On My Way To Work

Song On My Way To Work
Artist Bright Eyes
Album Every Day and Every Night

Lyrics

[00:19.73] There is a car parked where the block begins
[00:25.17] And there are people singing praises
[00:27.97] Say it's all because of him
[00:32.92] There is a bird perched on a frayed wet wire
[00:38.42] And his voice sings out for a lover
[00:40.94] But it's covered by the choir
[00:46.82] Voices reaching way beyond the rafters
[00:50.34] With devotion they perform these sacred tasks
[00:54.18] They cross themselves and offer up their checkbooks
[00:57.97] Slight suffering is not too much to ask
[01:00.75] Besides we all are making money
[01:04.46] And we are all ****ing alone
[01:08.27] And we don't know what we are doing
[01:11.93] Maybe just buying us some hope
[01:15.72] Because we know that we are lonely
[01:19.58] Oh yeah, lonely that's for sure
[01:23.48] And the older ones are coughing
[01:27.47] And the older ones they are dying
[01:31.66] Maybe we are all dying
[01:55.86] I pass a graveyard on my way to work
[02:01.50] Today I saw two dozen white roses
[02:04.09] On a fresh new mound of dirt
[02:09.27] And I wondered about the occupant
[02:14.98] When the darkness finally swallowed him
[02:17.29] Was he calm and content
[02:22.85] Or was he sweating in a struggle to keep breathing
[02:26.96] Ripping apart the sheets that dressed his bed
[02:30.73] Crying out loud for someone to help him
[02:34.46] And collapsing on his back all pale and dead
[02:37.12] Maybe it's me who's this unstable
[02:40.55] Always obsessed about the end
[02:43.82] Why can't I let what happens happen?
[02:47.79] And just enjoy the time I spend
[02:50.99] Oh how I wish it was so easy
[02:54.25] But when there is no point to anything
[02:57.72] You know it gets a bit confusing
[03:01.31] Why is that I keep going?
[03:04.98] Why is that we keep going?