I Would Not Be the Sun to End Your Night

Music: Fugue in C# Minor. By  Dimitri Shostakovich. Sequenced by J. Marques.

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I would not be the sun to end your night, Nor would I be the wall to turn your tears. But I will watch with you until it's light. Because there are no words to set things right Nor hopes that one immersed in mourning hears, I would not be the sun to end your night, Offering a wisdom far too bright To soothe your pain or put to rest your fears. But I will watch with you until it's light. There must be time to grieve that sorrow might Be equal to the love of days and years. I would not be the sun to end your night. For grief, before it breaks, must reach its height, And tides must turn before one homeward steers. But I will watch with you until it's light. There are agonies no friendship can requite, A bitterness unstained till dawn appears. I would not be the sun to end your night. But I will watch with you until it's light.