Conor Oberst - Method Acting lyrics

Verse 1: There is no beginning to the story A bookshelf sinks into the sand And a language learned and forgot, in turn Is studied once again It's a shocking bit of footage Viewed from a sh**ty TV screen You can squint at it through snowy static To make out the meaning And keep on stretching the antenna Hoping that it will come clear We need some reception, a higher message Just tell us what to fear Refrain 1: Cause I don't know what tomorrow brings It's alive with such possibilities All I know is I feel better when I sing Burdens are lifted from me, that's my voice rising Verse 2: So Michael, please keep the tape rolling Boys keep strumming those guitars We need a record of our failures Yes, we must document our love I've sat too long in my silence Have grown too old in my pain To shed this skin, be born again It starts with an ending Refrain 2: So thank you friends for the time we shared My love stays with you like sunlight and air Oh I truly wish I could keep hanging around here My joy is covering me, soon I will disappear Bridge: It's not a movie, no private screening This method acting, well, I call that living, yeah It's like a fountain, a door has been opened We have a problem with no solution But to love and to be loved Refrain 3: So, I've made peace with the falling leaves I see their same fate in my own body But I won't be frightened when I'm awoken from this dream And returned to that which gave birth to me Outro: Gave birth to me, gave birth to me, gave birth to me And the story, and the story goes And it goes on and on and on and on It's going on and on and on and on (x6)