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A Perfect Sonnet Lyrics by Bright Eyes

Every Day and Every Night

1999

[Verse 1]
Lately I've been wishing I had one desire
Something that would make me never want another
Something that would make it so that nothing mattered
All would be clear then
But I guess I'll have to settle for a few brief moments
And watch it all dissolve into a single second
And try to write it down into a perfect sonnet
Or one foolish line
Cause that's all that you'll get so you'll have to accept
You are here then you're gone
But I believe that lovers should be tied together
Thrown into the ocean in the worst of weather
And left there to drown
Left there to drown in their innocence
But as for me I'm coming to the final chapter
I read all of the pages and there is still no answer
Only all that was before I know must soon come after
That is the only way it can be
[Bridge]
So I stand in the sun
And I breathe with my lungs
I'm trying to spare me the weight of the truth
[Verse 2]
Saying everything you've ever seen was just a mirror
Spent your whole life sweating in an endless fever
And now you're laying in a bathtub full of freezing water
Wishing you were a ghost
But once you knew a girl and you named her Lover
Danced with her in kitchens through the greenest summer
Autumn came, she disappeared
You can't remember where she said she was going to
But you know that she's gone cause she left you a song
That you don't want to sing
Singing I believe that lovers should be chained together
Thrown into a fire with their songs and letters
And left there to burn
Left there to burn in their arrogance
But as for me I'm coming to my final failure
Killed myself with changes trying to make things better
Ended up becoming something other than what I had planned to be
Now I believe that lovers should be draped in flowers
And laid entwined together on a bed of clover
And left there to sleep
Left there to dream of their happiness
Credits
Bright Eyes

Bright Eyes

About “A Perfect Sonnet” by Bright Eyes

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"A Perfect Sonnet" appears on "Every Day and Every Night" in 1999.

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