Bright Eyes I Watched You Taking Off Lyrics

I Watched You Taking Off Lyrics

meaning is sometimes hard to spot 

it begins with the flickering of cigarettes 

in the darkness of a dorm room 

somewhere in the suffocated mid-west 

and if this is real then i was mistaken 

and if there is truth then why can't we find it? 

beauty comes to those who have been waiting for something 

bigger than themselves 

this is the sound of the hopeless kids 

as they scream from the basements of the houses of their parents 

and this is the sound of the hopeless ones 

as they stare down at their books 

and realize they have been lied to 

but if this is real then i was mistaken 

and the vision was gone then i was not aware

consistency like that which i have craved 

is that people change so unexpectedly 

and realization finds you in a drunken airport 

some planes depart and others never arrived 

so with this in mind i don't plan on waiting 

if its time to leave and break these old ties 

without something else this vision is fading 

but until its gone the pain will make us try 

but this is the hope 

i have been searching for 

as the wings catch the sunlight of this cold Nebraska skyline 

this is the dream i am dying in 

i will wake to find tomorrow 

be content without perfection 

but if this is real then i was mistaken 

and if the vision is gone then i was not aware