"Ship In A Bottle"

I wanna be the surgeon
that cuts you open
and fixes all of life's mistakes

I wanna be the house
that you were raised in
the only place that you feel safe

I wanna be your shower
in the morning that wakes
you up and makes you clean

I know I'm just the weather
against your window as you sleep
through a winter's dream

Something's churning the earth
Something's stirring the sky.
Every color at once in a column of light.

Bacteria breeds on a microscope slide
The worm in my heart
is the apple of your eye.

Don't adore what is impossible
We have built this ship in a wine bottle
If we knew how it worked
we would have to grow old.

Something's eating at you,
wakes you up in the night
If you're digging the past
who knows what you'll find

Read the newspaper print
off the microfiche slide
and you're holding your breath
for the rest of your life

Don't you love what is intangible
I have built this ship in a wine bottle
but if you knew who I was
you would never grow old