Passion Pit - Eyes as Candles lyrics

My world astir and sickly
Spit's out our voices singing
"Tra la la la" on high now
To kingdom come so slightly
Herein a void in your place
I twitch and tweak in allusion
To sit and stare so blankly
Until all hope is used up

Why do I always need to
Need you when you're fleeting?
Where do you go when I'm around?
What have I done
What have I lost that's so defeating?
And have the nerve to wear a crown?

Oh na na na na na na hey hey hey hey

In some dark room
A smoky figure fills me full
Makes my head swell in ruin
My family kneels at their pew
They nod, "We believe in what you're doing"
I feel it rise above me
The western landscapes towering
And from my shell of a body
The flowers blossom for picking

Why do I always need to
Need you when you're fleeting?
Where do you go when I'm around?
What have I done
What have I lost that's so defeating?
And have the nerve to wear a crown?

Oh na na na na na na hey hey hey hey

I've waited and waited for someone to take it
Don't fight it, don't bother
An inch for another
Don't listen, don't hear them
They're in this together
I've learned well now hear me
There's much to be fearing
I'm used to your absence
Your faceless distractions
I've painted your patterns but
Found them attractive
Now I've been leaning towards a
Life far more candid
Though lead through the dark with
Your eyes as my candles
Where your life and my
Life's directions can wrangle
And all of a sudden you've left me to handle
The reasons that never forbid
Me to stand tall and somehow, or somewhere
I found out the secret
To staying alive without actually breathing