Lyrics:

(Lay down, lay down, let it all down
Let your white birds smile up
At the ones who stand and frown)

Lay down, lay down, let it all down
Let your white birds smile up
At the ones who stand and frown

We were so close, there was no room
We bled inside each others wounds
We all had caught the same disease
And we all sang the songs of peace

(Lay down, lay down, let it all down
Let your white birds smile up
At the ones who stand and frown)

Lay down, lay down, let it all down
Let your white birds smile up
At the ones who stand and frown

So raise the candles high cause if you
Don't we could stay black against the night
Oho, raise them higher again
And if you do we could stay dry against the rain!

(Lay down, lay down, let it all down
Let your white birds smile up
At the ones who stand and frown)

Lay down, lay down, let it all down
Let your white birds smile up
At the ones who stand and frown

We were so close, there was no room
We bled inside each others wounds
We all had caught the same disease
And we all sang the songs of peace

Some came to sing, some came to pray
Some came to keep the dark away

So raise (Raise) the candles high (Up high)
'Cause if you don't we could stay
Black against the sky
Oh, raise (Raise) them higher again (Much higher)
And if you do we could stay dry against the rain

Lay down, lay down, let it all down
Let your white birds smile up
At the ones who stand and frown

You gotta lay down, lay down, let it all down
Let your white birds smile up
At the ones who stand and frown

You gotta lay down, lay down, let it all down
Let your white birds smile up
At the ones who stand and frown

Oh, lay down, lay down, let it all down
Let your white birds smile up