The party fell out of the window

Laughing like a Marvel hero

Now they′re down playing the street

The winter's biting out their feet

The old cathedral bell still rings

And children love to laugh and sing

Love to scream and play the game

Before they be what they became

I light the silver candle

Stare out the two-pane window

That smoke escaping through the chimney

I have lost the gifts they tried to give me

Oh, they never went too far

I′m praying to some distant star

To tell me how things really are

Some forgotten causes how it seems

Though simple, still achieve their dreams

I only had my way

Life would be filled with summer days

But it's when tonight that tries to teach

Meanings that lie just out of reach

The message is the simple one

Only got by certain ones

The ones who breathe this atmosphere

If that's not you, try not to fear

You′ll be left with many friends down here