The Day The Light Went Out Lyrics - Genesis

When they went to bed that night no-one would have believed 

That in the morning light would not be there 

The dark hung heavy on the air like the grip of a jealous man 

No place was there known to have been spared 

Then panic took control of minds as fear hit everyone 

The day the light went out of the daytime sky 

Artificial light could hardly penetrate the gloom 

Nothing out of reach could be observed 

Looting, pillage, murder, rape became the rule of that day 

Who hit him no one knew or whom he hit 

Cars were caught in pileups and the planes could never land 

The day the light went out of the daytime sky 

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"Now I can rest here after my journey 

Now I can feed here before I continue" 

Some there were who's heads were clear who sought, tried to find 

The nature of this deadly foe, the dark 

It seemed the sun was still somewhere though hidden from their sight 

By something, though amorphous, yet alive 

And so they looked for ways to rid themselves of the parasite 

The day the light went out of the daytime sky 

"Now I can rest here after my journey 

Now I can feed here before I continue" 

They tried in many fruitless ways to see the noonday sun 

By blasting with their missiles through the dark 

But soon a kind of sleepy state came over everyone 

Till nothing seemed to stir or even breathe 

And when the darkness chose to disappear not many had survived 

Then came a shadow - another had arrived 

And again the light went out the daytime sky