Hot Knives Lyrics - Bright Eyes

The wife forgave the mistress 

For she only entertained 

The pain was gone the instant 

She cleared her throat to speak her name 

Said, Both of us must suffer 

From this same unending ache? 

The world was not of interest 

Though her days were never dull 

Her bed beneath a crucifix 

On guests performing miracles 

With the Son of God just hanging like a common criminal 

"When I do wrong, I am with God," she thought 

"When I feel lost, I am not at all" 

So give me black light 

(Give, give me) 

So give me hot knives 

(Deep clean sleep) 

On a dance floor no one tells time 

(There is no time) 

Oh, I've made love, yeah, I've been fucked, so what? 

I'm a cartoon, you're a full moon, let's stay up 

She went to see a mystic 

Who made medicine from rain 

And gave up her existence 

To feel everything, dream other's dreams 

Bid farewell to her family 

With one ecstatic wave 

(Please take care, I love you all) 

Out the window as the car rolled away 

She just vanished into a thick mist of change 

So let us rejoice 

(Let's rejoice!) 

In all this pink noise 

(Our pink noise!) 

An oscillation that we can pinpoint 

(We're right here!)