Night Windows Songtext
von The Weakerthans

In the stick count for the song
Of knowing you′re gone
Glancing up at where you lived
When you lived here
I see you suddenly alive
And nearly smiling
Stop and hold my breath
And watch the way you used to be
The full moon makes our faces shine
Like over-ironed polyester

Then disappears behind the clouds
And leaves me under empty rows

Of night windows


We could walk to where these streets
Get pulled together
A blinking line with gravel shoulders
Squared towards an end
Where the radio resounds
From Doppler traffic
Where the power lines steal
Ss from the hourly news
Deep plural lives, our casualties
Drown the generals out in static

We turn and watch our city sprawl
And send us signals in the glow

Of night windows

Night windows
Night windows

But you're not coming home again

Night windows

And I won′t ever get to say

Night windows

Remember how I'm sorry that

But you're not coming home again

I miss the way it could be

Night windows

Remember how I′m sorry that

And I won′t ever get to say

I miss the way it could be

Night windows
Night windows