The Purple Operator - Something to See Lyrics

Well it goes by so quick, you feel that
When you got something to see
When it's gone you look back on it
It feels like eternity
And everybody's moving on
The train admissions free
I drove past a hell we knew so well
The cars parked in the street
And then a song played on the radio
To seal it up as fate
A fly flew thru my window
And I watched it fly away
Knowing that it didn't feel like
Me or see the way I see
It was gone and now for all I know
It lies dead within the leaves
Well all their eyes can follow
They can have it pretty soon
One of these days I'll fuck it up
Men like us always do
Old sneakers being dropped by jets
Onto telephone wires
Every day I look up at them
And they grow a little higher

It's these dusty attic blues
It's the printed picture proof
The morning sun that makes us run
The brightly lit new moon

And the songs we sing don't mean a thing
When no ones got the ear
I sit back and watch them run along
Like death ain't always near
And this car smells like old cigarettes
And perfume you bought for cheap
It offends my nose that's how it goes
This game is played for keeps
Well these pictures stare right at you
From the walls you wanna leave
The eyes look real I know you feel
But it's all make believe
And we're stuck right here with
Nothing near to make us wanna breathe
But that's nothing new, you feel it too
A sub conscious retreat
It's the watered down regret
It's your stomped out cigarettes
The morning sun that makes you run
The time back you'll never get