Daylight comes to meet you on the road Like a prodigal son, a prodigal hope That you gave up on when you were young Yeah, but daylight is coming on We live on the edge On the edge of a darkness oh We live on the edge On the edge of a darkness oh But daylight is coming on Heaven bends low for the naked and the poor To settle up a debt, to settle up the score To set up a table on the edge of a war 'Cause we've been bleeding on the edge of a sword We live on the edge On the edge of a darkness oh We live on the edge On the edge of a darkness oh But daylight is coming on The boardwalk is painted red with the blood Of a thousand prospective heroes but one Still cries out beyond all the grave and the flood Where the blackest abysses cannot overcome 'Cause we live on the edge On the edge of a darkness oh We live on the edge On the edge of a darkness oh But daylight is coming on