Lyrics to
Bring On The Night

This version of Bring On The Night was released by The Police in 1979.

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The afternoon has gently passed me by
The evening spreads its sail against the sky
Waiting for tomorrow
Just another day
God bid yesterday goodbye

Bring on the night
I couldn’t spend another hour of daylight
Bring on the night
I couldn’t stand another hour of daylight

The future is but a question mark
Hangs above my head there in the dark
Can’t see for the brightness
Is staring me blind
God bid yesterday goodbye

Bring on the night
I couldn’t spend another hour of daylight
Bring on the night
I couldn’t stand another hour of daylight

Bring on the night
I couldn’t spend another hour of daylight
Bring on the night
I couldn’t stand another hour of daylight

I couldn’t stand another hour of daylight

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About Lyrics and Bring On The Night by The Police

When you decide to study the lyrics to Bring On The Night, you're looking at the words, verses and background chorus from the 1979 song by The Police. Some of the lyrics to Bring On The Night have clear meanings and some contain metaphorical references. Like most songs, only The Police and their collaborators know the full story behind any of the their songs.

You can understand the lyrics to Bring On The Night if you take apart the structure of the words. The word "lyric" itself derives from the Latin word lyricus, with the actual English word lyrics applied to the definition "words set to music" listed in Stainer and Barrett's 1876 Dictionary of Musical Terms. Continuing the chain, the Latin word lyricus derives from the Greek word λυρικός or lyrikós. This somewhat means "poetry accompanied by the lyre" or "words set to music." You can easily see that by looking at the background of the word lyric, that the "lyrics to Bring On The Night" means the words set to the music of Bring On The Night, or poetry accompanied by the lyre played by The Police. The singular form "lyric" is still used to mean the complete words to a song. However, the singular form lyric is also commonly used to refer to a specific line (or phrase) within a song's lyrics. Hence, by this analysis of word structure, you could say that the lyric to Bring On The Night and the lyrics to Bring On The Night are both one and the same thing. None of this talk about the word Lyrics is really relevant to fans of The Police who came here looking just for the lyrics to Bring On The Night, but we feel it is still fun to learn what's behind commonly used words and lyrics in songs.

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