"Ending The Alphabet" lyrics - THE MOUNTAIN GOATS

We've got the brightest skylight
Like a vision of heaven on the evening sky
And a clocktower two block from the spot where I'm standing tonight
The avenues are throbbing with people
And the late sunlight makes them all look like angels
And the transformation is seamless
They are unbearably bright
I can almost hear their voices
As I walk past them all toward the water
What is there left in a city like this
When everyone you know is gone?
I saw the wind wash them all away and I was freezing