| Bright Eyes – Ladder Song Lyrics | 15 years ago |
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Instead of covered in war, your pain. It's actually "covered in warrior paint" |
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| Bright Eyes – We Are Free Men Lyrics | 18 years ago |
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urm is it not todd fink of the faint fame. mr joyner is not credited todd is... |
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| Bright Eyes – Cartoon Blues Lyrics | 19 years ago |
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BOD you misinterperet. From all the reviews ive read that are negative they all seem to share a theme that conor is somewhat himself just copying the likes of dylan. I think the "plagiary poet" is the people, maybe a specific artist who has also said similar. but is equally as guilty of plagiary that his sporting the glasses, which are somewhat of a trademark of dylan, cause lets face it everyone in someway is though. That was initial feeling the dark glasses. i aslo feel its somewhat of a symbol for this poets lack of insight, the term plagiary means as you know to copy, more specifically art. The song to me seems to have this theme of why he writes songs...using padraic as an example. perhaps hes saying we're all plagiarists in the sense we're trying to see something we cannot. trying to understand "the constants" times passing. but our own mortality/lack of experience holds us back (dark glasses) .... tbh like i said we'll never know conor is great though |
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| Bright Eyes – Cartoon Blues Lyrics | 19 years ago |
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man i love that first bit. about plagiary poet with dark glasses on. to me i think its all those inthe songwriting community who've accussed him of copying like bob dylan (famous for the glasses) and he's simply saying look everyone owes something to him. this is me this is why i write songs. "the constant, the blues" though of course no one will know but i love it so much |
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| Bright Eyes – Blue Angels Air Show Lyrics | 19 years ago |
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To me its about trying to regain that fresh view of the world you were blessed with when you were young. "Claire" seems to be a child the narrator of the song is speaking to, and looking at her reminds him of what he's forgot. The wonder of our fragile existence "we struggled so long, but it ended so easily". Like a lot of conor's work it reminds me of "the catcher in the rye". "Claire" is doing for the narrator (maybe conor), what Holdens sister did for him. this song seems to describe the awkwardness of growing older and discovering our lives limitations, flaws, and temporary base. |
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| Bright Eyes – Entry Way Song Lyrics | 19 years ago |
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it can be interpreted about being both his ma and pa... called collectvely by most as ''parents'' toungue of a teacher = his mom is an english teacher; conor helps out sometimes sense of a banker = in waste of paint he syas his dad is a banker. it doesn't really matter though and its pretty hard to decipher, its message is universal so if you want it to be about god/parents/father/mom thats the point; thats why it doesn't say for sure. but from conor's p.o.v i cant see it being about God because he is an atheist, though some of digital ash would suggest he's starting to change his mind maybe, at the time of this song he most definitely would've been still an atheist. |
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| Bright Eyes – Soul Singer in a Session Band Lyrics | 19 years ago |
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''biographical'' blatently. I love this form of writing. It reminds me of some of kashers work on the ugly organ, how he once was a ''hopeless romantic'' but now he's just doing it for the songs. (similar to things in art is hard ''you fall in love and fail, to boost your cd sales'') clever ill do a full breakdown later x |
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| Bright Eyes – I Will Be Grateful for This Day Lyrics | 19 years ago |
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i know, well can see clearly that the last bit is more eliot smith but it could also be interpereted as biographical. He's been a guy destroyed by self examination, the only way he can overcome this is by writing; the name change = bright eyes. Which is perhaps why when he hears the voice he turns around and finds his own clothes on the floor. (shedded skin) he is renewing himself, finding optimism. It would also explain ''writing my own ending''. In previous songs, such as mirrors and fevers, conor refers to everything being the same; the course of history etc. now you get the feeling that he doesn't believe that, he now believes he can control his destiny, and it starts with being grateful for each new day. amazing |
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| Bright Eyes – At the Bottom of Everything Lyrics | 19 years ago |
| oh and i love the chorus beautiful comparison of a mother ''watering plants'' (nurturing life) father (possibly a priest) preaching death. A lot of poetry by blake does similar. His mom is full of life and creating it, this is juxtaposed my a father who is the opposite a vicar, religion is often criticised as being too focused on death, conor is showing the alienation between the to ideas | |
| Bright Eyes – At the Bottom of Everything Lyrics | 19 years ago |
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the song is about, that humanity must bear the burden of their wrongs collectively and as a whole. This is presented almost in a judgement day style intro, with a plane load of people all about to die in unison, and in a biblical sense face judgement. through lines like ''into the face of every criminal strapped firmly to a chair, we must stare we must stare'' this idea is portrayed, facing your mistakes wholly (back in the day it was the belief that we must adknowledge our sins before we die or face hell, this ties back to the plane crash). the second point about humanity as a whole taking the blame is shown in ''we must blend into the choir sing as static with the whole'', conor almost suggests that we cant progress without adknowledging this ''we must stare into a crystal ball and only see the past'', and when we finally adknowledge this and learn from our mistakes we can progress ''into the caverns of tomorow with just our flashlights [wisdom?] and our love [guilt free consciouss now we have adknowleged our sins only good can follow]''. you can also look at the plane crash as a reference to september the 11th, as it is well known that the album has undercurrents of the event. perhaps conor then is saying that to a degree america's tyranny (to a degree...) has caused 9/11 to happen, i mean there is a reason why the east hate the west. Conor though obviously deploring the acts, obviously must recognise this as we see similar words in other songs by him. Now many will look upon this and say conor is not religious, so all of the above is bullsh*t, well to be truthful for an atheist conor speaks a lot about religion, and i wonder if maybe hes had an epiphany recently (in easy/lucky/free' he says ''i never dreamed of heaven much untill they put him in the ground'', showing that he might be considering it), and there is the idea that all smart athiests want to believe (as who wouldn't) but its more they cant. I think this applies to conor (in waste of paint we see similar ideas) |
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