10000 Maniacs - All That Never Happens lyrics

She walks alone on the brick lane<br>The breeze is blowing<br>A year had changed her forever<br>Just like her grey home<br><br>He used to live so close, here<br>We'd look for places I can't remember<br>The world was safe when she knew him<br>She tried to hold him, hold on forever, hold on forever<br><br>For all that never happens<br>And all that never will be<br>A candle burning<br>For the love we seldom keep<br><br>The earth was raw in her fingers<br>She overturned it<br>Considered planting some flowers<br>They wouldn't last long, no one to tend them<br><br>It's funny how these things go<br>You were the answer to all the questions<br>The memories made her weary<br>She shuddered slowly, she didn't want to, she didn't want to<br><br>For all that never happens<br>And all that never will be<br>A candle burning<br>For the love we seldom keep<br><br>As a distant summer<br>He began to whisper<br>He threw a smile her way<br>She looked into the glass<br>Liquid surface showing<br>That they were melding together, present, past<br><br>So where can I go from here? <br>The color fading, he didn't answer<br>She felt him slip from her vision<br>She tried to hold him, hold on forever, hold on forever<br><br>For all that never happens<br>And all that never will be<br>A fire burning<br>For the love we seldom keep<br><br>And for all that never happens<br>And all that never will be<br>So close forever<br>In a silent frozen sleep<br><br>Oooooh...<br>Oooooh...<br>Oooooh...<br>Oooooh...<br>Oooooh...<br>Aaaaah...