When the Sun Has Fallen

Is it sinking or is it rising from the waves?

When the Sun Has Fallen – Lyrics

When the sun falls down
When the sky caves in
When what is has been
You’re past trouble and the world’s past mending

When the sea drops out
When the iceberg boils
When your lifeboat recoils
You’re past saving and the world is ending

You shouldn’t have skipped the final lesson
Shouldn’t have heaped all your confessions
Onto the girl with the piercing scream
She’s just what she seems

You shouldn’t have sipped the shallow water
Shouldn’t have drugged the doctor’s daughters
Shouldn’t have taken to extremes
Being nobody’s dream

When the sun contracts
When the fire dries up
Rotation has stopped
You’re past fixes, support is ending.

When your new ground shifts
When your faith burns out
When the mute masses shout
You’re past prayer and your knees are past bending.

You shouldn’t have hidden in the steeple
Shouldn’t have mingled with people
Shouldn’t have talked as if redeemed
Shouldn’t have screamed

You shouldn’t have made the crucial copy
The way you did, being sloppy
You shouldn’t have planned, you shouldn’t have schemed
Shouldn’t have dreamed

When the top is blown
When reason has ceased
When gods can’t be appeased
You’re past guesses and past comprehending

When sound stands still
When gravity rejects you
When your angels won’t protect you
It’s no surprise you’ve had enough
There’s no ties and there’s no love
No point in trying to put it off
‘Cause when the sun has fallen,
There’s no hope below and none above

(You shouldn’t have hidden your agenda
Shouldn’t have played The Great Pretender
They must have felt it that’s not you
It didn’t ring true)

When the Sun Has Fallen – Chords

Intro
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© 2014, written by Michael Schreiber & Paul Gless