the only girl i've ever loved was born with roses in her eyes
but then they buried her alive
one evening, 1945
with just her sister at her side
and only weeks before the guns
all came and rained on everyone
now she's a little boy in Spain
playing pianos filled with flames
on empty rings around the sun
all sing to say my dream has come
but now we must pack up every piece
of the life we used to love
just to keep ourselves at least enough to carry on
and now we ride the circus wheel
with your dark brother wrapped in white
says it was good to be alive,
but now he rides a comet's flame
and won't be coming back again
the earth looks better from a star
that's right above from where you are
he didn't mean to make you cry
with sparks that ring and bullets fly on empty rings around your heart
the world just screams and falls apart
but now we must pack up every piece
of the life we used to love
just to keep ourselves at least enough to carry on
and here's where your mother sleeps
and here is the room where your brothers were born
indentions in the sheets
where their bodies once moved but don't move anymore
and it's so sad to see the world agree
that they'd rather see their faces fill with flies
all when i'd want to keep white roses in their eyes
but then they buried her alive
one evening, 1945
with just her sister at her side
and only weeks before the guns
all came and rained on everyone
now she's a little boy in Spain
playing pianos filled with flames
on empty rings around the sun
all sing to say my dream has come
but now we must pack up every piece
of the life we used to love
just to keep ourselves at least enough to carry on
and now we ride the circus wheel
with your dark brother wrapped in white
says it was good to be alive,
but now he rides a comet's flame
and won't be coming back again
the earth looks better from a star
that's right above from where you are
he didn't mean to make you cry
with sparks that ring and bullets fly on empty rings around your heart
the world just screams and falls apart
but now we must pack up every piece
of the life we used to love
just to keep ourselves at least enough to carry on
and here's where your mother sleeps
and here is the room where your brothers were born
indentions in the sheets
where their bodies once moved but don't move anymore
and it's so sad to see the world agree
that they'd rather see their faces fill with flies
all when i'd want to keep white roses in their eyes
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But there definitely won't be any fainting involved. Probably not. maybe not. ok, maybe just a little.
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ha. you wouldn't believe it: there was a theremin emergency with a co-worker today. he, like, really needed a replacement one and put me in charge of finding one (because i'm crafty like that). we went with a new moog model. thanks for the quick support though! is the pizza place that opened where univibe used to be any good? or do they sell, in the spirit of univibe, very expensive slices?
also: i just assumed everyone associated jeff mangum with big cozy sweaters. however, a google search for some right now didn't turn up anything. but where do you stand on Olivia Tremor Control? rather, i should ask if you smoke weed and deduce my answer thusly.
[Edited on Jan 09, 2004 6:36PM]