Ship In A Bottle Lyrics - Digital Ash In A Digital Urn - Bright Eyes

I wanna be the surgeon that cuts you open 

That fixes all of life's mistakes 

I wanna be the house that you were raised in 

The only place that you feel safe 

I wanna be your shower in the morning 

That wakes you up and makes you clean 

I know I'm just the weather against your window 

As you sleep through a winter's dream 

Something's churning the earth, something's stirring the sky 

Every color at once in a column of light 

Bacteria breeds on a microscope slide 

The worm in my heart's the apple of your eye 

Don't adore what is impossible 

We have built this ship in a wine bottle 

But if you knew how it worked 

We would have to grow old 

Something's eating at you, wakes you up in the night 

If you dig in past, who knows what you'll find 

Read the newspaper, print off the microfiche slide 

And your holding your breath for the rest of your life 

Don't you love what is intangible 

I have built this ship in a wine bottle 

But if you knew who I was 

You would never grow old