Lyrics
I would shun the light, share in evening's cool and quiet
I prefer the darkness and calm of the evening over sunlight.
Who would trade that hum of night?
Who would exchange the soothing sounds of the night?
For sunlight, sunlight, sunlight
Expressing a disdain or reluctance for sunlight.
I had been lost to you, sunlight
I was once lost to the influence or impact of sunlight.
Flew like a moth to you, sunlight, oh, sunlight
Like a moth drawn to a flame, I gravitated toward you, symbolized by sunlight.
Oh, your love is sunlight
Your love is compared to the positive and warming qualities of sunlight.
Oh, your love is sunlight
Reiteration of the idea that the person's love is akin to sunlight.
But it is sunlight
An acknowledgment that it is indeed sunlight being referred to.
And at last can grant a name
Finally able to assign a name to the feelings associated with sunlight.
Buried in a burning flame
Describing a sense of being engulfed or overwhelmed in a passionate experience.
As love and its decisive pain
Reflection on love and its unavoidable, decisive pain.
Oh, my sunlight, sunlight, sunlight
Repetition of the theme of the person's love being equated to sunlight.
All that was shown to me, sunlight
All that was revealed or made clear to me is associated with sunlight.
Was somethin' foreknown to me, sunlight, oh sunlight
Things that were predestined or known beforehand are linked to sunlight.
Oh, your love is sunlight
Your love is reaffirmed as sunlight.
Oh, your love is sunlight
Continuation of expressing love as a source of sunlight.
But it is sunlight
Reiteration that the love being discussed is akin to sunlight.
Oh, your love is sunlight
Reaffirmation of love as sunlight.
Oh, your love is sunlight
Continued emphasis on love being compared to sunlight.
But it is sunlight, sunlight
Stating definitively that it is sunlight despite any other interpretations.
Oh, these colors fade for you
Colors, possibly emotions or experiences, fading in the presence of the person addressed as "you."
Hold me, carry me slowly, my sunlight
A plea to be held and carried gently by the person who is the source of sunlight.
all these colors fade for you
Reiteration of the fading of colors and the desire to be held gently.
Hold me, carry me slowly, my sunlight
Continued plea for tender care from the person representing sunlight.
Oh, your love is sunlight
Love is once again compared to sunlight.
Oh, your love is sunlight
Reiteration of the idea that the person's love is akin to sunlight.
But it is sunlight
Restating that the love being discussed is equivalent to sunlight.
Oh, your love is sunlight
Emphasizing the person's love as a source of sunlight.
Oh, your love is sunlight
Continued emphasis on love being compared to sunlight.
But it is sunlight
Stating definitively that it is sunlight despite any other interpretations.
Oh, your love is sunlight
Once again emphasizing the person's love as a source of sunlight.
Oh, it's sunlight, sunlight, sunlight
Repetition of the idea that the person's love is sunlight.
Your love is
A direct statement affirming that the person's love is sunlight.
Oh, your love is
Reiteration of the idea that the person's love is akin to sunlight.
Oh, it's sunlight, sunlight
Restating definitively that the love being discussed is sunlight.
Each day, you'd rise with me
If you were with me every day, I would willingly accept the role of Icarus to your certainty.
Know that I would gladly be
A willingness to embrace a supporting role in the face of the person's certainty.
The Icarus to your certainty
Willingness to be like Icarus, suggesting a readiness to take risks for the person addressed.
Oh, my sunlight, sunlight, sunlight
Reiteration of the person's love as sunlight, bringing closure to the lyrics.
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