Weakerthans - Night Windows lyrics

rate me

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 doppling traffic.

Where the power lines steal esses from the hourly news.

De-pluralize

our casualties,

and drown the Generals out in static.

We'd turn and watch

our city sprawl,

and send us signals in the glow

of night windows.

But you're not

coming home again,

and I won't

ever get to say,

"Remember how...I'm sorry that...I miss the way...Could we..."