Chinese Boxes Songtext
von The High Dials

When I opened my eyes in the morning light just now
Could not remember how I got to today
I lifted a lid, I looked in at yesterday
I found another day hidden inside
This went on for a while ′til I saw infinity
The holy trinity or whatever you will
I thought about you and wondered how you got to be
So far away from me, staring down your own bliss

Oh, girl, Ch-Ch-Ch-Chinese boxes
Oh yeah, oh no, Ch-Ch-Ch-Chinese boxes

All our black and whites look a lot like shades of grey
From so far away where I lie now
We drifted apart, I guess I never thought we would
Have a Hollywood sunset end
There's no goodbyes ′cause some doors never close
And the doors we chose fell off the hinges

Oh, girl, Ch-Ch-Ch-Chinese boxes
Oh yeah, oh no, Ch-Ch-Ch-Chinese boxes


I don't know if it's all for the best
They say things happen for a reason
I don′t know ′cause I haven't seen the rest
I′d have to see how it ends, how it ends

Something changed, moved whole continents
A massive shift in the tectonic plates
I still draw blanks, do you feel that vertigo?
Where'd the bottom go? How did we snap?
When our eyes meet, it opens endless spaces
Like two mirrors facing on the bathroom wall

Oh, girl, Ch-Ch-Ch-Chinese boxes
Oh yeah, oh no, Ch-Ch-Ch-Chinese boxes

And the miles we ran
In the towns of platitudes
But the attitudes never changed
I get scared when I think
We never know anyone
Breaking up, moving on
Illusions unchanged