Page type: lyric reference
Artist: Bruce Cockburn
Canonical path: /cockburn-bruce/closer-to-the-light
Related lyric paths: 6
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Closer To The Light
Read Closer To The Light lyrics by Bruce Cockburn on LyroVerse, with linked artist context and related song paths.
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Closer To The Light
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There you go
Swimming deeper into mystery
Here I remain
Only seeing where you used to be
Stared at the ceiling
'Til my ears filled up with tears
Never got to know you
Suddenly you're out of here
(CHORUS:)
Gone from mystery into mystery
Gone from daylight into night
Another step deeper into darkness
Closer to the light
Walked outside
Summer moon was nearly down
Mist on the fields
Holy stillness all around
Death's no stranger
No stranger than the life I've seen
Still I cry
Still I begged to get you back again
(Chorus)
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Bruce Cockburn performs "Closer To The Light", and this lyric page sits inside the Bruce Cockburn catalog on LyroVerse.
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