Now the rain was laced with pity
The beaches met the coastal roads
And street lamps lead them blind into the cities fast asleep

The wind carried the curses
Of collisions in the darkness
And the accidental crunch of devil's purses underfoot

I was thinking who out of us all I thought would grow up
And just how right and wrong I'd been in equal measure
She is buried treasure, she is bored

Butterflies will die before the end of summer years
And apparently she's just ignoring them
A friend, he put it simply "If I understood, then I could understand"
"If I understood, then I could understand"

Those blue eyes grow ageless
The sky feels contagious
When the stars recall spots on those teenagers faces

Who come down here after dark
To learn how to fall apart
To dance with the devil until they become free of God's will again

We have surnames for the taking
But the girls don't understand the men
With guilt the shape of local police stations and the last train home

She settled down and said "goodnight" and never said "goodnight"
And went out in a blaze of glory in a bar-room full of history, hope and pity
If I understood, then I could understand
If I understood, then I could understand

Those blue eyes grow ageless
The sky feels contagious
When the stars recall spots on those teenagers faces

Who come down here after dark
To learn how to fall apart
To dance with the devil until they become free of God's will again

Those blue eyes grow ageless
The sky feels contagious
If you were the stars that means I was the places that we went.