If It Wasn't For The Night Lyrics - David Wilcox

If it wasn't for the night 

So cold this time of year 

The stars would never shine so bright 

So beautiful and clear 

I have walked this road alone 

My thin coat against the chill 

When the light in me was gone 

And my winter house was stilled 

When I grieved for all I'd made 

Out of all I had to give 

On the eve of Christmas day 

With no reason left to live 

And even then somehow in the bitter wind and cold 

Impossibly strong I know 

Even then a bloom as tender as a rose 

Was breaking through the snow 

In the dark night of the soul, in the dark night of the soul 

If it wasn't for the babe 

Lying helpless in the straw 

There would be no Christmas day 

And the night would just go on 

When it seems that death has won 

Buried deep beneath the snow 

Where the summer leaves have gone 

The seed of hope will grow 

Even now somehow in the bitter wind and cold 

Impossibly strong you know 

Even now a bloom as tender as a rose 

Is breaking through the snow 

In the dark night of the soul, in the dark night of the soul 

In the dark night of the soul 

If it wasn't for the night 

So cold this time of year 

Stars would never shine so bright 

So beautiful and clear, so beautiful and clear