A Scale, A Mirror, And Those Indifferent Clocks Lyrics by Bright Eyes
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Here is a scale, weigh it out
And you will find, easily
More than sufficient doubt
That these colors you see
Were picked in advance
By some careful hand
With an absolute concept of beauty
They are smeared and these blurs
Come in random order
To color the eyes of your former lovers
Hers were green like July
Except when she cried
They were red
Now I know a disease
That these doctors can’t treat
You contract it the day
You accept all you see
Is a mirror and a mirror is all it can be
A reflection of something we’re missing
And language just happened
It was never planned
And it’s inadequate to describe where I am
In the room of my house
Where the light has never been
Waiting for this day to end
And these clocks keep unwinding
And completely ignore
Everything that we hate or adore
Once the page of a calendar is turned it’s no more
So tell me, then, what was it for?
Oh, tell me, what was it for?
Here is a scale, weigh it out    And you will find, easily    More than sufficient doubt    That these colors you see    Were picked in advance    By some careful hand    With an absolute concept of beauty   They are smeared and these blurs    Come in random order    To color the eyes of your former lovers   Hers were green like July    Except when she cried    They were red   Now I know a disease    That these doctors can’t treat   You contract it the day    You accept all you see    Is a mirror and a mirror is all it can be   A reflection of something we’re missing   And language just happened   It was never planned   And it’s inadequate to describe where I am    In the room of my house    Where the light has never been    Waiting for this day to end   And these clocks keep unwinding    And completely ignore    Everything that we hate or adore   Once the page of a calendar is turned it’s no more   So tell me, then, what was it for?    Oh, tell me, what was it for?