[Verse 1]
I sleep to dream in this old house, only wake for the night,
the city's queen and she holds me 'till the first sight of   daylight.
Trying to get through the breakdown, find a way out of this town
or in a lake of fire we'll surely drown, that's alright if you're with   me.
 
[Chorus 1]
And that's why I'll run from the shine of   the sun,
that's stealing dark from the night sky.
 
[Verse 2]
My heart is yours for the taking if you want to take it.
I know you're scared you might   break it, girl, it's been breaking all my life?
I've been running on empty like the ones here before me
and all this hurt our hearts are hauling, hurts a little less each   day.
 
[Chorus 2]
And that's why we'll run from the shine of   the sun,
that's stealing dark from the night sky
 
 
[Verse 3]
And I held you close to me, showed you where my heart would be,
when it came time again for me to leave you'd be carrying a part of me.
Let's try to get through the breakdown, find a way out of this town,
or in a lake of fire we'll surely drown but that's alright if you're with me.
 
[End-Chorus]
And that's why we'll run from the shine of   the sun,
stealing dark from the night sky.
For our lives   we'll run from the shine of   the sun,
stealing dark from the night sky.