Cover art for No Sunlight by Death Cab for Cutie

No Sunlight

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Nov. 17, 20081 viewer6K views

No Sunlight Lyrics

[Verse 1]
When I was young
Lying in the grass
I felt so safe
In a warming bath

[Hook 1]
Of sunlight, of sunlight

[Verse 2]
Vast, open sky
Could do no harm
Like an embrace
From mother's arms

[Hook 2]
In sunlight, in sunlight
In sunlight, in sunlight

[Verse 3]
With every year
That came to pass
More clouds appear
'Til the sky went black


[Hook 3]
And there was no sunlight, no sunlight
And there was no sunlight, no sunlight
Anymore

[Bridge]
You disappeared at the same speed
As the idealistic things I believed
When the optimist died inside of me


[Hook 4]
No sunlight, no sunlight
No sunlight, no sunlight

[Bridge]
You disappeared at the same speed
As the idealistic things I believed
When the optimist died inside of me


[Hook 4]
No sunlight, no sunlight
No sunlight, no sunlight

[Outro]
No sunlight, no sunlight
No sunlight, no sunlight
No sunlight anymore

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Using the imagery of light and darkness, No Sunlight laments the author’s transition going from a childhood of hope and happiness to a life of cynicism and sadness.

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Release Date
November 17, 2008
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