The Flame
Lyrics
INTRO — distant, restrained
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
Hold the fire
One more time
Keep it burning
Through the night
CHORUS
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
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 2 — stronger
Hold the fire
Hold it tight
Don't surrender
To the night
Even when
The darkness calls
Even when
The whole world falls
CHORUS 2 — bigger
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 — the music begins to die
Good night...
Still night...
Fading light...
Until they say...
Only night.
BREAKDOWN — almost disappearing
No fire...
No sound...
No light...
No way out...
WHISPERED
You...
You...
You...
BUILD
Who see it all
With clarity...
There's a reason
There's a reason...
The flame...
Is still...
DROP / CLIMAX
ALIVE.
FINAL CHORUS — massive
Do not go gentle
Hold on to the fading light
Rage!
Rage!
Rage!
Against the dying light!
Do not go gentle
Don't let the fire die
Rage!
Rage!
Rage!
Against the endless night!
FINAL CLIMAX — layered vocals
THE FLAME IS STILL ALIVE
Rage!
Rage!
Rage!
THE FLAME IS STILL ALIVE
Do not go gentle!
Do not go gentle!
RAGE!
OUTRO — fading, unresolved
Still alive...
Still alive...
The flame...
Is still alive.