Bright Eyes - At The Bottom Of Everything lyrics

we must talk on every telephone

get eatten off the web

we must rip out all the epilogues

from the books that we have read

and to the face of every criminal

strapped firmly to a chair

we must stare, we must stare, we must stare

we must take all of the medicine

too expensive now to sell

set fire to the preacher

who is promising us hell

and in the ear of every anarchist

that sleeps but doesn't dream

we must sing, we must sing, we must sing

while my mother waters plants

my father loads his gun

he says death will give us back to god

just like the setting sun

its return to the lonesome ocean

and then they splashed into the deep blue sea

it was a wonderful splash

we must blend into the choir

sing a static with the whole

we must memorize nine numbers

and deny we have a soul

and in this endless race for property

and privilege to be one

we must run, we must run, we must run

we must hang up in the belfry

where the bats and moonlight laugh

we must stare into a crystal ball

and only see the past

and into the caverns of tomorrow

with just our flashlights and our love

we must plunge, we must plunge, we must plunge

and then we'll get down there

way down to the very bottom of everything

and then we'll see it, we'll see it, we'll see it

oh my mornings coming back

the whole world's waking up

this city bus is swimming past

i'm happy just because

i found out that i am really no one