I come to you all dressed in sound
Bluebirds tripping wires to the ground
Connected to a time machine that will not power down
Set the crosshairs back on one
You said we'd only die here in a sun
The way your head stone shines
I only wish that it was mine
So set the crosshairs back on one
And nail the loop that brings the second run
Passed the wished on charms
And through the lens back to your living arms
This time machine won't power down
And this time machine won't power down
And still the crosshairs rest on one
And still you rest there in the morning sun
And still I fumble through pages of constructions on the ride
I like the blown out sound that you've found
I like the way it feels here coming down
The way your headstone shines
I only wish that it was mine
Bluebirds tripping wires to the ground
Connected to a time machine that will not power down
Set the crosshairs back on one
You said we'd only die here in a sun
The way your head stone shines
I only wish that it was mine
So set the crosshairs back on one
And nail the loop that brings the second run
Passed the wished on charms
And through the lens back to your living arms
This time machine won't power down
And this time machine won't power down
And still the crosshairs rest on one
And still you rest there in the morning sun
And still I fumble through pages of constructions on the ride
I like the blown out sound that you've found
I like the way it feels here coming down
The way your headstone shines
I only wish that it was mine
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Some lines I can't make sense of, but a few give it away really.
"the way your headstone shines,
i only wish that it was mine"
Going to his sons grave and wishing it was him instead of his son.
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past the wished on charms,
through the lens back to your living arms"
His wished and wished for his son to come back, and through this machine he comes back.
"and still the crosshairs rest on one."
This machine has not worked
"and still you rest here in the morning sun"
His son is still in the cemetery.
"and still I fumble through"
He is struggleing to cope with losing his son.
Thats what I got anyway
I believe that the line 'set the crosshairs back on one' means he wishes his son would have a second chance at making it to his first birthday.
Yeah, the part where the guitar solo kicks in after 'through the lens back to your living arms' always gives me chills as well. I will never tire of this album.