The Vanishing Act

The Vanishing Act - Bright Eyes

Were you surprised that we never spoke

Then in the still of the night when nothing stirs

I woke and I gathered up some clothes

I never planned on this but it's the way it goes

And now it all seems to familiar

Like pages turned on calendars

We're the same twelve months to f**k things up

Year after year

And I can't believe how down I am

Like the well I'm being lowered in

Now water stops the bucket drops us

Farther and farther down

Farther and farther down

Well I guess that you never knew me

Or at least not well enough

So I fill my gut with the dark red wine

Until my brain shuts off

And my eyes go blind

You won't see me there

In that thick black air yeah

I'll finally make something disappear

Because I've been practicing disappearing

And I think that I've got it down

But now there is no sun just a cellar

Nowhere is sky it's just that black black dirt yeah

Now there is no sun just a cellar

Nowhere is sky it's just that black black black dirt

Expanding outwards just echoes for answers

Not that it matters

If it's back or it's forwards

Unhappy lovers with baskets of flowers

Use them as markers

The place where your bed once stood

A time when it still felt good

But you'll get that feeling back

Yeah you just need sometime to drink

And to add up the hell

Get it straight in your mind

But to calculate costs

That may take some time

But I'm sure you'll get to feeling better

Yeah I just need some time to drink

So I'll fill my gut with that blood red wine

Until my insides swim and my veins unwind

I'll be lying there in that hot white air

Once that something's gone

It might never reappear

It might never reappear

It might never reappear

It might never reappear