[Intro]

(One, two, three)

[Verse 1]

Haydn lost his mind when he heard the verse for the first time

And he never ever really got it back

[Chorus]

I think he knows that

I think he knows that that's alright

I think he knows that we're losing light

I think he knows that

I think he knows that that's alright

I think he knows that we're losing light

[Verse 2]

Casey sees each day as a compromise that flies in the face of dreams

That she never ever really got to have

[Chorus]

I think she hopes that

Or has decided it's alright

Because she knows that we're losing light

I think she knows that

Or has made peace with what it's like

To know we're losing

[Bridge]

Lights, camera, action

Do they say that anymore?

Has there ever really been a masterpiece

Cut up on the cutting room floor

When we couldn't see the color of the sepia thespian's eyes?

While the cinematographer cried

We're losing

[Verse 3]

My life will be like my mother's father's life

At least that's how it seems so far

I've got a house outside of town and a decent car

[Chorus]

Oh no, I think that

I think the quiet life's alright

Because the hunchback used a candle to make shadows in the night

Oh yes, I think that

I think the quiet life's alright

Because he uses those same candles to battle those same shadows

[Verse 4]

And Haydn lost his mind the first time he heard the muse

But he could never bring himself to cry

[Chorus]

I think he knows that

I think he knows that that's alright

I think he knows that

We're losing

We're losing

We're losing light

[Outro]

We're losing light

We're losing light