Bright Eyes The Awful Sweetness Of Escaping Sweet Lyrics

The Awful Sweetness Of Escaping Sweet 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.

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,

Hope this fever will break�l 

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 so long,


Then you blink, and it's gone. 

And we crawl

To our sleep

With the dawn.

 

And isn't it the same mistake?

And isn't it the same mistake?

And isn't it the same mistake?

It's not much of an escape.

This is the same.



We awake in the light feeling hollow and selfishly warm. 

Close the blinds and retreat till what is burning is gone

And it's light

Is away.

Then we're back in the dark, 

Chasing nothing through backyards and trees. 

You ripped your shirt on a fence, but it didn't get me. 

Yeah, its fear 

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's 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.

My mouth was dry. 

I heard you scream but I made no reply. 

I can still

Taste it now

If I try.