Song For Adam - Jackson Browne

Though Adam was a friend of mine, I did not know him well 
He was alone into his distance, he was deep into his well 
I could guess what he was laughing at, but I couldn’t really tell 
Now the stories told that Adam jumped, but I’m thinking that he fell 

Together we went traveling, as we received the call 
His destination India, and I had none at all 
Oh, I still remember laughing with our backs against the wall 
So free of fear, we never thought that one of us might fall 

I sit before my only candle, but it’s so little light to find my way 
Now the story unfolds before my candle 
Which is shorter ev’ry hour, as it reaches for the day 
But I feel just like a candle, in a way 
I guess I’ll get there, but I wouldn’t say for sure 

When we parted we were laughing still, as our good-byes were said 
And I never heard from him again, as each our lives we lead 
Except for once in someone else’s letter that I read 
Until I heard the sudden word that a friend of mine was dead 

I sit before my only candle, like a pilgrim sits beside the wave 
Now this journey appears before my candle 
As a song that’s growing fainter, the harder I play 
That I fear before I end will fade away 
I guess I’ll get there, but I wouldn’t say for sure 

Though Adam was a friend of mine, I did not know him long 
And when I stood myself beside him, I never thought I was as strong 
Still it seems he stopped his singing in the middle of his song 
Well I’m not the one to say I know, but I’m hoping he was wrong 

I’m holding out my only candle, but it’s so little light to find my way 
Now the story’s been laid beneath my candle 
And it’s shorter ev’ry hour, as it reaches for the day 
Yes, I feel just like a candle in a way 
I hope I get there, but I’d never pray