The Center of the World

The Center of the World Lyrics

Song The Center of the World
Artist Bright Eyes
Album Fevers And Mirrors
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[00:45.15] At the center of the world
[00:51.33] There is a statue of a girl
[00:57.48] She is standing near a well
[01:03.61] With a bucket bare and dry
[01:09.37] I went and looked her in the eyes
[01:15.83] And she turned me into sand
[01:21.38] This clumsy form that I despise
[01:27.80] It scattered easy in her hand
[01:33.91] And came to rest upon a beach
[01:40.50] With a million others there
[01:46.22] We sat and waited for the sea
[01:51.44] To stretch out so that we could disappear
[01:58.22] Into the endlessness of blue
[02:04.29] Into the horror of the truth
[02:10.82] Yes, we are far less than we knew
[02:16.72] Yeah, we are far less than we knew
[02:23.72] But we knew what we could taste
[02:29.09] Girls found honey to drench our hands
[02:34.39] The men cut marble to mark our graves
[02:39.71] Said we' ll need something to remind us
[02:44.53] Of all the sweetness that has passed through us (Fresh sangria and lemon tea)
[02:50.42] The priests dressed children for a choir (White robed small voices praise him)
[02:55.84] But found no joy in what was sung
[03:00.51] The funeral had begun
[03:04.71] In the middle of the day
[03:10.20] When you drive home to your place
[03:15.45] From that job that makes you sleep
[03:20.00] Back to the thoughts that keep you awake
[03:25.98] Long after night has come to claim
[03:31.71] Any life that still remains
[03:37.12] In the corner of the frame
[03:42.47] That you put around her face
[03:51.60] Two pills just weren' t enough
[03:56.61] The alarm clock' s going off
[03:59.45] But you' re not waking up
[04:01.49] This isn' t happening, happening, happening, happening, happening
[04:06.74] It is
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