Tiny Vessels
KITCHEN - Death Cab For Cutie Lyrics

This is the moment that you know
This is the point where you realize

That you told you loved her, but you don't
That you expressed love for her, but you don't truly feel it

You touch her skin and then you think
You feel her skin and then you perceive

That she is beautiful
That she possesses physical beauty

But she don't mean a thing to me
But she is emotionally insignificant to me

Yeah, she is beautiful
Indeed, she is visually pleasing

But she don't mean a thing to me
But she lacks any emotional significance to me

I spent two weeks in Silverlake
I was in Silverlake for a duration of two weeks

The California sun cascading down my face
The sunlight from California illuminating my face

There was a girl with light brown streaks
There was a girl with strands of light brown color

And she was beautiful
And she possessed physical beauty

But she didn't mean a thing to me
But she had no emotional significance to me

Yeah, she was beautiful
Indeed, she was visually pleasing

But she didn't mean a thing to me
But she lacked any emotional significance to me

I wanted to believe in all the words that I was speaking
I desired to have faith in every word I uttered

As we moved together in the dark
As we physically embraced in the absence of light

And all the friends that I was telling
And all the acquaintances to whom I spoke

And all the playful misspellings
And all the light-hearted errors in spelling

And every bite I gave that left a mark
And every nibble I offered that left a visible trace

When tiny vessels oozed into your neck
When small blood vessels seeped into your neck

And formed the bruises
And created the bruising

That you said you didn't want to fade
That you claimed you didn't wish to disappear

But they did, and so did I that day
But they did fade, and so did my feelings that day

All I see are dark grey clouds
All I perceive are gloomy clouds

In the distance moving closer with every hour
Approaching nearer with each passing hour

So when you 'd ask "Is something wrong?"
So when you would inquire, 'Is something amiss?'

I think "You're damn right there is, but we can't talk about it now
I think, 'You are absolutely correct, there is an issue, but we cannot discuss it presently

No, we can't talk about it now"
No, we are unable to have a conversation about it at this moment

So one last touch, and then you'll go
So one final physical contact, and then you will depart

And we'll pretend that it meant something so much more
And we will feign that it held much greater significance

But it was vile, and it was cheap
But it was disgusting, and it was of low value

And you are beautiful
And you possess physical beauty

But you don't mean a thing to me
But you hold no emotional significance to me

Yeah, you are beautiful
Indeed, you are visually pleasing

But you don't mean a thing to me
But you lack any emotional significance to me

Yeah, you are beautiful
Indeed, you are visually pleasing

But you don't mean a thing to me
But you hold no emotional significance to me