say you don't abuse it
    But baby I can tell
    We both know what the truth is
    But to everybody else

    It's black and white
    It's night and day
    You know I'll love you anyway

    But it seems to me you're living on the run
    And now you know you're not the only one

    Who lives by night
    Lives by night
    We're only trying to chase away the sun

    We, we were so intimate
    You, you were so into it
    But they, they pulled you in

    And now that they're gone
    We're only trying to work out what went wrong

    You live by night
    Live by night
    But you're only trying to chase away the sun Writer/s: DANIEL MERRIWEATHER, JORDAN GALLAND
    Publisher: Downtown Music Publishing
    Lyrics licensed and provided by LyricFind

Comments

Be the first to comment...

Editor's Picks

Gilby Clarke

Gilby ClarkeSongwriter Interviews

The Guns N' Roses rhythm guitarist in the early '90s, Gilby talks about the band's implosion and the side projects it spawned.

Scott Stapp

Scott StappSongwriter Interviews

The Creed lead singer reveals the "ego and self-fulfillment" he now sees in one of the band's biggest hits.

Janis Ian: Married in London, but not in New York

Janis Ian: Married in London, but not in New YorkSong Writing

Can you be married in one country but not another? Only if you're part of a gay couple. One of the first famous singers to come out as a lesbian, Janis wrote a song about it.

Randy Newman

Randy NewmanSongwriting Legends

Newman makes it look easy these days, but in this 1974 interview, he reveals the paranoia and pressures that made him yearn for his old 9-5 job.

Paul Williams

Paul WilliamsSongwriter Interviews

He's a singer and an actor, but as a songwriter Paul helped make Kermit a cultured frog, turned a bank commercial into a huge hit and made love both "exciting and new" and "soft as an easy chair."

Allen Toussaint - "Southern Nights"

Allen Toussaint - "Southern Nights"They're Playing My Song

A song he wrote and recorded from "sheer spiritual inspiration," Allen's didn't think "Southern Nights" had hit potential until Glen Campbell took it to #1 two years later.