
I was awake to late because I was out to see the daylight break,
I've never seen your face except in the moonlight or the morning…
…haze.
I am not sure where I am, but the record plays and the ceiling spins,
So I will slip right in and hold you close until my…
…things anyway.
I don't know who I am, could it be the same as them?
But I will slip right in, and fall apart forever…

Hot Mamma Duke - her engine purring
Crossed the border 'bout 5AM
It's been a heavy drive, in need of a good rest
The road goes…
Or failing that at least for tonight
Mid morning, the Sun shines brightly
Passing towns, people go in a haze
Remember mama and what she told me
Always pay…
…okay
The night descends: it's the end of the day
Not long to go till you're in my vein
Because a love like this lasts forever…

…[Verse 1: Qwel]
You were gonna change the world on the road now
Show the low-down to the high in hopes the Sun doesn't go down…
…conversations
And how your patient with the common confrontation
Good morning Minnesota, good evening Arizona
Good morning California…
…pretending it's true
Starlight dims and thins when remembering you
You never thought that you'd get here so fast, cold flash
Pass the ghost of yourself in the…

…and clung together
Then, tomorrow was another day
The morning found me miles away
With still a million things to say
Now, when twilight…
…dims the sky above
Recalling thrills of our love
There's one thing I'm certain of
Return I will to old Brazil…
Then, tomorrow was another day
The morning found me miles away
With still a million things to say
Now, when twilight dims the sky above
Recalling…

…and clung together
Then, tomorrow was another day
The morning found me miles away
With still a million things…
…to say
Now, when twilight dims the sky above
Recalling thrills of our love
There's one thing I'm certain…
With still a million things to say
Now, when twilight dims the sky above
Recalling thrills of our love
There's one…

…and clung together
Then, tomorrow was another day
The morning found us miles away
With still a million things to say
And now, when…
…twilight dims the skies above
Recalling thrills of our love
There's one thing I'm certain of
Return, I will, to old Brazil…
Then, tomorrow was another day
The morning found us miles away
With still a million things to say
Now, when twilight dims the skies above…

…hours before the dawning dims the starlight in the sky
The wan and weary faces first begin to trickle by,
Increasing as the…
…moments hurry on with morning feet,
Till like a palid river flow the faces in the street
Flowing in, flowing in,
To the…
…to eat
Oh! I sorrow for the owners of the faces in the street.
And then the only faces till the sun is sinking down…

Falling asleep under an apple tree
My thoughts fly away over the southern seas
As the shadow of the church tower dims
To the murmur of the…
…evening hymns
In another land the princess in her castle dreams
Of all the other things that once upon a time she could…
Through the hallways of elusive dream
Until the morning takes you from me
But now the sun is in the air and there's humming…
By Beirut (2020)
On album Brazil (2020)

…and clung together
Then, tomorrow was another day
Morning found me miles away
With still a million things to say
Now, when twilight dims the…
Then, tomorrow was another day
Morning found me miles away
With still a million things to say
Now, when twilight dims the sky above
Recalling thrills…
…of our love
There's one thing that I'm certain of
Return I will to old Brazil
That old Brazil
Man, it's old in Brazil
Brazil, Brazil…

…[Verse 1]
My sister won't see this autumn approaching
'Cause she died in spring
And i can't recall where she drove me that morning…
Can't remember a thing
As i walk through this park
And spy at the people enjoying
Late August's late afternoon breeze
I note to myself that when this city's in…
…a way it's like pretending that there's light in pitch dark
And that notion follows me always including right now
On this bench as the sun…

…limes
Sleeping on the sofa, sellin' dims
And gettin' dimes
You could take the money honey
Just don't waste my time
Shit that you got sittin…
…ya from?
We can sip tequila by the litah
Have some fun
Ya, I'm leanin' like I'm Piza
Rolling reefah In the blunt
Hold up, told…
…)
Shallow guy
Go and let it all seep in
[Hook 4]
Sippin' on Corona, but we never mix the limes
Sleeping on the sofa, sellin' dims…

Summer's gone a while ago
The daylight dims away
I'm watching here how the snow begins to fall
Yesterday's like a dream
A memory in…
…my head
Like the life's gone behind the winter wall
I'm lighting up the candles and lock the door
Sitting by the fire
It's…
…to escape from the Cold Winter Nights
And in the morning there's no trace of the sun
Just gray fog hanging above my head
All the birds are quiet hiding in the woods
Can't see no movement are they all dead?…

…[Verse 1]
Fight the fight alone
When the world is full of victims
Dims a fading light in our souls
Leave the peace alone
How we…
…all are slowly changing
Dims a fading light in our souls
[Pre-Chorus]
In my opinion, seeing is to know
The things we hold…
…for so long
[Verse 2]
Cry ourselves to sleep
We will sleep alone forever
Will you lay me down in the same place with all I love…

Fight the fight alone
When the world is full of victims
Dims a fading light
In our souls
Leave the peace alone
How we all…
…are slowly changing
Dims a fading light
In our souls
In my opinion seeing is to know
The things we hold
Are always first…
…will sleep alone forever
Will you lay me down
In the same place with all I love
Mend the broken homes
Care…

…and clung together
Then - tomorrow was another day
The morning found us miles away
With still a million things to say.
And now, when…
…twilight dims the skies above
Recalling thrills of our love
There's one thing I'm certain of...
Return, I will, to old Brazil.
Brazil…
…and clung together
Then - tomorrow was another day
The morning found us miles away
With still a million things to say.
And now when twilight dims the…