Lyrics:

Though Adam was a friend of mine, I did not know him wellHe was alone into his distanceHe was deep into his wellI could guess what he was laughing at, but I couldn't really tellNow the story's told that Adam jumped, but I've been thinking that he fellTogether we went traveling, as we received the callHis destination India, and I had none at allWell, I still remember laughing with our backs against the wallSo free of fear, we never thought that one of us might fallI sit before my only candle, but it's so little light to find my wayNow this story unfolds before my candleWhich is shorter every hour as it reaches for the dayBut I feel just like a candle in the wayI guess I'll get there, but I wouldn't say for sureWhen we parted we were laughing still, as our goodbyes were saidAnd I never heard from him again as each our lives we ledExcept for once in someone else's letter that I readUntil I heard the sudden word that a friend of mine was deadI sit before my only candle, like a pilgrim sits beside the wayNow this journey appears before my candleAs a song that's growing fainter the harder that I playBut I fear before I end I'll fade awayBut I guess I'll get there, though I wouldn't say for sureThough Adam was a friend of mine, I did not know him longAnd when I stood myself beside him, I never though I was as strongStill it seems he stopped his singing in the middle of his songWell I'm not the one to say I know, but I'm hoping he was wrongI'm holding out my only candle, though it's so little light to find my wayNow this story's been laid beneath my candleAnd it's shorter every hour as it reaches for the dayYes, I f