In A Moment - Ray Davies

Sunlight and the city is barely awake

As all the early morning drifters make their way

Headlights in the distance too bright for my eyes

Still I love the dusk, the dawn, between times

They are mine

'Cos you can’t tell if it’s day or night

Do we see the moon or the sunlight?

Everything around is so transitional

Momentary lapse of rational

Walking past the writing on the wall

Something apocalyptic

Then a momentary lapse of faith

Before I become more optimistic

Like a momentary loss of sight

Fleetingly it went so wrong from right

In a second it can change from night to day

Any second love can turn to hate

Sunlight and the city is barely awake

As all the seconds in our lifetime drift away

So live every moment and hold me so tight

A second changes day to night

I had a momentary loss of sight

Fleetingly it went so wrong from right

In a second you would change your point of view

In my hesitation I lost you

It only takes a moment sometimes

The difference between joy and pain

In a second you can look away

Turn around to find it’s all changed

Because you can’t tell if it’s day or night

Do we see the moon or the sunlight?

Everything around is so transitional

Momentary loss of rational

Like a momentary loss of sight

Fleetingly it went from dark to light

In a second it can change from night to day

But in a moment hope will find the way