When The Curious Girl Realizes She Is Under Glass

by Bright Eyes

From the album: Fevers and Mirrors

Track 7 of 12 on Fevers and Mirrors (2000).

Duration: 02:40

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Lyrics for When The Curious Girl Realizes She Is Under Glass

Tomorrow when I wake up I'm finding my brother And I'm making him take me back down to the water That lake where we sailed, and we laughed with our father I will not desert him I will not desert him No matter how I may wish for a coffin so clean Or these trees to undress all their leaves onto me I put my face in the dirt and then finally I'll see The sky that has been avoiding me Well I started this letter I'm going to send it to Ruba It'll be blessed by her eyes on the Gulf Coast of Florida With her feet in the sand And one hand on her swimsuit She'll recite the prayer of my pen Saying, "Time take us forward Relief from this longing They can land that plane on my heart I don't care Just give me November The warmth of a whisper In the freezing darkness of my room." But no matter what I would do in an attempt to replace All these pills that I take, now to balance my brain I see that curious girl with that look on her face So surprised she stares out from her display case

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  2. A Scale, A Mirror, And Those Indifferent Clocks
  3. The Calendar Hung Itself…
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  5. The Movement Of A Hand
  6. Arienette
  7. When The Curious Girl Realizes She Is Under Glass
  8. Haligh, Haligh, A Lie, Haligh
  9. The Center Of The World
  10. Sunrise, Sunset
  11. An Attempt To Tip The Scales
  12. A Song To Pass The Time