You started a fire And it burned through the town It took everything You shouted so loud That it burst through the clouds But you said nothing at all Just hollow words Just enough to wake the birds With the sound of a lie Outside the weather starts to change You put your coat on boy and carry on Just shield yourself from the rain Just like you shield yourself from everything Oh just how wonderful You wrote from the edge until the fold You've had a whole long life of letting go And each player in each well constructed epic Is plagued by the same epidemic You're getting old Now all of this will end And we'll say goodbye to most of our friends The curtains closing