Laura Laurent

Tonight I went to see Bright Eyes and right at the end when they started singing the la la la's Conor handed me the mic and let me sing ..

i'm surpised noone has said anything about this song yet. it's so amazing. "But you should never be embarrassed by your trouble with living 'Cause it's the ones with the sorest throats, Laura Who have done the most singing" Conor Oberst is even more amazing.

I'd probably say that this was my favourite bright eyes song. the words and the way they're sung just totally grab me, right from the first line. "Laura, you were the saddest song..." is my favourite line, though "Well, I think I would call tonight...", for personal reasons, makes me feel like I'm not alone after all

this song makes me cry. it kind of sounds like he is singing to someone who has passed away.

everytime i hear hated addition i die inside

yea the hated addiction part is my favorite part. He said at my show that Laura was a friend of his who was very very sad

Apparently it's about an old friend of his, she was very depressive. At some point, he chose music over her.

<3 I'mma Laura.. and this song means somethin' specail.

I don't think this song is about suicide, but then again, it's impossible to know. I think it's simply about this person named Laura who the singer once knew. He's first asking if she's upset, and he talks about how she use to go to "west to Chicago", and now she's too depressed for even that. "To stroll through the greenery in the park past the statues How their eyes seemed to follow you like a hated addiction Their beauty carved out of absolutes that you could never claim Or even envision" Their beauty that she couldn't claim - possibly self-esteem issues. She wanted to be beautiful like the statues, who were still, stable and perfect. But he [the singer] thinks says, "I thought you were beautiful", but her sadness was something he couldn't deal with and they both ended up being hurt. The next part about the "sleeping bag" on the carpet is just him thinking about the times he spent with her, and her Sister who was worried about her - because she knows Laura is easily hurt. And then the singer "betrayed" Laura, because he gave up, so he feels gulity. "We're quick to surrender". Obviously a problem from both ends, but he takes the blame. At the end he's simply saying that you shouldn't be upset at the fact that you have a hard time dealing with relationships, friendships, and just life in general, because it just makes you more human in the end, and that the one's who've suffered the most "have done the most singing", like he is.

he mentions Laura in "Landlocked Blues"-- "and laura's asleep in my bed.."