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Disappearing Act Lyrics
come on now the curtain is drawn
and tomorrow stands before you
dressed and draped in a cold black cape
like a crow he ignores you
look again there's a beautiful girl
covers sin in a holy land shroud
it's the great disappearing act
done again for the marveled crowd
as we're chasing our tails
and biting our nails
so strong and frail
and we build and tear it down
with barely the time to say
how did it get so late
i'll never know
step outside and now the doors open wide
and the minions are eager to find him
put a million miles under your heals
and you're still behind him
cover your clocks with your chains and your locks
while the seasons get hotter and colder
stretch your faces and lie about your ages
and still you're going to get older
as we're chasing our tails
and biting our nails
so strong and frail
and we build and tear it down
with barely the time to say
how did it get so late
i'll never know
hang on till your fingers break
and your hands unwind
he will escape you every time
from under your pillows
through open windows
and out on the rails
and we build and tear it down
with barely the time to say
how did it get so late
i'll never know
and tomorrow stands before you
dressed and draped in a cold black cape
like a crow he ignores you
look again there's a beautiful girl
covers sin in a holy land shroud
it's the great disappearing act
done again for the marveled crowd
and biting our nails
so strong and frail
with barely the time to say
how did it get so late
i'll never know
and the minions are eager to find him
put a million miles under your heals
and you're still behind him
cover your clocks with your chains and your locks
while the seasons get hotter and colder
stretch your faces and lie about your ages
and still you're going to get older
and biting our nails
so strong and frail
with barely the time to say
how did it get so late
i'll never know
and your hands unwind
he will escape you every time
from under your pillows
through open windows
and out on the rails
with barely the time to say
how did it get so late
i'll never know
Song Info
Submitted by
zdlr My Idol! On Jun 21, 2007
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I think it has to do with time, something else to, following someone, but never able to catch up with it. Maybe time is the thing, you go far, trying to catch up with time, but then you realize your life has gone past you, and you wasted it. Live today, as if it was your last
This one seems to me like it is about the futility of human life.
We go around hiding from death, stretching our faces to look young, lying about our ages, and death (dressed and draped in a cold black cape) is indifferent to the whole struggle.
Our lives are a constant series of building relationships and tearing them down, building hope and tearing it down, building dreams and tearing them down. And in the back of our heads we know that at the end of every road lies death. All of the tail-chasing and nail biting is futile, for we are all frail in the end.