David Gray - That Day Must Surely Come Lyrics

Need to show you this
What I've been hiding
For so long
How I stole that bliss
Knowing full well
That it was wrong

No didn't need no
Pencil and paper
To do the sum
I knew that day must surely come

Lord how sweet it is
Sailing around that
River bend
But ain't a whole lifetime
Yeah such a long time
To pretend

She stands before us
Dark as a forest
Ripe as a plum
Knowing that day must surely come

I'll hold these words to my chest
To show my tongue cannot be bought
When all this world is made flesh
How is this mouth then
To kiss a thought

Lump in my throat
Hanging this note
Over the strum
Knowing that day must surely come

These tethered bones be light
With petals full and answering
Mirrored eyes be bright
Blood's merry fires
All, all crackling

Let sorrow choke
On wine and smoke
Vodka and rum
And know that day must surely come

I can still feel the shock
When as a child
For the first time
I saw the great void unlocked
And understood then
It would be mine

No trumpet blast
No champagne glass
No roll on the drum
No but that day must surely come

Some offer lavish praise
Some clothe themselves in brittle shell
Some choose to spend their days
Damning the whole thing
All to hell

Go west go east
Take most take least
Feast on the crumb
But know that day must surely come
Yeah know that day must surely come