Listening To: Maroon 5's Daylight (Play For Change)

Maroon 5 - Daylight (Playing for Change) (FULL... by emreorhan_1997

Playing for change is a multimedia music project that brings different musicians together from around the globe.  The objective is to record a particular song with each musician's interpretation.  The result is a collaboration of different vocals and musical instruments.

One of their collaborations is Maroon 5's Daylight off their album "Overexposed."  I personally like the Play for Change music video over the official music video of Daylight which was dubbed as the Daylight Project.  Although the song's story line is about a lover who will separate from the one he loves when the morning comes, both videos are not related to the song's theme.  A pity since the song's theme for me is strong and it would have been an interesting video to make.

The lyrics are presented below.  You know the drill...


Here I am waiting, I'll have to leave soon
Why am I holding on?
We knew this day would come, we knew it all along
How did it come so fast?

This is our last night but it's late
And I'm trying not to sleep
Cause I know, when I wake, I will have to slip away

And when the daylight comes I'll have to go
But tonight I'm gonna hold you so close
Cause in the daylight we'll be on our own
But tonight I need to hold you so close

Oh-woah, oh-woah, oh-woah
Oh-woah, oh-woah, oh-woah

Here I am staring at your perfection
In my arms, so beautiful
The sky is getting bright, the stars are burning out
Somebody slow it down

This is way too hard, cause I know
When the sun comes up, I will leave
This is my last glance that will soon be memory

And when the daylight comes I'll have to go
But tonight I'm gonna hold you so close
Cause in the daylight we'll be on our own
But tonight I need to hold you so close

Oh-woah, oh-woah, oh-woah
Oh-woah, oh-woah, oh-woah

I never wanted to stop because I don't wanna start all over, start all over,
I was afraid of the dark but now it's all that I want, all that I want, all that I want

And when the daylight comes I'll have to go
But tonight I'm gonna hold you so close
Cause in the daylight we'll be on our own
But tonight I need to hold you so close

And when the daylight comes I'll have to go
But tonight I'm gonna hold you so close
Cause in the daylight we'll be on our own
But tonight I need to hold you so close

Oh-woah, oh-woah, oh-woah
Oh-woah, oh-woah, oh-woah
Oh-woah (yeah), oh-woah (yeah), oh-woah (yeah)
Oh-woah (yeah), oh-woah (yeah), oh-woah!

P.S. I tested the embeded video above and it seems slow.  Here is an alternate link via YouTube:
Maroon 5 - Daylight (Playing for Change)

Update: For those wondering the girl who sang the first verse is Chelsea Williams she is a Los Angeles based  street artist/performer.