war is over (epilogue)

everything still, everything silent, as after the rain, we lie here listening, to night close down, stare like a child, wait for the signs to decide, once again, just when they looked here, to stay, we're to leave, our world arraign, it really isn't fair, outside they sing, the war is over, raise your blinds, the war is over, tell your deepest dark, goodbye, a distant waltz, turns in the head, of an old lady's night, waiting hands unfold, within the dark, lighting her lamp, seeing prince albert, recalling the sight, they waltz again through the park, floorboards creak, beneath the moon, the room below just sighs, outside they sing, the war is over, raise your blinds, the war is over, let me get some sleep, tonight, everything still, everything silent, as after the rain, still we are after, the rain