Trees Get Wheeled Away Lyrics - Bright Eyes

Anchormen spike their blood, wear masks of mud 

Cucumbers cut to fit their eyes 

And so no one would know how tired they've grown 

Of talking and telling their lies 

While your TV's change stations, scroll messages 

Victims and Christians both drinking blood 

And they'll pray for the destruction of all hatred 

More often, just those with hate for us 

'Cause it hurts when you discover one's worse and one's better 

To suffer or cause others to 

And you can live by your conscience, now guilt is a concept 

You're no longer subscribing to 

There's a virgin in my bed 

And she's taking off her dress 

And I'm not sure what I am gonna do 

There's a song stuck in my head 

And I can't help singing it 

Oh, how I hope my singing pleases you 

'Cause this is not who I've become but what you make me into 

Oh, we got no health insurance, no cellular service 

No disease, they can't cure 

But we need more money to burn 

So each person must learn the dollar amount they are worth 

And those pills make me dizzy forgetting my body 

I watch as it walks away 

And I just keep drinking the poison and smoking the cartons 

A pack and a half a day 

So when time comes to claim me 

My friends and my family will gather around my grave 

And they'll believe that they knew me 

And loved me and missed me, and all call me by my name 

So imagine what you want 

And then hold on to that thought 

'Cause that's as close as it will ever come 

And believe you're where you are 

Keep acting out the part 

But at the end of the day, the trees all get wheeled away 

And you'll be standing alone in a blank, blank space 

So believe you're who you are and stay in character 

But at the end of the play, the audience walks away 

And I'll be shivering cold on a well lit stage