We shared a drink in the sky Under Orison’s painted gleam You laughed at the way the clouds Held the whole world in their hands Whiskey glass, trembling hold Your grin was wide, your steps were slow I should have seen that look When you said, “one more, then home” But the night kept turning And your tongue got loose You leaned on the rail Like you always seem to do Then your boot slid sideways Fell into the orange glow And I heard my name When you let me go Oh, Orison You took my friend Oh, Orison You took him in I still hear him Falling down Through the cloudline Through the sound Oh, Orison Don’t fade away You keep his fall You keep his name They found your cup by the ledge And your jacket on the rail Cup still full of whiskey Like you’d just stepped out to think No med lights flashed on the deck ‘Cause the deck was too far below And all that bright, sweet morning Couldn’t bring you back to smoke I held the rail in silence Till my knuckles went white The sky looked soft But it lied that night Every shard of that laughter Every word you threw Breaks in me again When I think of you Oh, Orison You took my friend Oh, Orison You took him in I still hear him Falling down Through the cloudline Through the sound Oh, Orison Don’t fade away You keep his fall You keep his name If I could walk that ledge again I’d take your glass away I’d tell you stay with me I’d make the night obey But the clouds don’t answer And the dark won’t bend So I carry your last sentence Like a ghost that won’t end Oh, Orison You took my friend Oh, Orison You took him in I still hear him Falling down Through the cloudline Through the sound Oh, Orison Don’t fade away You keep his fall You keep his name One more for the road One more for the night Now this whole wide, waking city Holds your memory in the light
