Darkness and colour realised We cut the trees to clear a path Arranged them in patterns Aimed to please The men that carve our epitaph I looked away And the lights came down I heard you crying When there's no one 'round Just when i was about to say You were going In our tired old house Of brick and steel We changed the pictures On the walls We dressed the windows every nght Our painted pictures poised to fall I looked away And the lights came down I heard you crying When there's no one 'round Just when i was about to say You were going