"thief in the night"?

[sharky]

Ok, lyric question. I'm reading The Hobbit and one chapter is called "Thief in the Night". what U2 song is this from? I was thinking Hawkmoon but that's "drums in the night." I'm an idiot for not knowing this.

 

[babyman]

isn't it a rolling stones song? keith richards sings it!

 

[maro_chik]

Seconds.

 

[wolfeden]

"like a thief in the night, see the world by candlelight.."

 

[biff]

All of the above references are correct, but are not the original use of the phrase. That's from the Bible: "...the day of the Lord will come like a thief in the night." ( 1 Thessalonians) Bono would have known exactly where that came from.

 

[Axver]

"like a thief in the night, see the world by candlelight.."

Fall ... rise and ...

*walks away singing Seconds*