Song information On this page you can find the lyrics of the song Bowl of Oranges, artist - Bright Eyes.
Date of issue: 12.08.2002
Song language: English
Bowl of Oranges |
The rain, it started tapping on the window near my bed |
There was a loophole in my dreaming so I got out of it |
And to my surprise my eyes were wide and already open |
Just my nightstand and my dresser where those nightmares had just been |
So I dressed myself and left then, out into the gray streets |
But everything seemed different and completely new to me |
The sky, the trees, houses, buildings, even my own body |
And each person I encountered, I couldn’t wait to meet |
And I came upon a doctor who appeared in quite poor health |
I said, «There's nothing I can do for you you can’t do for yourself» |
He said, «Oh yes you can, just hold my hand, I think that that would help» |
So I sat with him a while, then I asked him how he felt |
He said, «I think I’m cured |
In fact, I’m sure of it |
Thank you, stranger |
For your therapeutic smile» |
So that’s how I learned the lesson that everyone’s alone |
And your eyes must do some raining if you’re ever going to grow |
But when crying don’t help, you can’t compose yourself |
It’s best to compose a poem |
An honest verse of longing or a simple song of hope |
That is why I’m singing, baby don’t worry, cause now I got your back |
And every time you feel like crying I’m gonna try and make you laugh |
And if I can’t, if it just hurts too bad, then we’ll wait for it to pass |
And I will keep you company through those days so long and black |
And we’ll keep working on the problem we know we’ll never solve |
Of love’s uneven remainders, our lives are fractions of a whole |
But if the world could remain within a frame like a painting on a wall |
Then I think we’d see the beauty, then we’d stand staring in awe |
At our still lives posed |
Like a bowl of oranges |
Like a story told |
By the fault lines and the soil |