Lyrics to
Silent Sunlight

This version of Silent Sunlight was released by Cat Stevens in 1972.

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Silent sunlight, welcome in
There is work I must now begin
All my dreams have blown away
And the children want to play
They’ll soon remember things to do
When the heart is young
And the night is done
And the sky is blue

Morning songbird, sing away
Lend a tune to another day
Bring your wings and choose a roof
Sing a song of love and truth
We’ll soon remember if you do
When all things were tall
And our friends were small
And the world was new

Sleepy horses, heave away
Put your backs to the golden hay
Don’t ever look behind at the work you’ve done
For your work has just begun
There’ll be the evening in the end
but till that time arrives
You can rest your eyes
And begin again

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About Lyrics and Silent Sunlight by Cat Stevens

The lyrics for Silent Sunlight are made up of the words, verses and background chorus for the popular 1972 song by Cat Stevens. Like a lot of songs, the lyrics to Silent Sunlight have both direct meanings and metaphorical context hidden within the song's words. All of the meanings are only truly known by the creators of the lyrics for Silent Sunlight - Cat Stevens and any of the writers who worked with them on the song.

If you have an interest in the structure of words and phrases, you can dissect the lyrics to Silent Sunlight by Cat Stevens in multiple ways. 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 Silent Sunlight" means the words set to the music of Silent Sunlight, or poetry accompanied by the lyre played by Cat Stevens. 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 Silent Sunlight and the lyrics to Silent Sunlight are both one and the same thing. None of this talk about the word Lyrics is really relevant to fans of Cat Stevens who came here looking just for the lyrics to Silent Sunlight, but we feel it is still fun to learn what's behind commonly used words and lyrics in songs.

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