i hear you breathe

Singer:neutral milk hotel

i hear you breathe as you sleep through the morning

and the sun cracks through winter's wind

screaming out an effervescent warning

that all that's true is sure to end

but won't you peel your pies to the tv screen

won't you read me your articles from your boring magazines

which fill the spaces with your lipstick screams

well that's all you ever gave

that's all you ever gave to me. sinking like a stone in the water all alone

you will not find me

your reflection is the only sight you'll see

a heart that has no memory

for all your tears they will drown you

and sink you for one million miles

and when the fear of life has finally found you

and crushes you inside the ocean tides

my ship will be sailing by

Lyric Context: i hear you breathe - neutral milk hotel