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Josh Ritter
The Animal Years
In the Dark (acoustic)

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In the Dark (acoustic)

Release date: 15th February 2011

From The Animal Years

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About This Track

"In the Dark (acoustic)" is a track by Josh Ritter, from the album The Animal Years, released 15th February 2011. Full lyrics are available below.

Lyrics

In the Dark (acoustic)

We started looking for you

In the darker caves

We had a lot of love

We thought would light the way

We saw the wrecks of buildings

And ships that sank in starlight

We saw the ghosts of angels

That spoke of falls from tremendous heights

Don't you leave us in the da-ah-ark

Don't you leave us in the da-ah-ark

Don't you leave us in the da-ah-ark

Don't you leave us in the dark

We saw your old flames

And some were burning yet

It made us smile to see just how well tended each was kept

But other fires were burning too

And I saw the battlefields

The dying Light Brigade stretched out upon the wheel

Don't you leave us in the da-ah-ark

Don't you leave us in the da-ah-ark

Don't you leave us in the da-ah-ark

Don't you leave us in the dark

Every heart is much the same

We tell ourselves down here

The same chambers fed by veins

The same maze of love and fear

We thought you were a saint

But the halo is a lie

It's hard to see how there could be so much dark inside the light

Don't you leave us in the da-ah-ark

Don't you leave us in the da-ah-ark

Don't you leave us in the da-ah-ark

Don't you leave us in the dark

Don't you leave us in the da-ah-ark

Don't you leave us in the da-ah-ark

Don't you leave us in the da-ah-ar-ar-ark

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Track details

From The Animal Years

2011

Album

The Animal Years

Release year

2011

—Lillian, Egypt
—One More Mouth (acoustic)
—Girl in the War
—Best for the Best (acoustic)
—Best for the Best
—Good Man (acoustic)
—Harbortown
—Girl in the War (acoustic)
—Here at the Right Time
—Good Man
—In the Dark (acoustic)
—In the Dark
—Idaho
—Monster Ballads
—One More Mouth
—Peter Killed the Dragon
—Monster Ballads (acoustic)
—Thin Blue Flame (acoustic)
—Wolves
—Wolves (acoustic)

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