Bright Eyes - Comet Song lyrics

The city shines
A silver street lamp glistens in the snow
Shiver as I’m walking
By just knowing what I know
I guess this wild wanderlust
Just got out of control
Wish I could apologize and come
In from the cold

"Where are you going?" or
"Where you've been?"
Questions that you’ll never ask again

I heard the words, I took my turn
Another eulogy not sure I can hang if this
Is how it’s going to be
We reminisce on innocence then
Plunge into the sea
The Super 8 keeps flickering
With choppy memories

Spent decades in search of what
Meant so much to you
Then sold the whole collection because
The rent was due

You clenched your fist and threw the
Dish and called me Peter Pan
Your aim’s not very accurate and
I thank God for that
Although I told you many times I'm
Not much of a man
You held out hope believing that
At least I might pretend

Vacuumed up all of the fairy dust
Held Savasana on the floor
Just felt like dying when you thought of us
You clapped your hands and
Hoped for an encore

So young and sunburnt
We walked on an empty beach
The surface was so shiny
With nothing underneath

There’s tulips in the wheelbarrow
There’s cherries in the tree
There’s a comet in the sky at
Least one night a century
And I will always wait for you
If you will wait for me
Like a baby or apocalypse that
We will never see

Little infant in a plastic box
Shedding incubator tears
She doesn’t know yet what a comet does
You’re approaching, even as you disappear

We used to have these, like, bands
There were thousands of them
Maybe you're alone, maybe you're not
Doesn't always matter (Consider the source)
Sorry baby, I was dreaming of you
You were in my dreams
You want me? (I need you) yes, I love you
How much you love me, man?
(I do not talk about that
I think I will turn the microphone off)