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Sunrise, Sunset

by Bright Eyes

on Fevers and Mirrors (2000)

Sunrise, sunset, sunrise, sunset

Swiftly go the days

Sunrise, sunset, you wake up then you undress

It always is the same

A sunrise and a sunset

You are lying while you confess

Keep trying to explain

The sunrise and the sun sets

You realize and then you forget

What you have been trying to retain


But everybody knows it's all about the things that get stuck inside of your head.
Like the songs your roommate sings or a vision of her body, as she stretches out on
your bed. She raised her hands in the air, and asked you when was the last time you
looked in the mirror, because you've changed, yeah you've changed.


Sunrise, sunset

You're hopeful then you regret

The circle never breaks

With each sunrise and sunset

There is a change of heart or address

Is there nothing that remains?


For a sunrise or a sunset

You are manic or you're depressed

Will you ever feel ok?

For a sunrise and sunset

Your lover is an actress

Did you really think she'd stay?

For a sunrise and sunset

You're either coming or you just left

But you're always on the way

Towards a sunrise or a sunset

A scribble or a sonnet

They are really just the same

To the sunrise and the sunset

The master and his servant

Have exactly the same fate

It's a sunrise and a sunset

From a cradle to a casket

There's no way to escape

The sunrise and the sunset

Hold your sadness like a puppet

Keep putting on the play


But everything you do is leading to the point, where you just won't know what to do.
And at that moment you may laugh, but there is someone there, who will be laughing
louder than you. So it's true, the trick is complete, you've become everything you
said you never would be. You're a fool! You're a fool!


Sunrise, sunset, sunrise, sunset

The sunrise and the sunset

Sunrise, sunset, sunrise, sunset

The sunrise and the sunset


Sunrise, sunset

Go home to your apartment

And put the cassette in the tape deck

And let that fever play


Sunrise, sunset

Where are you Arienette?

Where are you Arienette?