Bright Eyes - Act Of Contrition lyrics

The air was all dust and not 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 you read
In that diary of yours
And this nervousness, it isn't all your fault
Its just these shaking hands won't
Do what I wantthem to
And I've tried to guess what it
Is that you thought about
That act act of contrition that rolled
Off our tongues as you left
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 of this open air
Has caused me to choke
On your new found hope for me