I Watched You Taking Off Lyrics - A Collection Of Songs: Recorded 1995-1997 - Bright Eyes

Meaning is sometimes hard to spot 

Begins with the flickering of cigarettes 

In the darkness of a dorm room 

Somewhere in this suffocated mid west 

But if this is real then I was mistaken 

And if there is truth then why can't we find it? 

But beauty comes to those who have been waiting 

For something that is bigger than themselves 

But this is the sound of the hopeless kids 

As they scream from the basements of the houses of their parents 

And this is the sound of the hopeless ones 

As they stare down at their books 

And realize that they have been lied to 

But if this is real then I was mistaken 

And if the vision is gone and I was not aware 

Consistency like that which I have craved 

Is that people change so unexpectedly 

And realization finds you in a drunken airport 

Some planes depart and others never arrived 

So with this in mind I don't plan on waiting 

If it's time to leave and break these old ties 

Without something more the vision is fading 

But until it's gone the pain will make us try, it will make us try 

But this is the hope I have been searching for 

As the wings catch the sunlight of the cold Nebraska skyline 

And this is the dream I am dying in 

As I wakes up find tomorrow be content without perfection 

But if this is real then I was mistaken 

And if the vision is gone then I was not aware