Lithium Sunset Lyrics
[Verse]
Fill my eyes
O Lithium sunset
And take this lonesome burden
Of worry from my mind
Take this heartache
Of obsidian darkness
And fold my darkness
Inside your yellow light
I've been scattered I've been shattered
I've been knocked out of the race
But I'll get better
I feel your light upon my face
Heal my soul
O Lithium sunset
And I'll ride the turning world
Into another night
Into another night
Into another night
See mercury falling
See mercury falling
See mercury falling
See mercury falling
See mercury falling
See mercury falling
See mercury falling
See mercury falling
Fill my eyes
O Lithium sunset
And take this lonesome burden
Of worry from my mind
Take this heartache
Of obsidian darkness
And fold my darkness
Inside your yellow light
I've been scattered I've been shattered
I've been knocked out of the race
But I'll get better
I feel your light upon my face
Heal my soul
O Lithium sunset
And I'll ride the turning world
Into another night
Into another night
Into another night
See mercury falling
See mercury falling
See mercury falling
See mercury falling
See mercury falling
See mercury falling
See mercury falling
See mercury falling
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Genius Annotation
The final song on Mercury Falling, the song is country-themed much like I’m So Happy I Can’t Stop Crying.
Sting:
A South American shaman told me that the human eye can’t filter yellow light, so the lithium in direct sunlight goes straight to the brain. Quite how he knew that lithium is a constituent element in sunlight I didn’t find out. He explained further that this was why it was good to watch the sun go down, to feel calm and at peace before nightfall and before the mercury falls again.
Source: Lyrics By Sting
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Lake House, Wilsford cum Lake, Wiltshire, England; Steerpike Studios, Villa Il Palagio, Figline Valdarno, Metropolitan City of Florence, Tuscany, Italy
Release Date
March 8, 1996
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