[Verse 1]
A darker garden this, though pale with beauty
In the louring of the rain
How I long to break the silence
Where the moths and tigers play

[Chorus 1]
Driving through the forest in the empty afternoon
A Japanese car stalled inside a glade
But the world is porcelain
Yes, the world is porcelain

[Bridge]
And the quiet nights with the friend who could not stay
Left the future all sun dazed

[Verse 2]
Alice, Jude and Laura singing
All our friends have come to stay
They are laughing in the sunlight
Where the criss-cross fountains play

[Chorus 2]
Sunlight on the empty house and sunlight on the fields
The cul-de-sac, the law, the tracks, the lane
But the world is porcelain
Yes, the world is porcelain
[Verse 5]
Still the evening will not come here
And the stones are cracked and warm
And the pool is filled with sunlight
Still the evening will not come