The Sun

[Intro] Before the morning, before the name A furnace turning, always the same [Verse 1] Four and a half billion years of fire Hydrogen falling into light Ninety-nine point eight six of everything One star holding all of us tight Fifteen million degrees at the heart Five and a half thousand at the skin And every road a planet ever walked Begins and ends where you begin [Chorus] Eight minutes and twenty seconds That's how long your love takes to arrive Eight minutes and twenty seconds Old light landing, keeping us alive Sun, you are the centre and the song Everything we are, we are because you shone [Verse 2] You pull the planets into rings of time You write the season and the day And every field that ever fed a child Was paid for in your golden way Halfway through your life, still burning slow Still answering the dark with dawn We never look at you and yet we know We are the children of your storm [Bridge] Not a god, though we called you one Just a star doing what stars have done [Final Chorus] Eight minutes and twenty seconds Old light landing, keeping us alive Sun, you are the centre and the song Everything we are, we are because you shone [Outro] Eight minutes out, and still you come Eight minutes home, and we are home