Then The Night Falls Quiet

This little girl has a beautiful smile,

that she puts on every day.

She talks about the world as a better place

and how she can make it that way.

But she is so tired of the musical,

the lovers, the leaders, the sheep.

And then the night falls quiet and there’s stars in the sky

and in the dark - she sleeps.

And the young man knows how to sing

but has never learned how to believe,

Spends his time trying to find some light

in the marks hidden by his sleeves.

Never confessed to the midnight rain

the horrors he thought he’d seen.

And then the night falls quiet and there’s stars in the sky

and when he sleeps - he dreams.

And an old man wishes it never rained

after a certain point in the night.

The droplets on the home’s new roof urge him

to cry about what’s not right.

All he wants is a little time to think

about his wife wandering in eternity.

And then the night falls quiet and there’s stars in the sky

and he sleeps, and he dreams - he’s free.

And the rest of the world watches on

in starstruck awe and disbelief.

And they all continue to dawdle on

through hope and humour and grief.

And then the night falls quiet and there’s stars in the sky

and we roll into bed and into sleep

but when we dream the world is ours

and the freedom we find is ours to keep.