Bright Eyes - Act Of Contrition lyrics

The air was all dust, a night so untamed

The ground opened up and swallowed all of the rain

and it swallowed you too-- into distance unknown

As they sat down for dinner they waited for you to get home

yeah, they set a place for you.

So don't believe everything that you read, in that diary of yours.

And this nervousness, it isn't all your fault

it's just these shaking hands won't do what I want them to.

And I've tried to guess what it is you thought about

that act of contrition that rolled off our tongues as you wept,

what are you crying for?

Just dust my heart and you will find

there are no fingers printed there

just the untouched place that lies inside

of every lonely boy tonight.

And all this open air has caused me to choke

on your new-found hope for me.