The Center of the World Lyrics

Lyric discussion by vexed 

Cover art for The Center of the World lyrics by Bright Eyes

genious.

See this song means alot to me because it happened, and really it can happen to anyone, without warning, without everyone else even noticing. once you fall into that hole its really horrible to try and get out. I believe this song is about the statue being the golden girl, that everyone worships her. but deep inside, theres a different side that he glimpses and is "turned to sand." in the middle verses i think its descibing the way that time flows and things die to have new things replace them. then at the end everything gets repetitive, the priests dont...