Bright Eyes Nothing Has Changed Lyrics

Nothing Has Changed Lyrics

I met you through a common friend 
in the attic of my parent’s
house
And though I didn’t know it then, 
I soon was finding
out
You are the roots that sleep beneath my feet 
and hold the earth in
place
Each time the faults it opens
words are spoken
the water runs
away
And I hear your name
No nothing has changed
There was this book

I read and loved
The story of a ship
Who sailed around the world and
found
That nothing else exists
beyond his own two sails 
and wooden
shell
and waters held within
all else is sure to pass
we clutch and
grasp
and debate what’s truly permanent
When the wind starts to
shift, 
well there’s no argument
I sing and drink and sleep on
floors
and try hard not to be annoyed
by all these people worrying about
me
So I’m suffering through some awful drive
occasionally you
cross my mind
It’s my hidden hope that you are still among
them.
Well are you?
Oh you are the roots 
that sleep beneath my feet

and hold the earth in place
each time I curse you know
and sunlight
pours in
A lifetime melts away
And we share a name
On some picturesque
grave...