[intro] The bell has rung, the last page turned one corner of the calendar still shakes the wish inside her pocket folded to a boat drifting off along the rain of last night [Verse 1] The corridor is not yet light she has opened the first window her white coat is quick as wind her step ahead of time she knows every name in every room the weight of every breath no miracle came falling down she was the one who stayed [Chorus] Oh, angel in white standing in the light laying every panic down in line her two hands are more than quick they are the proof that love is real Oh, angel in white, she tells no legend she makes the plain days beautiful in the Beijing of the nineties she is the light, and what light means [Verse 2] The rush never shows on her face one sentence and the fear lets go her hands are sure, her eyes are steady her grace comes from the duty itself she knows the hour to be gentle and the hour she must be hard on the edge of life and pain she lights the order up again [Chorus] Oh, angel in white standing in the light turning the fear to something quiet not an oath written on paper but every single day, given whole Oh, angel in white, so beautiful not because somebody saw but when the world was at its thinnest she chose to stand in front [Bridge] When the night runs deep when hope is very light who was it did not leave who was it stayed awake not for any applause not for any name she knows what this road is it is called duty, and mercy [Chorus] Oh, angel in white the light of the nineties warm, and faithful written into her face Oh, angel in white not for any glory but where the need was greatest she was always there [Outro] She does not need our praise she does not need this song
