Nights That Won’t Happen

The dead know what they're doing when they leave this world behind When the here and the hereafter momentarily align See the need to speed into the lead suddenly declined The dead know what they're doing when they leave this world behind And as much as we might like to seize the reel and hit rewind Or quicken our pursuit of what we're guaranteed to find When the dying's finally done and the suffering subsides All the suffering gets done by the ones we leave behind All the suffering gets done by the ones we leave behind Nights that won't happen Time we won't spend Time we won't spend With each other again With each other again Ghosts are just old houses dreaming people in the night Have no doubt about it, hon, the dead will do alright Go contemplate the evidence and I guarantee you'll find The dead know what they're doing when they leave this world behind Nights that won't happen Time we won't spend Nights that won't happen Never, ever again Nights that won't happen Never reaching the end Nights that won't happen Never even begin Never even begin This world is like a roadside inn and we're the guests inside And death is a black camel that kneels down so we can ride When the dying's finally done and the suffering subsides All the suffering gets done by the ones we leave behind All the suffering gets done by the ones we leave behind On nights that won't happen Time we won't spend Time we won't spend With each other again Nights that won't happen Never reaching the end Nights that won't happen We can't even begin We can't even begin