just once in the world

Bright Eyes

Found the throughline
For all humankind
If given the time
They ll blow up or walk on the Moon
It s just what they do

For personal gain
On thanksgiving day
I joined the parade
I stood at the top of the float
And threw out a rose

Watched a blast from the past
Indigenous dance
Started to laugh
And then I just started to cry
This world is waving goodbye

So cut a rug, let s throw a party
Birthday cards for everyone
Swallow hard and say you re sorry
Just admit what you have done

I ve studied your work
Like architecture
Cathedral of words
The meaning s not easy to tell
Comes back round on itself

Admirers, your biographer
The odometer
There s no way to turn back the clock
It s gonna run till it stops

So excited to play
Turned up all the way
Electric, ecstatic, psychotic
Jumped into the drums
Was pandemonium

So if it s time, let s go together
I will be your ballast now
Let s sail into that stormy weather
No matter how it turns out

I just want to stand by your side (stand by your side)
When everyone calls you a lie
I ll be your shield (be your shield)
There s still some truth worth defending

Let s stroll to the edge of the cliff (here am I, exposed)
Stop here and give me a kiss
Now we re walking on air (pretend I m there)
There s no hell beneath our feet

If it ever occurred
Just once in the world
A love as absurd as ours
I would scream what we lost
From the mountaintop