Dimming Of The Day Lyrics
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Dimming Of The Day
This old house is falling down around my ears
I'm drowning in a river of my tears
When all my will is gone you hold me sway
And I need you at the dimming of the day
You pull me like the moon pulls on the tide
You know just where I keep my better side
What days have come to keep us far apart
A broken promise or a broken heart
Now all the bonnie birds have wheeled away
And I need you at the dimming of the day
Come the night you're only what I want
Come the night you could be my confidant
I see you on the street in company
Why don't you come and ease your mind with me
I am living for the night we steal away
And I need you at the dimming of the day
Yes I need you at the dimming of the day
Song Details
Words & Music: Richard Thompson - English singer songwriter and guitarist. He began his professional career with the band Fairport Convention in 1967... read more at Wikipedia.
Song Brief:
“Dimming of the Day” is a reflective contemporary folk ballad about longing, emotional weariness, and the quiet ache that follows the end of a relationship. The singer moves through her days as best she can, but the evenings are the hardest, when loneliness settles in and memories feel closest. As night falls, she finds herself reaching for the comfort of the person she once loved — “come the night you’re only what I want” — holding on to the hope of seeing him again when the day grows dim.
Genre: Contemporary Folk Ballad
Covers: Mary Black, Bonnie Raitt, Emmylou Harris, David Gilmour, Tom Jones, Alison Krauss & Union Station, Anastasia Barzee.
Album: Home (pictured).
Recorded: 2005
Released: 26 September 2005
Format: CD, Album
Label: Atlantic
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