In a city after midnight 'Neath the halo of a street light Where the dreams die, as the blood dries On the wounds we keep hidden from view
In the safety of this darkness As it hides all time has tarnished The forbidden, unforgiven Are secure here where no one pursues
But the night fades away and gives way to the day For what else is the night to do? As the dark steps aside with the hopes we confide And never believe that the dreams we conceived Would ever, not ever come true
Is life different after midnight With its new dawn and its new lights? Inconsistent and indifferent To the things we were so sure we knew
As you stood there in the night air With such beauty that the stars stared From their distance you were different Like a dream that no one could refuse
But the night fades away and gives way to the day For what else is the night to do? As the dark steps aside with the hopes we confide And never believe that the dreams we conceived Would ever, not ever come true
As you stand all alone at your station What if God doesn't know where you are? As you send out your prayers for salvation But afraid that they don't go that far
So you wait all alone in your darkness There's a train that drives on through the night And if everyone's on it except us Would it return for that single life?
In a city after midnight 'Neath the halo of a street light