Nights That Won't Happen - Purple Mountains

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

And 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