[Verse] The asphalt was bleeding under a midsummer heat I stepped through the shadows of an empty street A suitcase of stone and a pocket of sand Looking for signs in a hollowed out land The clock on the wall had forgotten to climb Just a jagged old tooth in the mouth of time [Verse] I saw a white bird with a broken wing Trying to find a new song to sing The preachers were selling their halos for gold And the stories of mercy were starting to mold I looked at the map but the ink had run dry Like a prayer that got caught in a wintery sky [Chorus] The only thing I remember is the way the light fell Like a handful of silver down a bottomless well The only thing I remember is the sound of the door And the ghost of your footsteps on the kitchen floor Everything else is a blur in the rain A flicker of dust on a departing train [Verse] The headlines were screaming about a new war But I couldn’t tell what we were fighting for The merchant of silence was closing his shop Waiting for the spinning of the world to stop I found a blue ribbon tied to a fence A small piece of logic that made no sense [Chorus] The only thing I remember is the way the light fell Like a handful of silver down a bottomless well The only thing I remember is the sound of the door And the ghost of your footsteps on the kitchen floor Everything else is a blur in the rain A flicker of dust on a departing train [Chorus] The only thing I remember is the way the light fell Like a handful of silver down a bottomless well The only thing I remember is the sound of the door And the ghost of your footsteps on the kitchen floor Everything else is a blur in the rain A flicker of dust on a departing train [Outro]