| Bright Eyes – Approximate Sunlight Lyrics | 15 years ago |
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dude, you've got it. in the chorus he is definitely referring to himself primarily (but of course his lyrics are always multidimensional). although people are saying this record is a lot more outward looking, I think it's just as inward as any of his other material, only there's less angst there now. but i would speculate that the part about "the crowd was small, and mostly blind" relates to the larger theme on the album of the paradox of a "modern unity". the idea that as mass media and technology continue to expand and saturate our lives, in a sense our ideas as a global culture shrink. we are continually becoming a "smaller" crowd, and being blinded in a sense by what corporate america wants us to see and believe and do. and the part about being kind is obviously a pun because in a lot of ways we seem to be gladly accepting this way of life. but i think you're right that conor has alas accepted that this is how time and the world are progressing and rather than be consumed by all that is wrong, our best bet is to focus on the positives and the fact that happiness is important and contagious and we need to go back to basics and care for ourselves and others and what we can control. |
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