[Verse 1]
We met at the end of the party
When most of the drinks were dead
And all the glasses dirty
"Have this that's left," you said

[Verse 2]
We walked through the last of summer
When shadows reached long and blue
Across days that were growing shorter
You said, "There's autumn too"

[Chorus]
Always for you what's finished
Is nothing, and what survives
Cancels the failed, the famished
As if we had fresh lives
From that night on, and just living
Could make me unaware
Of June, and the guests arriving
And I not there
And the guests arriving
And I not there