Though life has worn us down Through sun and rain Your eyes are still the same Deep blue against all gray "Love, don't be afraid" You seem to say "I am here for you All the way My lover, my best friend" Do you remember us? Is that first January? You had just turned nineteen I was soon to be twenty We fed on politics and poetry Two children fueled by unbroken dreams You're watching me slowly slip away Like the passing light of day Watching the colors turn to grey Like the passing light of day The passing light of day You better burn out, they say Then fade away Some candles last an hour And others one full day But I want to be like the sun That steady flame that burns On and off - and still You're watching this slowly slip away Like the passing light of day We're watching the colors turning grey In the passing light... Lifetimes since we met that January Two young kids Feeding on politics and poetry Running our dreams Empires have fallen Nations have been born Heroes of our childhood Dead, forgotten, or gone But we stand All those times that I went away All those times that I couldn't stay Wish that I could give them back Wish that I could give them back All those times that I fed on you All those times that I turned on you Wish that I could take 'em back Wish that I could take 'em back Cause all those times led to here today All those times speak to her today All those moments returned today All those times of another day You're watching this slowly slip away Like the passing light of day Watching our colors turning grey Like the passing light of day I need something new If I could stare down you Would it feel the same? I need something new To feel old again I need something new Take me home again All those people who worry us All those things that were hurting us None of that can reach me now None of that can reach me now All the darkness we thought about All those things that we fought about None of that can touch me now None of that can touch me now All that matters is you today All the thoughts that I think today Every word that I say today Every second another day We're all burning out, fading away Like the passing light of day We are watching the colors turning grey In the passing light of day We may wish we could run, just walk away From this passing light of day But at some point we needed to stop and say "It's okay, it's okay." "My love, don't be afraid", I hear you say "I'll be here for you all the way" And I just wish that I could smile and say: 'Baby, hey. I'm in too much pain To feel afraid' My lover, my best friend Lover, best friend I'm watching it slowly slip away Like the passing light of day Watching the colors turning gray In the passing light of day And although I wish that I could stay It somehow strangely feels okay It is what it is, I'll find my way Through this passing light...