Bright Eyes - The Awful Sweetness Of Escaping Sweat lyrics

We escape from the house
As the day disappears from the sky
Into night we became what we wanted to be
Like a dream or a ghost
I collapse out of turn near a house
Lying still in the grass and felt
The heat from the ground
Rising up to contract and
Expand like a breath
We escape from that place
Soaked with sweat and the poison we drank
Fill the bathtub with ice and
Hope this fever will break like a heart
Easily

But I do not recall all
The words that were formed
On those wire lips as they greeted me
A promise was made without thought
As the temperature climbed
And I started to sink like the moon
Tends to do if you stare at it too long
Then you blink and it's gone
And we crawl to our sleep with the dawn
And isn't it the same mistake?
It's not much of an escape
And isn't it the same?

I awake in the light feeling
Hollow and selfishly warm
Close the blinds and retreat until
What is burning is gone
And it's light is away
Then we are back in the dark
Chasing nothing through backyards and trees
You ripped your shirt on a fence
But it didn't get me yeah it's fear
It makes you slow

And these creatures look crooked
Their shadows cut lines through my face
And the concrete is fire
Where my bare feet are placed
In a line next to yours
And I guess I'm not sure if
It was fear that was born
As those awful eyes made their claim on us
I put my hands on the fence said your name
And I started to climb
And it must have been sweat but
I drank it like wine
It was sweet and my mouth was dry
I heard you scream but I made no reply
I can still taste it now if I try