Black Lanterns

The fire is winding down to embers

The night is finally ending

We send black lanterns into the sky

We're wending through the friendly night

And as we hold hands we wave this town

Goodbye

All their ghosts are slowly leaving;

That one who never believed in you;

The ones who never cared.

"we waltz and dance through the ashy streets

All the shops black and a wave of golden leaves

Blows through the midnight quiet.

All the stuff that never meant anything to us,

Never cared for us is dwindling now. we shout

At the top of our voices and set black lanterns

Into the sky, and watch as the town dies."

We drive our cars off the end of the pier

And finally we sleep, with no sadness or fear.