Don't Know When But A Day Is Gonna Come lyrics

Song information

Artist: Bright Eyes
Album: Lifted Or The Story Is In The Soil, Keep Your Ear To The Ground

Lyrics

Is it true what I heard about the son of god?
Did he come to save? did he come at all?
And if I dried his feet
With my dirty hair
Would he make me clean again?
They say they don't know when but a day is gonna come
When there won't be a moon and there won't be a sun
It will just go black, it'll all go back, to the way it was before
I knew a lovely girl, with such pretty pride, and every man wanted her, yeah and so did i
So did i
But she up and died in a fit of vanity
Now men with purple hearts, carry silver guns
And they will kill a man for what his father has done
But what my father did, you know it don't mean shit. I'm not him
So you think I need some discipline, well, I had my share
I have been sent to my room. I've been sat in a chair
And I held my tongue. I didn't plug my ears
No, I got a good talking to

And now I don't know why
But I still try to smile when they talk at me like I'm just a child
Well, I'm not a child
No, I am much younger than that
And now I have read some books and have grown quite brave
If I could just speak up I think I would say that there is no truth
There is only you and what you make the truth
So I will just sing my song and I'll pass a hat
Then I'll leave your town and never look back
No, I don't look back because the road is clear and laid out ahead of me
I'll get home and meet my friends at our favorite bar
We'll get some lighter heads for our heavy hearts
And we will share a drink
Yeah we will share our fears and they will know how I love them
They will know how I love
They will know how I love them
I am nothing without their love
.
I don't know when but a day is gonna come
When there won't be a moon and there won't be a sun
It will all go black
It will all go back to the way it is supposed to be
Is it true what I heard about the son of god?
Did he die for us? did he die at all?
And if I sold my soul for a bag of gold
Which one of us would be the foolish one?
Which one of us would be the fool?
Which one of us would be the foolish one?
Which one of us would be the fool?

Could you please start explaining?
You know, I need some understanding
Could you please start explaining?
You know, I need some understanding
Could you please start explaining?
You know, I need some understanding
I could do good with some explaining
You know. I want to understand