Eyes As Candles Lyrics - Manners - Passion Pit

My world astir and sickly 

Spits out our voices, singing 

Tra la la la, oh, no no 

To kingdom come so slightly 

Here in the void in your place 

I twitch and tweak in illusion 

To sit and stare so blankly 

Until all hope is used up 

Why do I always need to need you when you're fleeting? 

Where do you go when I'm around? 

What have I done, what have I lost that's so defeating? 

And have the nerve to wear the crown? 

Oh, na, na, na, na, na, na, hey, hey, hey 

Na, na, na, na, na, na, hey, hey, hey 

Na, na, na, na, na, na, hey, hey, hey 

Na, na, na, na, na, na, hey, hey, hey 

Some guarded room, smoky figure fills me full 

Makes my head swell in ruin 

My family kneels at the pew 

They nod, "We believe in what you're doing" 

I feel it rise above me 

The western landscapes, towering 

And from my shell of a body 

The flowers blossom for picking 

Why do I always need to need you when you're fleeting? 

Where do you go when I'm around? 

What have I done, what have I lost that's so defeating? 

And have the nerve to wear the crown? 

Oh, na, na, na, na, na, na, hey, hey, hey 

Na, na, na, na, na, na, hey, hey, hey 

Na, na, na, na, na, na, hey, hey, hey 

Na, na, na, na, na, na, hey, hey, hey 

Na, na, na, na, na, na, hey, hey, hey 

Na, na, na, na, na, na, hey, hey, hey 

Na, na, na, na, na, na, hey, hey, hey 

Na, na, na, na, na, na, hey, hey, hey 

I've waited and waited for someone to take it 

Don't fight it, don't bother, an inch for another 

Don't listen, don't hear them, they're in this together 

I've learned well, now hear me, there's much to be fearing 

I'm used to your absence, your faceless distraction 

I've painted your patterns but found them attractive 

Now I've been leaning towards a life far more candid 

Thrown up through the darkness, your eyes as my candles 

And your life, and my life, directions can render 

And all of a sudden you left me to handle 

The reasons that never forbid me to step out 

And somehow or somewhere I found out the secret 

To say it aloud without actually breathing