Louis Rosen

Lyrics

SLOW GOES THE NIGHT
(Music & Lyric by Louis Rosen)

The rain pours
The lights flick
Slow goes the night
The wind roars
The clocks tick
Slow goes the night

The soup cools
The tea steeps
Slow goes the night
A cat mewls
A soul weeps
Slow goes the night

Jill is angry
Life is empty
Since he’s gone she’s on her own
“How could he do that?
How could he go first?”
Leave her here to face these endless nights alone?

His last week
His mood swings
Long, sleepless nights
He hurt her
He said things
Long, sleepless nights

“Don’t you love me?”
“I used to.”
Slow, sleepless nights
“After all I…”
“How could you? —
Slow, sleepless nights.

Jill is fading
Body broken
What remains is grit and pride
“It won’t be long now
Will he be waiting?
What if there’s no there there on the other side?
Is there another side?”

The soup’s cold
Her hands shake
Slow goes the night
Her thoughts race
Her bones ache
Slow goes the night

The rain pours
The lights flick
Slow goes the night
The wind roars
The clocks tick
Slow goes the night

© & ℗ 2020 Louis Rosen, Lullwater Music, ASCAP. All rights reserved.