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Chinese Boxes Lyrics by The High Dials

Anthems for Doomed Youth

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When I opened my eyes
In the morning light just now
I could not remember how I got to today
I lifted a lid
I looked in at yesterday
And found another day hidden there inside
This went on for a while
Till I saw infinity
The holy trinity or whatever you will
I thought about you
And wondered how you got to be
So far away from me staring down your own day
Oh, girl, Chinese boxes
All our black and whites
Look a lot like shades of grey
From so far away where I lie now
We drifted apart
I guess I never thought we would
Have a Hollywood sunset end
But there’s no goodbyes
‘Cause some doors never close
And the doors we chose fell off the hinges
Oh, girl, Chinese boxes
I don’t know if it’s all for the best
They say things happen for a reason
I don’t know ’cause I haven’t seen the rest
I’d have to see how it ends
How it ends
Something changed
And it moved whole continents
A massive shift in the tectonic plates
I still draw blanks
Do you feel that vertigo?
Where’d the bottom go, how did we stand?
When our eyes meet
It opens endless spaces
Like two mirrors facing on the bathroom walls
Oh, girl, Chinese boxes
And the mouths move around
And toss off platitudes
But the attitudes never really change
I get scared when I think
We never know anyone
Breaking up moving on
Illusions unchanged
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The High Dials

The High Dials

About “Chinese Boxes” by The High Dials

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"Chinese Boxes" appears on "Anthems for Doomed Youth".

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