My Own Face Inside the Trees

[Verse 1] All the pines that shiver in the park Kick my fever through the dark Through the railings and the iron Empty bars and tenement lines [Verse 2] Something slips back into place For a second there's a trace Of my face inside the trees Sudden light in everything [Verse 3] I get up and head down into work Running errands like a jerk But the fever does me in Never touching anything [Verse 4] Like the sea inside a shell Everything speaks to itself Darkness comes at half past three My own face is in the trees [Bridge] Six years I have seen a friend in summer crowds in Europe When the evening falls For six years I have seen a friend in summer crowds in Europe When the evening falls [Verse 5] So I left myself back in the night Moving into clearer light Neither here nor really gone Both surrounded and alone [Verse 4] Like the sea inside a shell Everything speaks to itself Darkness comes at half past three My own face is in the trees