The Way We Fall

It was back in my home town Drinking whiskey from the bottle It was an indian summer Wild fires were burning I didn't know it was the last time You never know when it's the last time I didn't know it was the last time I walked miles after midnight To a filthy attic room I can still evoke the stale smoke Of his cigarettes, cigarettes, cigarettes I didn't know it was the last time You never know when it's the last time I didn't know it was the last time Tim was on the sidewalk With his empty, ocean eyes He was smiling like a shadow And would never age, never age, never age I didn't know it was the last time You never know when it's the last time I didn't know it was the last time A vision blurred through colored glass The white washed walls of summer's passed The smoldering I do recall The hopeless fade, the way we fall