Lyrics to
Let The Night Fall

Released by The Band in 1977
From the Album: Islands |

This version of Let The Night Fall was released by The Band in 1977.

Our The Band Songs profile has Let The Night Fall lyrics from 1977 and most if not all of the lyrics by The Band that we have here at Decade Lyrics.

Here's more interesting things in songs and lyrics tied to The Band or about the 1970s in general.

I am the owl who stands alone
The lonesome wild I call my home
Just like the workman when his day is done
I can’t wait for that sinking sun

Let the night fall
Let the night fall
Let the night fall
Let it fall on me
Let it fall on me

I am the owl who calls upon the night
I am the eyes that abandon the light
When no one’s there and the dogs bark
I’m the voice howling in the dark

I am the owl, old and wise
The lord of wood with silent eyes
The cock screams at the first spark of dawn
That’s my cue and I’ll be moving on and on


Want more lyrics and songs by The Band?

The Band has released many songs over the years besides Let The Night Fall. The Band released songs from 1968 to 2002 spanning across albums like Music From Big Pink, The Band, Stage Fright, Cahoots, Moondog Matinee, Northern Lights - Southern Cross, Islands, Jericho, High On The Hog, Jubilation, and The Last Waltz. Decade Lyrics has over lyrics & songs by The Band.

If you're a fan of the music of the 1970s looking for more songs from 1977 or the 1970s overall, you've come to the right place!

About Lyrics and Let The Night Fall by The Band

When you decide to study the lyrics to Let The Night Fall, you're looking at the words, verses and background chorus from the 1977 song by The Band. Some of the lyrics to Let The Night Fall have clear meanings and some contain metaphorical references. Like most songs, only The Band and their collaborators know the full story behind any of the their songs.

You can understand the lyrics to Let The Night Fall 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 Let The Night Fall" means the words set to the music of Let The Night Fall, or poetry accompanied by the lyre played by The Band. 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 Let The Night Fall and the lyrics to Let The Night Fall are both one and the same thing. None of this talk about the word Lyrics is really relevant to fans of The Band who came here looking just for the lyrics to Let The Night Fall, but we feel it is still fun to learn what's behind commonly used words and lyrics in songs.

See also  Touch Me

More Songs & Lyrics by The Band

Show More Lyrics

Visit our The Band profile for more The Band songs, lyrics & info!

See also  Gypsy

Show More

See also  Rake And Ramblin' Man
)