| "Children of the Sun" | ||||
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| Single by Poets of the Fall | ||||
| from the album Clearview | ||||
| Released | September 30, 2016 | |||
| Label | Insomniac | |||
| BPM | 104 | |||
| Key | G | |||
| Producer(s) | Stefan Boman | |||
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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. | Title | Length |
|---|---|---|
| 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
- 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 - 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.