Bright Eyes Arc Of Time (time Code) Lyrics

Arc Of Time (time Code) Lyrics

You can make a plan

Carve it into stone

Like a feather falling

It is still unknown



Until the clock speaks up

Says it's time to go

You could choose the high

Or the lower road



You might clinch your fist

You might fork your tongue

As you curse or praise

All the things you've done



And the faders move

And the music dies

As we pass over

On the arc of time



So you nurse your love

Like a wounded dove

In the covered cage of night



Every star is crossed

By frenetic thoughts

That separate and then collide



And they twist like sheets

Till you fall asleep

And they finally unwind



It's a black balloon

It's a dream you'll soon deny



I hear if you make friends

With Jesus Christ

You will get right up

From that chalk outline



And then you'll get dolled up

And you'll dress in white

All to take your place

In his chorus line



And then in you'll come

With those marching drums

In a saintly compromise



No more whiskey slurs

No more blonde haired girls

For your whole eternal life



And you'll do the dance

That was choreographed

At the very dawn of time



Singing, I told you son

The day would come

You would die, you'd die, you'd die, you'd die



You would die, you'd die, you'd die, you'd die

You would die, you'd die, you'd die, you'd die

You would die, you'd die, you'd die



To the deepest part

Of the human heart

The fear of death expands



Till we crack the code

We have always known

But could never understand



On a circuit board

We will soon be born

Again, again, again, again



And again, again, again, again

And again, again, again, again

And again, again, again