Tiny Vessels

Album: Transatlanticism (2003)
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  • This is the moment that you know
    That you told you loved her, but you don't
    You touch her skin and then you think
    That she is beautiful
    But she don't mean a thing to me
    Yeah, she is beautiful
    But she don't mean a thing to me

    I spent two weeks in Silverlake
    The California sun cascading down my face
    There was a girl with light brown streaks
    And she was beautiful
    But she didn't mean a thing to me
    Yeah, she was beautiful
    But she didn't mean a thing to me

    I wanted to believe in all the words that I was speaking
    As we moved together in the dark
    And all the friends that I was telling
    And all the playful misspellings
    And every bite I gave that left a mark

    When tiny vessels oozed into your neck
    And formed the bruises
    That you said you didn't want to fade
    But they did, and so did I that day

    All I see are dark grey clouds
    In the distance moving closer with every hour
    So when you 'd ask "Is something wrong?"
    I think "You're damn right there is, but we can't talk about it now
    No, we can't talk about it now"

    So one last touch, and then you'll go
    And we'll pretend that it meant something so much more
    But it was vile, and it was cheap
    And you are beautiful
    But you don't mean a thing to me
    Yeah, you are beautiful
    But you don't mean a thing to me
    Yeah, you are beautiful
    But you don't mean a thing to me Writer/s: Benjamin Gibbard, Nicholas Harmer
    Publisher: BMG Rights Management
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