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The Decemberists – Sons and Daughters Lyrics 18 years ago
It's my opinion, and I may be wrong, is that it is a sort of sequel to The Island: Come and See/The Landlord's Daughter/You'll Not Feel The Drowning.
The Island (I don't feel like typing all that over and over again), is first about the discovery of a new territory, then about a new society being built there (with all the attendant problems, then about the horrific end of that society.
Sons & Daughters, on the other hand, is about the discovery of a new place, and the optimistic feeling of safety that comes with that. Where the people in The Island just wanted the land for expansion, the people in Sons & Daughters need it for safety.
I also think it's the same Island. Maybe I'm reading too much into this.
I think it should be "Here all the bombs fade away", as the song is about a place, not a sound.

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Stars – Your Ex-Lover Is Dead Lyrics 19 years ago
I thought it was
I'm not sorry there's nothing to say
I'm not sorry, so there's nothing to say

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Bright Eyes – I've Been Eating (For You) Lyrics 19 years ago
I think a lot of people here aren't really seeing through this song. It's not meant to be taken literally, and I think you'd be hard pressed to find a line of this song that's not a metaphor. (except the And it isn't exeptional part)
It's not really about an eating disorder, I totally agree with the people who say it represents his will to live.

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Bright Eyes – Let's Not Shit Ourselves (To Love and to Be Loved) Lyrics 19 years ago
I don't really think that the whole Lifted album (and Let's Not Shit Ourselves especially) is actually about being lifted by outside influences, I think it's about clawing yourself up until your fingers are bloody. He mentions being lifted a lot, but the whole album also shows this great distrust for authority and power.
Also, mopontop, If I lived in Chicago I would do that very thing. It would probably get you thrown out.

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