Genesis - The Day The Light Went Out Lyrics
Released as b-side of many too many single, 1978.When they went to bed that night no-one would have believedThat in the morning light would not be thereThe dark hung heavy on the air like the grip of a jealous manNo place was there known to have been sparedThen panic took control of minds as fear hit everyoneThe day the light went out of the daytime skyArtificial light could hardly penetrate the gloomNothing out of reach could be observedLooting, pillage, murder, rape became the rule of that dayWho hit him no one knew or whom he hitCars were caught in pileups and the planes could never landThe day the light went out of the daytime skyNow I can rest here after my journeyNow I can feed here before I continueSome there were whos heads were clear who sought, tried to findThe nature of this deadly foe, the darkIt seemed the sun was still somewhere though hidden from their sightBy something, though amorphous, yet aliveAnd so they looked for ways to rid themselves of the parasiteThe day the light went out of the daytime skyNow I can rest here after my journeyNow I can feed here before I continueThey tried in many fruitless ways to see the noonday sunBy blasting with their missiles through the darkBut soon a kind of sleepy state came over everyoneTill nothing seemed to stir or even breatheAnd when the darkness chose to disappear not many had survivedThen came a shadow - another had arrivedAnd again the light went out the daytime sky
