Old Soul Song (For the New World Order) Lyrics

Lyric discussion by tuff ghost 

Cover art for Old Soul Song (For the New World Order) lyrics by Bright Eyes

"On the way home I held your camera like a bible, wishing so bad that it held some kind of truth. And I stood nervous next to you in the dark room, you dropped the paper in the water and it all begins to bloom. Yeah, they go wild"

just lovely!

This song seems to take place over the course of one day. He wakes up when the alarm sounds. Then, he is walking with someone to a place in an inner city. whatever this place is, there are barricades to keep everything orderly. what ends up happening instead of order is chaos and everyone going wild. this sounds like a new york city protest.

then, he and this other person decide to leave before it is completely over, or before the location's original order is restored. many people believe that their bible holds the ultimate truth, whatever that truth is....