Bright Eyes Oh You Are The Roots That That Sleep Beneath My Feet Lyrics

Oh You Are The Roots That That Sleep Beneath My Feet Lyrics

I met you through a common friend

in the attic of my parents 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 a faucet 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 what is held within

all else is
sure to pass

we clutch and grasp

and debate what's truly
permanent

but when the wind starts to shift

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 when I'm suffering
through some awful drive

you occasionally 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 a curtain opens

sunlight pours in

a lifetime
melts away

and we share a name

on some picturesque grave