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A Few Minutes on Friday Lyrics

She kills, with foreign films, the emptiness of day to day
And I wait until the weekend comes
So I can clear this uselessness from my brain
I count the days until she arrives
Those precious minutes when she is mine
As we walk from my front door to her car
We are so close and alone
But that will disappear in a room
Filled with the warmth of other's company
There is too much company
I hide my wounded pride and stare off into the other cars
If I could just speak the words to tell her
Exactly how I feel
I count the ways that I might say it
But I know that none of them will work because
She won't feel the same
I've come this far
But I can't go through with it because the truth would hurt
too much
This hurts too much
She goes back to the west coast to drink in the sunshine
And I will stay here in these dead plains
And try to make a seed grow
And I would pray for rain
If I thought that that would help
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Cover art for A Few Minutes on Friday lyrics by Bright Eyes

since everybody else seems content being cliche and (sometimes) pathetic, i guess it's up to me to actually try to bring meaning to the words.

this song is of course, about a girl conor cares about coming to town and how he anticipates her coming, but when she does come, they are joined by many people either at a party or some other social function. he wishes it was just him and her, and that he could put his feelings into words, but he knows it wouldn't matter or change anything if he could, so he lets her go, and return to the 'west coast' (in all likelyhood, california) while he stays with his feelings, not knowing what to do. your little interpretation for the night, kids.

Wow.

These lyrics are pretty straightforward. I agree that comments without much more than praise for the artist are a bit pointless on a website dedicated to the meaning of the song, but I do not think anyone needs you to, "actually try to bring meaning to the words." They're not awfully complex and nobody needed you to crack the code with your superiority.

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Cover art for A Few Minutes on Friday lyrics by Bright Eyes

thank you scycis, while you didn't have to go about it in such a bitchy way, I do agree with you.

Cover art for A Few Minutes on Friday lyrics by Bright Eyes

great song.

Cover art for A Few Minutes on Friday lyrics by Bright Eyes

wow.. only one other person has commented on this great great song. Not one of my fave's but I like it

Cover art for A Few Minutes on Friday lyrics by Bright Eyes

"if i could just speak the words to tell her exactly how i feel i count the ways that i might say it but i know that none of them will work because she won't feel the same i've come this far but i can't go through with it because the truth would hurt too much"

...greatness

Cover art for A Few Minutes on Friday lyrics by Bright Eyes

I wish someone would sing this to me; excellent song.

Cover art for A Few Minutes on Friday lyrics by Bright Eyes

i love conor oberst.

Cover art for A Few Minutes on Friday lyrics by Bright Eyes

bright eyes is so wonderful

Cover art for A Few Minutes on Friday lyrics by Bright Eyes

i wish i could write like conor. his talent is amazing

Cover art for A Few Minutes on Friday lyrics by Bright Eyes

i love this songs lyrics. i think everyone goes through something like this.