Between the Dim and the Dark

She wore out the feeling
With a tender killing
She paid for the blackout
I saw it rolling in.

Was I, was I
Watching over you, or just
Watching you fall apart.

Did I, did I lend a hand to hold you down
Or just a hand to hold?
Did I, did I pull the wool over your eyes
Or keep you from the cold?

She came with a warning
She left with the morning
An eye on the doorway
A scar in the early light.

Was I, was I
Hanging on a word
Or was I just a messenger.

Did I, did I lend a hand to hold you down
Or just a hand to hold?
Did I, did I pull the wool over your eyes
Or keep you from the cold?

And in the look upon your face
There was an element of grace
Did I read between the lines?

Did I, did I lend a hand to hold you down
Or just a hand to hold?
Did I, did I pull the wool over your eyes
Or keep you from the cold?

Did I, did I?
Did I, did I?
Did I, did I?

Did I, did I lend a hand to hold you down
Or just a hand to hold?

I won't let you go
I won't let you go
Not to Detroit City
Not to Chicago.

And I won't let you go
I won't let you go
Not to Mississippi
Not to Tupelo.

But if you're gonna leave
I'm asking you to please
Go all the way
To Mexico.

I won't let you leave
I won't let you leave
Not with all my Django
Emmy Lou and Steve.

I won't let you leave
I won't let you leave
Not with my revival
Tucked down in the sleeve.

But if you're going to go
Take the ones you gave to me
All the way
To Mexico.

All the way to the shore of California Bay
And I'll be fine
'Cause I have taken you back for the last time.

And I won't set you free
I won't set you free
Not to say it's over
Come right back to me.

But if you're gonna go
I'm giving you the key
But only if you'll go
To Mexico.

All the way to the shore of California Bay
And I'll be fine
'Cause I have taken you back for the last time.

All the way to the shore of California Bay
And I'll be fine
'Cause I have taken you back for the last time.

So if you're gonna go baby won't you please go all the way to Mexico
All the way to Mexico

De Li Lay Ah, De Li Lay Ah, De li Lay Ah, De Li Lay Ah
De Li Lay Ah, De Li Lay Ah, De li Lay Ah, De Li Lay Ah

It's up to you
For every passing day
To not let the past pass away

It's up to you
Now that you understand
To take those arms by the hand

'Cause you can see it coming
You can see it coming
You can see daylight vague beneath the stars

It's up to you
To keep the memory
To not lose the shape of the melody

'Cause we don't sing the same song anymore
And now your offering is requiem
'Cause we don't sing the same song anymore
And now your offering is silent requiem

De Li Lay Ah, De Li Lay Ah, De li Lay Ah, De Li Lay Ah
De Li Lay Ah, De Li Lay Ah, De li Lay Ah, De Li Lay Ah

It's up to you
To understand at your age
To not let the years charge a wage

It's up to you
To see it in the eyes
Of all those who've gone, to realize

If you can see it coming
You can see it coming
You can see them high, high upon the stars

It's up to you
Not to sing along
When all of the feeling is gone

'Cause we don't sing the same song anymore
And now your offering is requiem
'Cause we don't sing the same song anymore
And now your offering is silent requiem

And I can see that look on your face
When you don't sing along, you don't sing along
I can see that look on your face
When you don't sing along, you don't sing along

'Cause we don't sing the same song anymore
And now your offering is requiem
'Cause we don't sing the same song anymore
And now your offering is requiem
'Cause we don't sing the same song anymore
And now your offering is silent requiem

De Li Lay Ah, De Li Lay Ah, De li Lay Ah, De Li Lay Ah
De Li Lay Ah, De Li Lay Ah, De li Lay Ah, De Li Lay Ah

In here it's always midnight
In here it's always dark
In here there's always a shadow cast
By these fluorescent lights

In here forever is a dying myth
In here forever is a lie
In here forever is a space between
Your every breath
Midnight

It's never dark enough
To hide us from tomorrow
Never dark enough
To keep us in shadow
In here
Midnight is always

In here I still here you whispering
In here I hear your fragile voice
In here I hear your laughter floating down
Like paper rain
Midnight

It's never dark enough
To hide us from tomorrow
Never dark enough
To keep us in shadow
In here, midnight

Midnight
It's never dark enough
To hide us from tomorrow
Never dark enough
To keep us in shadow
In here
In here
In here
It's always midnight