Lay down lay down   Lay it all down   Let your white birds smile up   At the ones who stand and frown      Lay down lay down   Lay 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 other's wounds   We all had caught, the same disease   We all sang, the songs of peace       Lay down lay down   Lay it all down   Let your white birds smile up   At the ones who stand and frown      Lay down lay down   Lay 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      Oh, raise them higher again   And if you do we could stay dry against the rain       Lay down lay down   Lay it all down   Let your white birds smile up   At the ones who stand and frown      Lay down lay down   Lay 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 other's wounds   We all had caught, the same disease   We all sang, the songs of peace       Some came to sing   Some came to pray   Some came to keep   The dark away      Some came to sing   Some came to pray   Some came to keep   The dark away      So raise the candles high   'Cause if you don't we could stay black against the night      Oh raise them high again   And if you do we could stay dry against the rain       Lay down lay down   Lay it all down   Let your white birds smile up   At the ones who stand and frown ...