Amanda Hocking

Yes, I know Elegy is a book, not a movie. And yes, I know that Elegy is a book that won’t even be out for several more months. (Not sure of the exact release date but I think maybe late summer/fall 2013).

But I don’t care. I’m sharing it now. In my mind, each book in the Watersong series really kinda has a signature song, one that, to me, encompasses the atmosphere and story of the book. Even the short story Forgotten Lyrics has a song – “In Transit” by Mark Hoppus. Wake is “Never Let Me Go” by Florence + the Machines, Lullaby is “A Soft Place to Land” by Kathleen Edwards, and Tidal is “White Blank Page” by Mumford & Sons, and for Elegy it is this song – “Night is Cold” by Civil Twilight.

I couldn’t find the lyrics online, so I listened to it many times and wrote them for my enjoyment, and now I’ll share them with you.

“Night is Cold” by Civil Twilight

It was a sunny day when they drove away
And my love disappeared into the clouds
Where they made her wait
And they made her burn every picture I ever sent

There’s a thing they want so bad
We call it love
There’s a thing you’ll never have
 We call it love
It moves like the ocean
It sways like sea
It’ll never fail to be… love

When the city burned and the capital fell
We were made to walk the road to nowhere
The ones who still feel were made to kneel
As if they could have the one thing they could never hold

There’s a thing they want so bad
We call it love
There’s a thing they’ll never have
We call it love
It moves like the ocean
It sways like sea
It’ll never fail to be
It’ll never fail to be
It’ll never fail

They can have it, but they’ll never hold it
They can steal it, but they’ll never own it
Never own it