Cleanse Song Lyrics - Bright Eyes

Hear the chimes, did you know that the wind when it blows 

It is older than Rome and all of this sorrow 

See the new Pyramids down in old Manhattan 

From the roof of a friend I watched an empire ending 

Heard it loud and long, the river's song 

Time marching on, to a mad man's drum 

Don't forget what you've learned 

All you give is returned 

And if life seems absurd 

What you need is some laughter 

And a season to sleep 

And a place to get clean 

Maybe Los Angeles 

Somewhere no one's expecting 

On a detox walk 

Over Glendale Park 

Over sidewalk chalk 

Some rope read "start over" 

So I muffle my scream 

On an Oxnard beach 

Full of fever dreams that scare me sober 

Into saltless dinners 

Take the fruit from the tree, break the skin with your teeth 

Is it bitter or sweet all depends on your timing 

Like a meeting of chance 

With the train station glance 

Many lifetimes have passed in a instant reminded 

Of a millstone house in a seaside town 

When your heart gave out in a mission bed 

So your wife gave birth to a funeral dirge 

You woke up purged as a wailing infant 

In Krug Thep, Thailand 

Hear the chimes, did you know that the wind when it blows 

It is older than Rome and our joy and our sorrow