Daylight – English Lyrics

• By: David Kushner

Lyrics & Translation

Delve into the poetic and spiritual depths of David Kushner's "Daylight." This song offers a unique opportunity to explore themes of duality and internal conflict through its powerful, biblically-inspired lyrics. Learning the language of this song can provide insight into how music can convey complex emotional and philosophical ideas, making it a special piece for language and music lovers alike.

[English]

Telling myself I won't go there

Oh but I know that I won't care

Trying wash away all the blood I've spilt

This lust is a burden that we both share

Two sinners can't atone from a lone prayer

Souls tied intertwined by pride and guilt

There's darkness in the distance

From the way that I've been living

But I know I can't resist it

Oh I love it and hate it at the same time

You and I drink the poison from the same vine

Oh I love it and hate it at the same time

Hiding all of our sins from the daylight

From the daylight

Running from the daylight

From the daylight

Running from the daylight

Oh I love it and hate it at the same time

Telling myself it's the last time

Can you spare any mercy that you might find

If I'm down on my knees again

Deep down way down, Lord, I try

I try to follow your light but it's nighttime

Please, don't leave me in the end

There's darkness in the distance

I'm begging for forgiveness

But I know I might resist it oh

Oh I love it and hate it at the same time

You and I drink the poison from the same vine

Oh I love it and hate it at the same time

Hiding all of our sins from the daylight

From the daylight

Running from the daylight

From the daylight

Running from the daylight

Oh I love it and hate it at the same time

Oh I love it and hate it at the same time

You and I drink the poison from the same vine

Oh I love it and hate it at the same time

Hiding all of our sins from the daylight

From the daylight

Running from the daylight

From the daylight

Running from the daylight

Oh I love it and hate it at the same time

Key Vocabulary

Vocabulary	Meanings
tell /tɛl/ A1	verb - to say something to someone
care /kɛr/ A1	verb - to feel concern or interest
blood /blʌd/ A2	noun - the red liquid that flows in the bodies of humans and animals
darkness /ˈdɑrk.nəs/ B1	noun - the absence of light
forgiveness /fərˈɡɪv.nəs/ B2	noun - the action of forgiving someone
light /laɪt/ A2	noun - something that makes things visible or affords illumination
resist /rɪˈzɪst/ B2	verb - to withstand the action or effect of something
poison /ˈpɔɪ.zən/ B2	noun - a substance that causes illness, injury or death if taken into the body
sin /sɪn/ B1	noun - an act against moral or religious law
share /ʃɛr/ B1	verb - to have or use something at the same time as someone else
time /taɪm/ A1	noun - the indefinite continued progress of existence
last /læst/ A2	adjective - most recent or latest
know /noʊ/ A1	verb - to have knowledge about something

Key Grammar Structures

• Telling myself I won't go there

  ➔ Future Simple (will)

  ➔ The phrase "I won't go" uses ''will'' to express a decision made spontaneously about the future.

• Trying to wash away all the blood I've spilt

  ➔ Present Continuous (Trying)

  ➔ The use of ''Trying'' in ''Trying to wash away'' shows an ongoing action in the present.

• But I know I can't resist it

  ➔ Modal verbs (can't)

  ➔ The phrase ''I can't resist'' uses the modal verb ''can'' to express ability and impossibility.

• Hiding all of our sins from the daylight

  ➔ Gerund (Hiding)

  ➔ The word ''Hiding'' is a gerund that functions as a noun in this context, indicating the action of concealing.

• I'm begging for forgiveness

  ➔ Present Continuous Passive

  ➔ In ''I'm begging for forgiveness'', the active voice is used to show an ongoing personal action requesting forgiveness.

• There's darkness in the distance

  ➔ There is / There are

  ➔ The expression ''There's darkness'' uses ''There is'' to introduce the existence of something.

• You and I drink the poison from the same vine

  ➔ Present Simple (drink)

  ➔ The phrase ''You and I drink'' uses Present Simple to express a habitual action.