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2016 single by Poets of the Fall
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| label        = [[Insomniac]]
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| BPM          = '''104'''
| key          = '''G'''
| writer        = <!--for both music and lyrics-->
| writer        = <!--for both music and lyrics-->
| producer      = [[Stefan Boman]]
| producer      = [[Stefan Boman]]
| prev_title    = [[Drama for Life]]<!--for a singles chronology-->
| prev_title    = [[Drama for Life|Drama<br/>for Life]]<!--for a singles chronology-->
| prev_year    = 2016
| prev_year    = 2016
| next_title    = [[Moonlight Kissed]]
| next_title    = [[Moonlight Kissed|Moonlight<br/>Kissed]]
| next_year    = 2016
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'''Children of the Sun''' is the second single and fifth track on [[Poets of the Fall]]'s 2016 seventh album [[Clearview]].
'''Children of the Sun''' is the fifth track on [[Poets of the Fall]]'s 2016 seventh full album [[Clearview]]. The same year, the band recorded the track on [[Genelec Artist Room Live]].
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The track was released as a single on 22nd March 2017 alongside a music video directed and produced by [[Saku Perintö]].
 
In 2020, the track was performed live and unplugged by the full band featuring [[Triosis+]] as the October entry of the [[Alexander Theatre Sessions]].
 
==Single track listing==
{{tracklist
| all_writing    = [[Poets of the Fall]]
| title1          = Children of the Sun (Radio Edit)
| length1        = 3:46
| title2          = Children of the Sun
| length2        = 4:53
| title3          = [[Once Upon a Playground Rainy]] ([[Genelec Artist Room Live]])
| length3        = 4:00
}}
 
==Lyrics==
<blockquote>
Parallel to life,<br/>
there's wisdom that seems out of reach,<br/>
like a figure of speech,<br/>
in a maze of white lies,<br/>
so elusive it's hard to recognise,<br/>
with naivety's eyes.<br/>
It's like running with a knife,<br/>
the thought steals away with your peace<br/>
and high on that trapeze,<br/>
you hold on to me,<br/>
you hold on to me.<br/>
 
And I'll be singing you songs of tomorrow,<br/>
And then dawn will follow<br/>
And our sorrows all undone<br/>
 
When you're done with all the strife,<br/>
when they echo the minds in the streets,<br/>
you know your heart beats,<br/>
a solitary call,<br/>
for a change in the tone of it all,<br/>
you'll be scaling that wall.<br/>
And the higher you climb,<br/>
the more you can see of this life,<br/>
and on the edge of that knife,<br/>
you hold on to me,<br/>
hold on to me.<br/>
 
And I'll be singing you songs of tomorrow,<br/>
And then dawn will follow<br/>
And our sorrows all undone<br/>
Yeah, I'll be singing you songs of tomorrow,<br/>
And then dawn will follow<br/>
We are children of the sun<br/>
 
And you know you can take this story, take your glory, make your own way<br/>
Yeah, I want you to shake this story, take your glory, find your way<br/>
Make your own way<br/>
 
And I'll be singing you songs of tomorrow,<br/>
And then dawn will follow<br/>
And our sorrows all undone<br/>
Yeah, I'll be singing you songs of tomorrow,<br/>
And then dawn will follow<br/>
We are children of the sun
</blockquote>
 
== Trivia ==
* The line ''I'll be singing you songs of tomorrow then dawn will follow'' is a meta reference to the last two tracks on the [[Carnival of Rust (album)|Carnival of Rust]] album - [[Maybe Tomorrow Is a Better Day]] and [[Dawn]].
* The names of tracks 5 and 10 of this ten track album contain the sun (Children of the Sun) and moon ([[Moonlight Kissed]]). They also fit the naming conventions of the [[Signs of Life Trilogy]] and [[Revolution Roulette Trilogy]] respectively.


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Latest revision as of 19:50, 11 April 2025

Children of the Sun
Track 5 on Clearview
"Children of the Sun"
Single by Poets of the Fall
from the album Clearview
ReleasedSeptember 30, 2016 (2016-09-30)
LabelInsomniac
BPM104
KeyG
Producer(s)Stefan Boman
Poets of the Fall singles chronology
"Drama
for Life
"
(2016)
"Children of the Sun"
(2016)
"Moonlight
Kissed
"
(2016)

Children of the Sun is the fifth track on Poets of the Fall's 2016 seventh full album Clearview. The same year, the band recorded the track on Genelec Artist Room Live.

The track was released as a single on 22nd March 2017 alongside a music video directed and produced by Saku Perintö.

In 2020, the track was performed live and unplugged by the full band featuring Triosis+ as the October entry of the Alexander Theatre Sessions.

Single track listing

All tracks are written by Poets of the Fall

No.TitleLength
1."Children of the Sun (Radio Edit)"3:46
2."Children of the Sun"4:53
3."Once Upon a Playground Rainy (Genelec Artist Room Live)"4:00

Lyrics

Parallel to life,
there's wisdom that seems out of reach,
like a figure of speech,
in a maze of white lies,
so elusive it's hard to recognise,
with naivety's eyes.
It's like running with a knife,
the thought steals away with your peace
and high on that trapeze,
you hold on to me,
you hold on to me.

And I'll be singing you songs of tomorrow,
And then dawn will follow
And our sorrows all undone

When you're done with all the strife,
when they echo the minds in the streets,
you know your heart beats,
a solitary call,
for a change in the tone of it all,
you'll be scaling that wall.
And the higher you climb,
the more you can see of this life,
and on the edge of that knife,
you hold on to me,
hold on to me.

And I'll be singing you songs of tomorrow,
And then dawn will follow
And our sorrows all undone
Yeah, I'll be singing you songs of tomorrow,
And then dawn will follow
We are children of the sun

And you know you can take this story, take your glory, make your own way
Yeah, I want you to shake this story, take your glory, find your way
Make your own way

And I'll be singing you songs of tomorrow,
And then dawn will follow
And our sorrows all undone
Yeah, I'll be singing you songs of tomorrow,
And then dawn will follow
We are children of the sun

Trivia