Wishful Eyes
Neutral Milk Hotel
Beauty (1992)

Wishful eyes
fill this room up with the spirit with your prize
so that all the world can hear it go in vain
Oh, once again I'm cracked and empty, leaking
trip into the drain
wait I can explain that inside myself that I am seeking
little smiles
every moment brings another wasted mile
between everything and everything I need
get up to leavebut the time has come for leaving
and if it don't succeedwe'll just bury all beliefs
that we could escape this empty evening

someone take control of me
I am spinning in infinity
with my life going endlessly from control
take off your clothes, for the time has come for sleeping
'cause everybody knows
the world continues whether you're still breathing

Little child
I discovered you and hold you soon to fly
just to punch you in the face with nothing more
than when my anger bore it's little head and started screaming
But we've heard this all before
so open up the door and fill yourself with freedom's feeling

Someone take control of me
I am trudging with my infantry
with my army and my enemies taking hold
take off your clothes, for the time has come for sleeping
'cause everybody knows
the world continues whether you're still breathing