Bright Eyes got me through adolescence. Now they're back at a time we ALL need them most. Thanks universe, and thanks Bright Eyes for all of the work and heart you put into this for us. Eagerly awaiting!
I love that background chatter break... really reminds me of the old stuff. I love the growth that’s happened over the years.. but that stuff is so nostalgic and puts me right back to being 13 and full of angst and sadness. I love it.
This makes my heart so happy. I've been listening since I was 18. I'm now 36 and love your music just as much now as I did when I first heard Lifted. Thank you 🖤🖤🖤
Callie T I was 15 when I got into them too, lol. I’m 31 years old now. A friend taught me how to play “A Perfect Sonnet” on guitar, and my music addiction started there.
I was listening to Bright Eyes in 8th grade. So emo and felt like I was so alone. Now I’m 29, wifed up, knocked up, and a therapist for all the kids who are so emo and so alone. Bright Eyes still sings to my soul.
The best artists always tap into the current mood, consciously, subconsciously, or unconsciously. Thank you, Conor and Bright Eyes. We need this to get through the summer.
Hi Beautiful! First comment I’ve seen of yours... I’m all over the comments for our boy Conor. I’m in the big group with you under my real name... do you recognize me? Much love girlie! 🖤♥️
In a daze in the doorway I stood crying for what was In a trance in a taxi just keep driving please don't stop This verse has me understanding what Conor meant when he said his older stuff was too verbose. Look at all he says here with so little words. Hot damn, it is potent stuff.
Ive had the entire Bright Eyes catalog on repeat, and this new track will funnel perfectly with the tides of time. Thanks Bright Eyes , for such beautiful music.
i've listened to this song everyday since it came out. incredible, so fitting for the times ... "the seroquels working / it's fighting my fantasies" i can't wait for the new album
Bright eyes has gotten me through my entire life. I cannot explain how much they mean to me or how much I love him/them. I even have three related tattoos, including a guy from one of the album covers that looks like the following guys in the background only it’s a skeleton. I think it was from every day and every night
The day I saw Conor Oberst live and he stage dived into the audience and he and his heavy af boot hit my shoulder...was the best (first) day of my life :)
Why do I picture Oberst at a piano when he sings this song? The interplay of the vague audio midway through is SO 'Letting Off The Happiness'! Its nice to think they're still the worlds most wonderful Emo band after all these years!
Oh man the lyrics have aged well with where I was to , where I am now! Supposed to get married this Saturday with a bright eyes song, obviously postponed. But glad I've got this to hear!
Conor had said in some 2005 interview that his voice was getting low with each passing year. To be honest,I have noticed the change in his voice from before, although I still LOVE it. But voice is just one aspect of music. The feelings,the intention,the vulnerability is what makes it lasting. Bright eyes has it all. :D
This song is beautiful. I love how the music is almost orchestral and dreamy. And Conor's voice is honest, moves along with the music . The production of this song is perfect. Love it.
So I woke up to a text this morning from a friend of mine from about a decade ago texting me the link to this new song. Because he remembered how much I liked bright eyes in high school 😂😂 this made my whole day.
You literally know I feel on a Sunday and release the perfect song on a Monday. I've never been quantum entangled with an artist before. Thank God it's you.
i cannot believe my favorite band resurfaced right when i think everyone needed it most. i wish i had my senior year but new bright eyes songs makes it a lot better ❤️
Thank you Bright Eyes for your profound dedication to your art and music. I’ve been listening to you since I was 17. I’m 34 now- and was supposed to see you this pst summer. May you be well and may your music carry on to every poets heart. Love, Moriah
he was stabbed in the chest twice and it was ruled a suicide, yeah. But with confirmation that he was working on his mental health and no suicide note(other than his sadder lyrics)we really can't know
@@minameier99 well, if you listen to the Kings Crossing there is a part where he says gimme a reason not to do it and in the background his mom screams dont do it... I think he was manic
This song is not about coronavirus quarantine, it just so happened to have been released at a time when everyone can relate to it. Some people have been social distancing their whole lives
Conor Oberst has had that effect his whole career. 1.Writes material, 2.coincidentally releases it as it becomes relevant 3. and like that there is only synchronicity no coincidence 4. repeat
My forced convalescence was a few years ago, I committed to a woman no doubts no half steps all in, realized I hated my job and it wasnt a life anyone deserved. Quit that sales job and with $500 bought some shovles and tools and started a landscape design company from scratch. Dedicated myself to making a life for her, for us, stopped trying to make my life and made ours, all my unrest was relieved I stopped thinking about myself and what I "needed". All I did for her . . .did ten times that for myself. I love what I do everyday, I plant trees and gardens while it pays for everything . . . and I feel complete and at ease in all chaos . . . A little home, a woman, and a trade. Create more than you consume, serve others more than yourself and God will come and greet you where you are. Nothing can hurt a man that makes his own path in this world of concrete. Sorry about grammar busy, gott get back to digging. Love you all.
There's no escaping the housework or the bank clerk or the priest, in the dark at a distance I see everything at once catastrophizing my birthday & I'm overcome w/ LOVE. Thank you Bright Eyes for this new production.. I'm ready for M O R E
2ish years ago this song came out and it didn't mean anything to me when I first listened, and I love bright eyes, a couple days later and I was playing basketball and nuked my acl heard a loud pop could not put any weight on that leg it was a nightmare forced convalescents at it's finest, and was left bed ridden for nearly 2 months staring at the ceiling and my feet and in that first relisten the song suddenly became very important to me, n now I'm fully recovered completely and this song is even more nostalgic, bright eyes can't miss.
Thorns I did. I was talking to a friend a couple years ago, and I said: Bright Eyes will make more great music. My friend agreed. I’m glad it’s happening:)
my two favourite bands are bright eyes and the mars volta and i never thought i'd even remotely see a crossover between those two bands. theodore and flea playing on this song is maybe as close as we'll get.
Here's to hoping to make some of the later shows. Laid awake dreaming about the show in LA with Neva, I guess someone else's dream was just a little brighter... Hope to see you guys in Vermont or anywhere else on the tour. Till then, working on my backstroke, keeping my good left on the prize ;-) Much love.
What a fucking perfect touch on the chorus with background singers. And this couldn't sound more like Bright Eyes if it had to, but not exactly like any particular previous album.
Forced convalescence and bed rest Staring contest With the ceiling and my feet Was momentarily conscious Of the backflips I've been doing in my sleep I'm not afraid of the future Have to suffer and repeat I tend to agree What happens will be Pain of my own making Cut short by eternity Now I've recovered completely Life is easy Hula-hooping around the sun The calendar's little boxes All these presents Get to open every one I'll be prepared for the winter And the summer And beyond Just keep tagging along Until the feeling is gone Amazed by the haystack Needle to oblivion In a daze In the doorway I stood crying for what was In a trance In a taxi Just keep driving please don't stop Out of the neighborhood, the multiverse Iron and rust Went out of town for the weekend With my children Built sandcastles in the sun Catastrophizing my birthday Turning forty Ending up like everyone There's no escaping the housework Or the bank clerk Or the priest They're waiting for me In my Egyptian sheets The Seroquel's working It's fighting my fantasies In the dark At a distance I see everything at once Feel the wind Through the window And I'm overcome with love Inter-dimensional, no obstacles Mountains and dust
