Phoebe Rees - Take Back the Night

The leaves are spinning down the sidewalk
You watch them through the window glass
The couples arm in arm together
The young men laughing as they pass
Behind a web of glass and iron
You see the city under stars
The wind is shaking at the shutters
Like prisoners rattling at their bars

Come join the sound of marching feet
Come join the voices singing in the street
Drive out the dark, bring in light
Take back our hearts, take back our lives
Take back the night

Outside the street is growing quiet
Night is slowly closing in
You hear the anger in the silence
You smell the danger in the wind
Inside the house the walls surround you
The room grows smaller with the dark
The night comes heavy through the window
And settles darkly on your heart

Come join the sound of marching feet
Come join the voices singing in the street
Drive out the dark, bring in light
Take back our hearts, take back our lives
Take back the night