Rage Against The Gentle Night

Lyrics

INTRO — whispered, distant

A call...
A fight...
A cry into the night...

Echoing...
Echoing...

Against the fading light.

VERSE 1

The fight goes on
The light still shines
Through the dark
Between the lines

Every heartbeat
Draws the line
Every shadow
Fears the light

The night is coming
Closer now
But I won't bow
I won't bow

PRE-CHORUS

Hold the fire
Hold it tight
Don't surrender
To the night

CHORUS — powerful, expansive

Do not go gentle
Hold on to the fading light
Rage, rage, rage
Against the gentle night

Do not go gentle
Don't let the fire die
Rage, rage, rage
Against the endless night

POST-CHORUS — fragmented vocals

Rage...
Rage...
Rage...

Light...
Light...
Light...

Don't let it die.

VERSE 2

Wild and raging
Blazing passions
Shining like
A rare treasure

Dance beneath
The falling dark
Burning bright
Against the night

Every scar
Becomes a spark
Every wound
Becomes a mark

And every flame
That still survives
Is proof that we
Are still alive

PRE-CHORUS — building

Hold the fire
Hold it tight
Don't surrender
To the night

CHORUS — larger

Do not go gentle
Hold on to the fading light
Rage, rage, rage
Against the gentle night

Do not go gentle
Don't let the fire die
Rage, rage, rage
Against the endless night

BREAKDOWN — intimate, almost weightless

Good night
Still night

Until they say...

Only night.

BUILD — increasingly distorted

You...
You...
You...

Who see it all
With clarity...

There's a reason
There's a reason...

The flame
Is still alive.

CLIMAX

THE FLAME IS STILL ALIVE

Rage!
Rage!
Rage!

Against the dying light!

Do not go gentle!
Do not go gentle!

Rage!
Rage!
Rage!

OUTRO — fading, but not resolved

The flame is still alive...

Still alive...

Still alive...