The windows in New York City All dressed up with ribbons and smiles Snow covers the park like a carpet Bells on white carriages roll by in style St. Patrick's Cathedral is all lit up When the doors open wide, I can see All of those candles burning inside Looks like somebody's birthday party to me Snowy night, catch the light Shimmer bright, angels sing Here below, children know Faces glow, bells they ring Through a city of silver dreams They hung a star over 5th Avenue Like a beacon that's calling you home With our gifts we come looking for comfort May we find in each other, we're not so alone Snowy night, catch the light Shinning bright, angels sing Here below, children know Faces glow, bells they ring Through a city of silver dreams It's like this whole town has swallowed some magic With a taxi horns singing away They say that this city will change you But it ain't me that's been changing From what I can tell Snowy night, catch the light Shinning bright, angels sing Here below, children know Faces glow, bells they ring Through a city, through a city so pretty In this city of silver dreams

Last night I dreamt that they dropped a bomb Oh the sea ran dry and the winds had calmed Skyscrapers fell, they all turned to dust, Their skeletons of steel were covered in rust And everything I loved and feared had all at once disappeared Oh everything I loved and feared had all at once disappeared Colours were drained straight from the sky And nothing living had survived The mountains were merely removed from the earth Silver and gold had lost all its worth And everything I loved and feared had all at once disappeared Oh everything I loved and feared had all at once disappeared I woke from the dream in a cold, cold sweat I was full of doubt and deep regret, Suddenly it was so clear to me; There was nothing left in which to believe And everything I loved and feared had all at once disappeared Oh everything I loved and feared had all at once disappeared

We broke in where We're not allowed And found a station From a dead undergound. And there you kissed me As if goodbye On the dusty platform Like my train had arrived Oh we hold with the grip of a sifter And we smile with the teeth of a comb We can fake what we want to belong But if we don't show our faces We can't be wrong. Hands in the air, listen to me This is a stickup at the observatory We're gonna look at just what we wanna see This is a stickup at the observatory. The blue beneath your skin is like An atlas of the sky I want to read your book but I Don't want to break the spine. We left the concert on skid row And looked up at the building face Office workers in the sky constellate In our ordinary moons We can't see the part we play All the windows in the sky constellate. Oh we know we're living in a tumour Or we know we're living in a coral reef Who can say what's the way to believe But sleep beside a window And you hear it breathe.