The Moon is Going Down

Lost in a feeling that's fleeting
Like all desperate moments in time
They're changing the lies they're repeating
The naked are leading the blind
The ghosts in the trees have all vanished
And no one can say where they've gone
The old men are screaming in Spanish
While their children go chasing the dawn

Yet, you look like this angel before me
And I find hopefulness I've never known
And the moon is going down so slow

Outside these walls of resistance
They're all arguing about the cost
As a lone woman off in the distance
Sings you cannot replace what is lost
The silence is somewhat surprising
Oh, the dance of the whole damned affair
Red eyes meet orange horizons
Choking and gasping for air

Yeah, the ending is anticlimactic
As endings so often are
The voice through the radio static
Calls it the death of a falling star

Still, you look like this angel before me
And I find hopefulness I've never known
And the moon is going down
Yeah, the moon is going down
Yeah, the moon is going down so slow