Ship in a Bottle

from Digital Ash in a Digital Urn (Remastered) by Bright Eyes

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I want to be the surgeon that cuts you open and fixes all of life's mistakes. I want to be the house that you were raised in. The only place that you feel safe. I want to 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 is the apple of your eye. Don't adore what is impossible. We have built this ship in a wine bottle. If we knew how it worked we would have to grow old.

Something's eating at you. It wakes you up in the night. If you dig in the past who knows what you'll find. Read the newspaper print off the microfeash slide. And you're 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. If you knew who I was you would never grow old.

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from Digital Ash in a Digital Urn (Remastered), released November 11, 2016

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Bright Eyes Omaha, Nebraska

Bright Eyes are the Omaha, Nebraska based band consisting of Conor Oberst, Mike Mogis, and Nathaniel Walcott.

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Oct 11

Downtown Las Vegas Event Center

Las Vegas, NV
Nov 15

Weissenhäuser Strand Hotel

Hamburg, Germany

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