Awful Sweetness Of Escaping Sweet Lyrics - A Collection Of Songs: Recorded 1995-1997 - Bright Eyes

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 and felt the heat from the ground 

rising up to contract and expand like a breathe 

we escape from that place 

soaked with sweat and the poison we drank 

fill the bathtub with ice and hope this fever will break 

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 though as the temperature climbed 

and i started to sink like the moon 

tends to do if you stare at it too long 

then you blink and its gone 

and we crawl to our sleep with the dawn 

i awake in the light feeling hollow and selfishly warm 

close the blinds and retreat until what is burning is gone 

and it's light is away 

then we are back in the dark 

chasing nothing through backyards and trees 

you ripped your shirt on a fence but it didn't get me 

yeah it's fear 

it makes you so low 

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 was 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 and my mouth was dry 

i heard you scream but i made no reply 

i can still taste it now if i try