"An Hour Before The Light" lyrics

"An Hour Before The Light"

And when I see your sunlit eyes
It turns my laughter into stone
I wait a single hour before the light
Unreal and alone

Summer's waxing in the air, the meadows stretch and onwards to St. James' Square
Oh, my mind's astray
I dream of you each fevered night, the stars are cold and singing in an August sky
That breaks into the day

Are you really in the lonely evening light
That falls in shadows to the ground?
And when I wake enchanted and alone
I don't know where to turn my eyes

Summer's waxing in the air, the meadows stretch and onwards to St. James' Square
Oh, my mind's astray
An afternoon on Saturday before the stars can shine upon the streets of grey
And you and I go home

And when I see your sunlit eyes
It turns my laughter into stone
I wait a single hour before the light
Unreal and alone


Writer(s): Alasdair David Maclean, James Mark Hornsey
album: "Suburban Light" (2000)
The Clientele - Suburban Light album cover
Sarah's Prelude
(Instrumental)
6 AM Morningside
(Reissue Bonus Track)
From A Window
(Reissue Bonus Track)
What Goes Up
(Reissue Bonus Track)
Driving South
(Reissue Bonus Track)
Porcelain (Portastudio Version)
(Reissue Bonus Track)
May Has Brought A Change In You
(Reissue Bonus Track)
Tracey Had A Hard Day Sunday
(Reissue Bonus Track)
Six Foot Drop
(Reissue Bonus Track)
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