when societies crumble   and everything's gone   and the cars are all rusted away   and there ain't no more money   and there's nothing to buy   and all that we have is the day      when the world becomes silent   no planes in the air   when the voices just gather to sing   when the guns are the fence post   the cars are the doghouse   and the telephones no longer ring      what, what of the night   with no electrical light   so what then?      you, you and the candles   will be all that i need   your face bathed in the firelight   will be all i want to see   and i'll still sing you a song   that will last the whole night long   you, you and the candles      when the grocery stores are hollow inside   and the airports are filled with a breeze   after the anarchy finally subsides   when you reckon with how it will be      when empires are humbled   before the eyes of the people   and the truth will be like a parade   when industry's fallen   we'll make our own clothes now   and gifts of our hands rise again      and what, what of the night   with no electrical light   so what then?      you, you and the candles   will be all that i need   your face bathed in the firelight   will be all i want to see   and i'll still sing you a song   that will last the whole night long   you, you and the candles      in a waste paper basket   the timing's fantastic   for lovers to mean what they say   and a night lit in candles   on stained wooden mantles   keep us safe 'til the night   turns to day      you, you and the storm clouds   and the puddles at our feet   the lightning cuts through the heavens   and light you so briefly   and i'll still write you a song   to last the whole night long   you, you and the candles   you, you and the candles