he had a junkie girlfriend at the timeBLAH!she has a tattoo of on of his songs, so i think this song wasnt about him using drugs, more so about his psycho gf, i actually saw them basically having sex in the vip area of the double door in chicago, someone gave me a backstage pass&was so exceited to meet him but him&his girl JUkiki were snorting coke and on top of each other,not into drugs sokind of a letdown,but i did get to talk to him for ike 5 minutes when that girl passed out on his lap.lol.
@ElanoreJ umm i really don't think you know what you're talking about. weird that you metion the double door, i was there for the first time last week, and it's very, very, small time venue
i used to be so into drugs and drinking, and now that i'm 5 months sober, i wish i would have found this song earlier. he always has a way of writing songs that feel like they were written for chapters of my life. i respect him to no end.
i heard today that some guy had made up his own Conor Oberst religion, in which he praised Conor in all of his beauty. i think i should become a follower of said religion.
That other guy is Jake Bellows of Neva Denova, happens to be just as talented as Conor in my opinion. Just listen to one of his albums, and maybe u like it maybe u don't. I dig this song they both bring it together. Hits home, then again when do either of these writers fail to do so.
i have a weird personal relationship with almost every bright eyes song. from their music early on up till the latest album. They are not particularly songs i'd listen to in a car full of close friends, but more of songs i keep on cds that i listen to and don't share the emotions with anyone else. it's strange, because i wish everyone would unwind from what they think is so important and hear Connors confessional and awe inspiring words. It sort of gives me self worth if that makes sense. idk
@Peaceforbreakfast123 , you are exactly right on this. I feel vulnerable while listening to his song, I feel like someone has just entered my journal. I tend to lose myself in an emotional state while listeing to his songs.
and your parents noticed your thining face and all the weight you lost all the weight your losing......that hits home, like everyone noticed how much weight i lost and they all congratulated me but deep down inside i felt like shit becasue no one knew what i was doing in order to loose the weight....
All this interpreting, It's not like it is particularly metaphorical, the lyrics are quite straightforward, and incredibly effective at perfectly portraying the emotion behind the song, it is a masterpiece, a work of lyrical genius. Nuff said
@Selfsanity they're all phonies. that book is fucking horrible, and the kid is a whiney little bitch who never even tried to make friends because he was so scared of his own inadequacies.
His music sometimes makes me feel as though I've gone completely mad, but it makes me more than okay with it. It makes me feel like I'm not alone, or at least when i am I take solace in it.
Conor's pretty messed up, isn't he? .... In a way, I'm glad... It takes emotional pain, or an extraordinary understanding of it, to write and portray pain like that....
I think it's about being alone, the habits some people pick up to 'fill the void'. ( Drugs, not eating, smoking, drinking), Trying to find someone that'll help you get out of the darkness & better yourself . you want to try & make progress with your life(Find purpose, find friends, never to be alone again.), but the harder you try...the more you realize...no one cares about people stuck in circles.
I think it's about being alone, the habits some people pick up to 'fill the void'. ( Drugs, not eating, smoking, drinking), Trying to find someone that'll help you get out of the darkness & better yourself . you want to try & make progress with your life(Find purpose, find friends, never to be alone again.), but the harder you try...the more you realize...no one cares about people stuck in circle
I listen to brutal death metal bands like Digested Flesh and Dying Fetus and I still love Bright Eyes with a passion, Conor Oberst has and always will be my biggest hero.
@smartarted yeah same here. i have and always will be a metalhead, but conor oberst just has something in his music and lyrics that you cant get from anyone else but him. and it is funny from people on the outside of it to say that he is not a good musician or good with lyrics, because this guy is one of the best there has ever been. i think he needs more recognition; even though conor has already had some, he is just the voice that has just gotten better with age like a fine fucking wine.
this is s a song i can go back to every time i feel like there is no meaning or future to anything. It helps to snap me out of it. I love how Connor can make you feel so directly connected to the lyrics, whatever way you choose to interpret them.
This is how I feel about 5 days of the week; I'll be glad when life starts getting interesting :P
And this is why I love Conor so much, it's like he's writing the soundtrack to my life. I always feel less alone/crazy/tired/bored/upset/etc. when I listen to him :)
@BradL33T no brad. he is a thinker. he has a warped perspective on reality as so many of us are after getting fucked up by our current generation and culture.
you cant be an artist without having appreciation for pain and suffering.
I wonder what Conor's parents did think of him when he was younger. Hugely successful, but singing about drinking and doing drugs with honesty that makes poser coke-bands and acid head jambands look like posers. I mean, do you congratulate him? Tell him you're proud? Weird situation that must be for both parties...
I am thinking this song is low point of a drug user and his hard hurt of geting out of his old ways.
the song starts as some one thats just looking for some level of fix, he/she dont even care what it is. turning point for this person is the fact that his parents see's what a weck his drug use has done to him.
This song is about addiction you douches maybe you didnt realize he is addicted to cocaine and this isnt the only song he reflects this in most addicts are depressed on some level but he is a cokehead
How can a man be so pure of heart and have to suffer so much loss, in a world without direction but with the allure of drugs, I understand a lot of the references though I know that whatever I've felt and the amount of shit I've used can't hold a candle to the emotional capabilities of Connor.
@FrenchRevolution1789 i wasn't talking about conor by the way, and i love this song. i was talking about 'SmackAnAlex' some few comments back. peace xx
You know what? I bet this song is about unicorns and rainbow trout.
Everyone interprets songs in their own way. Music speaks to them in ways it doesn't to anyone else. It's stupid to fight over something so subjective. There is no "right" answer.
@Ekreagan there is a right and wrong to every single thing that exists. even the taste of food. If you like something I don't, one of us is right about the taste and one is wrong. Thats just how it has to be. opinions are irrelevant in this world
@42johnnywonton I disagree. The VAST majority of things in this world aren't black and white but shades of gray. And you can't say that there's a right and wrong for things so subjective as taste. I hate brussel sprouts, but my mom loves them. Who decides which of us is right and how?
@Ekreagan When we die everything that has happened will all be explained and then we will find out if brussel sprouts taste good or bad. Including music, every kind of music cant be right. I don't agree with opinions very much. I think majority should decide how the world works foe EVERYONE and everyone including you and me should do that. One way . one taste, one sexuality, one music preference and just do what were told to do!!!
that's such a cliché. i mean, he probably had something in mind when he wrote the lyrics. conor isn't the guy who makes really vague lyrics, they're usually about something very specific. interpreting them as something else is just... stupid.
@SlejvSlejv Well of course HE had something specific in mind. He wrote it about one particular thing. But I don't think that he would argue that someone else's interpretation is incorrect. I think he'd be happy that it meant something significant to someone, even if it wasn't exactly the idea that he had when he wrote it.
@SlejvSlejv Well, no, I disagree. He's actually said in multiple interviews that he used to hate it when his lyrics were misunderstood, but now he loves it. Cassadaga was written in a way that it could be interpreted multiple ways. He did that on purpose.
Personally, while I enjoy knowing the original meaning, I love interpreting it to my own life... but hey, it's music. Anything goes. :)
Please, this is the first song that got me into bright eyes back in the 8th grade some 4 years ago. Oberst is likely the most influential artist in my life and it's easy to see that his ability to conceive the meanings and moods of words that are projected through his mind and his voice are unmatched by any other artist that i have discovered to this day.
@Ekreagan Wrong music is only subjective if you are unaware and a dumb jerk. There is a set standard for music of quality, for example if a Juilliard graduate say's ICP is low quality they would be wright regardless of what YOU think. If she said Conor was really high quality than it would be fact not because you collectively agree with her but because she has the credentials to say so.
It's definitely about depression and maybe even suicide "You think you don't want to pass out where your roommates will find you again," and using substances to ease that pain, but being caught in a circle of depression and destructive behavoir that you cannot get out of.
Yeah, because a line doesn't refer to cocaine, and "You're always looking for something to sniff, smoke or swallow" means depressed people sniff, smoke and swallow depression. Awesome!!
i know you'vr gotten replies to this, but if you really think this song is about drugs, you're an idiot. Just b/c there is a reference to drugs and mentions taking drugs doesnt mean thats what the song is about it mean thjat that has something to do with what the song IS about which is a man's depressed and sad life...b/c he feels this way he takes drugs, not the other way around....
haha well I do agree....although Im not sure if there is "real" or "not real" music there is just good and not good music and i think what defines good music is the emotion put it into it and how it reaches out to people
@m3pi You can't totally overlook the drug reference in this song, it's a major theme. Not to prove you wrong because you're not, it very well is about depression.....through substance abuse and you should also take in consideration that many Bright Eyes songs talk about substance abuse
You're absolutely right; half of their depressing songs include something about drugs or alcohol; Lover I Don't Have To Love, Let's Not Shit Ourselves, (where he tries to kills himself with Whiskey and medicine), Laura Laurent, and like fifty others.
No one can deny that Conor has had issues with substance abuse.
KENNY - everybody knows you're buying this album and that you love bright eyes. everyone knows you would sodomize conor if you had the chance, now stop commenting every single conor oberst video repeatedly. it's creepy and obnoxious.
what i want to know is where are all of you that leave these comments. I love connor's work yet find it soooo rare to come across anyone who even has heard of him.
A bit too much... I prefer a lot more recent songs of him which are more intelligent, like Four Winds, I Must Belong Somewhere, When The President Talks To God, Land Locked Blues, etc... these are songwriting masterpieces
i don't quite understand how this isn't eloquent or intelligent.
he is talking about different things, certainly, in this song, it's more... self-absorbed, for lack of a better term, but the writing is still beautiful, and the message still true.
one could argue that it is self absorbed in the sense that he is obsessing in this song about himself? i didn't mean to offend, it's a common insult regarding the earlier works of bright eyes. in sense, they are right, but it is also meaningful and beautiful poetry, which i respect. bright eyes is probably my favorite band, after all...
yes but when an artist writes a poem the speaker in the poem isn't the poet himself just because its in 1st person. the writer isn't supposed to be considered the narrator. the narrator is just supposed to represent a character.
I love the waltzy feel
Soraplushie 2 weeks ago
he had a junkie girlfriend at the timeBLAH!she has a tattoo of on of his songs, so i think this song wasnt about him using drugs, more so about his psycho gf, i actually saw them basically having sex in the vip area of the double door in chicago, someone gave me a backstage pass&was so exceited to meet him but him&his girl JUkiki were snorting coke and on top of each other,not into drugs sokind of a letdown,but i did get to talk to him for ike 5 minutes when that girl passed out on his lap.lol.
ElanoreJ 2 months ago
@ElanoreJ umm i really don't think you know what you're talking about. weird that you metion the double door, i was there for the first time last week, and it's very, very, small time venue
lynch03 1 month ago
@ElanoreJ How long ago was that?
riojude23 1 month ago
i used to be so into drugs and drinking, and now that i'm 5 months sober, i wish i would have found this song earlier. he always has a way of writing songs that feel like they were written for chapters of my life. i respect him to no end.
MyAcousticHeartbeat 4 months ago 4
it's like he's writing the songs, that i'm not clever enough to come up with myself. .. i relate so much.
lynch03 4 months ago in playlist lynch03's Favorited Videos
He is so beautiful at :30 :(
babijzzy 5 months ago in playlist YouTube Mix for Bright Eyes
i heard today that some guy had made up his own Conor Oberst religion, in which he praised Conor in all of his beauty. i think i should become a follower of said religion.
NeverShoutKaila 5 months ago
That other guy is Jake Bellows of Neva Denova, happens to be just as talented as Conor in my opinion. Just listen to one of his albums, and maybe u like it maybe u don't. I dig this song they both bring it together. Hits home, then again when do either of these writers fail to do so.
bsgraham5 5 months ago
i have a weird personal relationship with almost every bright eyes song. from their music early on up till the latest album. They are not particularly songs i'd listen to in a car full of close friends, but more of songs i keep on cds that i listen to and don't share the emotions with anyone else. it's strange, because i wish everyone would unwind from what they think is so important and hear Connors confessional and awe inspiring words. It sort of gives me self worth if that makes sense. idk
Peaceforbreakfast123 6 months ago 2
@Peaceforbreakfast123 , you are exactly right on this. I feel vulnerable while listening to his song, I feel like someone has just entered my journal. I tend to lose myself in an emotional state while listeing to his songs.
mydaysarehere 6 months ago
@Peaceforbreakfast123 i love you
lynch03 4 months ago in playlist lynch03's Favorited Videos
Conner's great, I wish the other guy would shut the fuck up.
IceCubeJohnson 7 months ago
and your parents noticed your thining face and all the weight you lost all the weight your losing......that hits home, like everyone noticed how much weight i lost and they all congratulated me but deep down inside i felt like shit becasue no one knew what i was doing in order to loose the weight....
dayawakesupexhausted 7 months ago 2
@dayawakesupexhausted
God shut the fuck up, do you know how many people read shit like this and feel embarrassed for you? you're a joke
balentinesamis 5 months ago
@balentinesamis wow that was rude...
NeonSkittlesX 5 months ago 2
@balentinesamis fuck you asshole if you have nothing nice to say then get the fuck out of this page
dayawakesupexhausted 5 months ago
story of my life but i over came it i love you conner oberst!!!!!!!!!!!
dayawakesupexhausted 7 months ago
some lines gives u a to big progress and u will be dead in a half year but well yeah they can open ur mind
xXGHETTOkingXx 7 months ago
This song makes me real, makes him real, makes feelings real.
Foxxiichick13 7 months ago
I always picture Nate singing in this.....
aperfectsonnet123 7 months ago
I hope the feeling passes quickly this time.
mexifrida 7 months ago
Now this is addiction.
watchthemshine 8 months ago 2
Goddamn. This song describes my life 3 months ago
pthangelz 8 months ago
geez this is one of the most depressing songs I've ever heard. Lovely though
Tigerlily21 8 months ago
@Selfsanity In one of conor's songs he relates his continuous depression to a carousel. "my head's a carousel of pictures, the spinning never stops"
YouGotSubbed 8 months ago
All this interpreting, It's not like it is particularly metaphorical, the lyrics are quite straightforward, and incredibly effective at perfectly portraying the emotion behind the song, it is a masterpiece, a work of lyrical genius. Nuff said
Squiggleblorg 9 months ago
@Selfsanity they're all phonies. that book is fucking horrible, and the kid is a whiney little bitch who never even tried to make friends because he was so scared of his own inadequacies.
ZachBamfy 9 months ago
im done feeling like a skeleton no more sleepwalkin
Caydennt 9 months ago in playlist A Bright Eyes Playlist.
It's M Ward you freaks
aestheticpower 10 months ago
@aestheticpower lol?
RSRatornra 10 months ago
@aestheticpower, @heyjude97, @liftedfeversnmirrors
It's none of them. It's Joe Knapp of Son Ambulance.
Gnosimaie 10 months ago 3
you're a lot of depressive people. stop to listen it and go making some exercise
pepau911 10 months ago
Who's singing with him? Jason Boesel? (I can't spell at the moment, sorry.)
heyjude97 11 months ago
@heyjude97 mike mogis
liftedfeversnmirrors 10 months ago
@liftedfeversnmirrors really? awesome!
heyjude97 10 months ago
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ittyx3 11 months ago
Its too hard to not cry to this song.
XTheConfuserX 11 months ago 6
ahh bright eyes how i love you i love every album :D
hellojello435 1 year ago
he is talking to himself in this song.
chasetheskyy 1 year ago
This song is about addiction.
The only one I love is addicted to cocaine
"Break this circle of thoughts you chase before they catch back up with you
And your parents noticed your thinning face
All the weight you lost
All the weight you are losing"
hurts so bad
RSRatornra 1 year ago
IF YOU LIKE CONOR OBERST, CHECK OUT RENEE GOUST soundcloud/reneegoust
saturnee7 1 year ago
I love this song. so much of it is true...
huskerfied 1 year ago
doodz lyk, 4 peepls r not bright eyes fans! lawlz, MANN!!!!!!
Slayerize000 1 year ago
the other guys voice is so beautiful
it brings the song together
d34thbreath 1 year ago
lol ,,,
CALM down and enjoy the musiccc,,, , keep you opinion of the meaning or whatever to ursel.f it only matters what u think to urself rightt ?! (:
sarahgrulz 1 year ago
conor oberst will forever be my favourite musician.
he's so profound... i can't listen to any song of his without getting goosebumps.
conor, you are a genius.
but does anyone know who the other singer is? he kind of sounds like ben folds a bit... or maybe even nathan ferraro...
i can't put my finger on it.
magsmakeup 1 year ago 2
@magsmakeup just guessing, I'd say Mike Mogis. Just cuz he's on a lot of Bright Eyes tracks.
FraterAnarkhos 1 year ago
I now officially love this guy's work. Just... Amazing.
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blind00hawk 1 year ago
His music sometimes makes me feel as though I've gone completely mad, but it makes me more than okay with it. It makes me feel like I'm not alone, or at least when i am I take solace in it.
TheHaileyJay 1 year ago 2
Conor's pretty messed up, isn't he? .... In a way, I'm glad... It takes emotional pain, or an extraordinary understanding of it, to write and portray pain like that....
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I think it's about being alone, the habits some people pick up to 'fill the void'. ( Drugs, not eating, smoking, drinking), Trying to find someone that'll help you get out of the darkness & better yourself . you want to try & make progress with your life(Find purpose, find friends, never to be alone again.), but the harder you try...the more you realize...no one cares about people stuck in circles.
so drink up.
feetwithnoshoes 1 year ago
I think it's about being alone, the habits some people pick up to 'fill the void'. ( Drugs, not eating, smoking, drinking), Trying to find someone that'll help you get out of the darkness & better yourself . you want to try & make progress with your life(Find purpose, find friends, never to be alone again.), but the harder you try...the more you realize...no one cares about people stuck in circle
so drink up.
feetwithnoshoes 1 year ago
gooood song and pictures! conor is sooo cute!! where did you find these pics?
nernnnn 1 year ago
this song is about drug addiction to me
blatz66 1 year ago
great vid, i grew up with bright eyes and conor, and i love his music. that's wonderful
D:
Hikaks 1 year ago
i hate to be the douche bad to say this but..... HES HOT!
killtheprettygirl 1 year ago 2
Replay, Replay, Replay...
Dinny31 1 year ago
I listen to brutal death metal bands like Digested Flesh and Dying Fetus and I still love Bright Eyes with a passion, Conor Oberst has and always will be my biggest hero.
smartarted 1 year ago 28
@smartarted yeah same here. i have and always will be a metalhead, but conor oberst just has something in his music and lyrics that you cant get from anyone else but him. and it is funny from people on the outside of it to say that he is not a good musician or good with lyrics, because this guy is one of the best there has ever been. i think he needs more recognition; even though conor has already had some, he is just the voice that has just gotten better with age like a fine fucking wine.
ontherunhome 4 days ago
this is s a song i can go back to every time i feel like there is no meaning or future to anything. It helps to snap me out of it. I love how Connor can make you feel so directly connected to the lyrics, whatever way you choose to interpret them.
mexifrida 1 year ago 2
I feel that this song is about a guy who feels that his life is meaningless.
mistargrr 1 year ago 3
@BradL33T
WHERE DO YOU FIND THIS QUOTE?
thetokeinalien 1 year ago
This is how I feel about 5 days of the week; I'll be glad when life starts getting interesting :P
And this is why I love Conor so much, it's like he's writing the soundtrack to my life. I always feel less alone/crazy/tired/bored/upset/etc. when I listen to him :)
CroutonxCorexXD 1 year ago
i love how his voice cracks and quavers when he sings higher :)
ritikahottiexo 1 year ago
@BradL33T no brad. he is a thinker. he has a warped perspective on reality as so many of us are after getting fucked up by our current generation and culture.
you cant be an artist without having appreciation for pain and suffering.
you just have to get it.
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FireAndFlames 1 year ago
I wonder what Conor's parents did think of him when he was younger. Hugely successful, but singing about drinking and doing drugs with honesty that makes poser coke-bands and acid head jambands look like posers. I mean, do you congratulate him? Tell him you're proud? Weird situation that must be for both parties...
FireAndFlames 1 year ago 73
@FireAndFlames i have always wondered the same thing.
ParamoreIsSahweet 11 months ago
@FireAndFlames And that's why they call it the blues.
skoobasteeve 10 months ago
I am thinking this song is low point of a drug user and his hard hurt of geting out of his old ways.
the song starts as some one thats just looking for some level of fix, he/she dont even care what it is. turning point for this person is the fact that his parents see's what a weck his drug use has done to him.
riven311 1 year ago
conor oberst = one of the sweetest men i have ever met. and the most brilliant song writer... other than maybe tim kasher.
pugfuglychris 1 year ago 2
someone had fun with a 35 mm.
lushwhip 1 year ago
@lushwhip 35................?
poopscoop20 1 year ago
"And stop counting on that camera that hangs round your neck. Because it won't ever remember what you choose to forget" Really speaks to me...
kittykat490 1 year ago 2
some of connors make me wana smile and cry at the same time n it takes a damn good poet to get that kinda reaction from anyone i love u connor!!!!
leedybugification 1 year ago 2
pure genius.
joshbeebemusic 1 year ago
This song is about addiction you douches maybe you didnt realize he is addicted to cocaine and this isnt the only song he reflects this in most addicts are depressed on some level but he is a cokehead
MidwayJones 2 years ago
this song describes exactly how i feel right now
stingrayx4 2 years ago
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holy cow...can someone say camera whore? haha if he weren't so talented and pretty looking..
dicksonsticks 2 years ago
dude, hes in a band, its a bit different to a camwhore :P
blackblackgrey 2 years ago
How can a man be so pure of heart and have to suffer so much loss, in a world without direction but with the allure of drugs, I understand a lot of the references though I know that whatever I've felt and the amount of shit I've used can't hold a candle to the emotional capabilities of Connor.
aliceteapot 2 years ago 6
there are amazing pictures of Conor in this slideshow. Thanks for uploading!
OriginalNAMBLA 2 years ago 3
This song is the story of my fuckin life. damn. But not anymore, just for today I wont use
SmackAnAlex 2 years ago 4
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shit. someone pass me a tissue, this guy's tragic story is making me cry. grow up you prick, thats not the point of the music.
TyroneeT 2 years ago
@TyroneeT The point of music is whatever you want it to be.
FrenchRevolution1789 2 years ago 3
@FrenchRevolution1789 i wasn't talking about conor by the way, and i love this song. i was talking about 'SmackAnAlex' some few comments back. peace xx
TyroneeT 2 years ago
You know what? I bet this song is about unicorns and rainbow trout.
Everyone interprets songs in their own way. Music speaks to them in ways it doesn't to anyone else. It's stupid to fight over something so subjective. There is no "right" answer.
Ekreagan 2 years ago 120
@Ekreagan yeah! so people trying to be smart asses, good song, only he knows exactly what it means
brusegab 2 years ago
unless you ask conor himself of course :] lol jk jk, yea agreed. stop arguing and enjoy the frikken song
Shanoa321 2 years ago
@Ekreagan I got the same answer! Unicorns and trout are so fitting for this song!
SEASLUGINC 2 years ago
@Ekreagan there is a right and wrong to every single thing that exists. even the taste of food. If you like something I don't, one of us is right about the taste and one is wrong. Thats just how it has to be. opinions are irrelevant in this world
42johnnywonton 1 year ago
@42johnnywonton I disagree. The VAST majority of things in this world aren't black and white but shades of gray. And you can't say that there's a right and wrong for things so subjective as taste. I hate brussel sprouts, but my mom loves them. Who decides which of us is right and how?
Ekreagan 1 year ago
@Ekreagan When we die everything that has happened will all be explained and then we will find out if brussel sprouts taste good or bad. Including music, every kind of music cant be right. I don't agree with opinions very much. I think majority should decide how the world works foe EVERYONE and everyone including you and me should do that. One way . one taste, one sexuality, one music preference and just do what were told to do!!!
42johnnywonton 1 year ago
@Ekreagan u made that ironic intelligent comment just for attention.... didnt you?
poopscoop20 1 year ago
@Ekreagan finally someone gets it.
iwrotealife2 1 year ago
@Ekreagan
that's such a cliché. i mean, he probably had something in mind when he wrote the lyrics. conor isn't the guy who makes really vague lyrics, they're usually about something very specific. interpreting them as something else is just... stupid.
SlejvSlejv 1 year ago
@SlejvSlejv Well of course HE had something specific in mind. He wrote it about one particular thing. But I don't think that he would argue that someone else's interpretation is incorrect. I think he'd be happy that it meant something significant to someone, even if it wasn't exactly the idea that he had when he wrote it.
Ekreagan 1 year ago 2
@SlejvSlejv Well, no, I disagree. He's actually said in multiple interviews that he used to hate it when his lyrics were misunderstood, but now he loves it. Cassadaga was written in a way that it could be interpreted multiple ways. He did that on purpose.
Personally, while I enjoy knowing the original meaning, I love interpreting it to my own life... but hey, it's music. Anything goes. :)
neoninagirl 1 year ago
@Ekreagan haha youre my favorite comment :D
mynameisraina 1 year ago
Please, this is the first song that got me into bright eyes back in the 8th grade some 4 years ago. Oberst is likely the most influential artist in my life and it's easy to see that his ability to conceive the meanings and moods of words that are projected through his mind and his voice are unmatched by any other artist that i have discovered to this day.
PandaPuffer420 1 year ago 4
@Ekreagan Wrong music is only subjective if you are unaware and a dumb jerk. There is a set standard for music of quality, for example if a Juilliard graduate say's ICP is low quality they would be wright regardless of what YOU think. If she said Conor was really high quality than it would be fact not because you collectively agree with her but because she has the credentials to say so.
7MRsilkgrow 1 year ago
@Ekreagan It's obviously about addiction.
if a man sings a song called I SMOKE WEED EVERYDAY
and only the lyrics are I SMOKE WEED EVERYDAY is some moron going to go, I think this song is about fishing.
No. He's not.
RSRatornra 1 year ago
@Ekreagan
I'm pretty sure this song is about feeling hopeless, lonely, depressed and forgotten.
No fucking interpretation needed.
JigokuKitty 1 year ago 3
@JigokuKitty exactly
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Ekreagan 2 years ago
it's about substance abuse through depression.
Oncaymaeon 2 years ago 3
It's definitely about depression and maybe even suicide "You think you don't want to pass out where your roommates will find you again," and using substances to ease that pain, but being caught in a circle of depression and destructive behavoir that you cannot get out of.
whentimesaregood 2 years ago 4
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jemick111 2 years ago
this is so beautiful.
xuterusxsex 2 years ago
it's sad that people connect this song mostly to drugs
m3pi 2 years ago
um.. cause its about drugs?
you can argue and complain all you want about conor doing or not doing drugs, but this song is openly about drugs so.. get over it
vampired00d44 2 years ago 7
i don't care who does drugs and who not, but this song is NOT about drugs..
this song is about having, living and dealing with depression...
about not knowing what to do, not having the energy to do anything, not beeing able to go on with this live and beeing stuck in a circle..
that is what the title means, a line allows progress, a circle does not
see: "Break this circle of thoughts you chase"
and "a line" does certainly NOT refere to heroin..
a line of heroin allows progress? come on...
m3pi 2 years ago
Yeah, because a line doesn't refer to cocaine, and "You're always looking for something to sniff, smoke or swallow" means depressed people sniff, smoke and swallow depression. Awesome!!
msparton 2 years ago 2
great, you found the one part where drugs are mentioned, i'm proud of you
in the same part it goes: "But you would settle for anything that would make your brain slow down or stop"
slow down or stop... how can you connect that to progress? The title still is: "A line allows progress...", not just "a line"
he is looking for sth to ease the pain of his thoughts
did i mention dealing with depression?
you can't take 1 part out of 7 and say this part is about drugs, so the whole song is about drugs
m3pi 2 years ago 2
dude the song is about drugs get over it, and yes there is a deeper meaning just like all of his songs, but u cant say this song isnt about drugs
boywithnoarms21 2 years ago
i know you'vr gotten replies to this, but if you really think this song is about drugs, you're an idiot. Just b/c there is a reference to drugs and mentions taking drugs doesnt mean thats what the song is about it mean thjat that has something to do with what the song IS about which is a man's depressed and sad life...b/c he feels this way he takes drugs, not the other way around....
muahahaha101 2 years ago
well, thanks muaha,
but we should stop that here
lets come together at the point where we say: "real" music should mean sth to people, should touch them by their hearts and should make them think
i think we can all agree that conor achieves those things with his writting
i remember arguing about songmeaning with an old friend of mine.. oh my.. neverending story..
m3pi 2 years ago
haha well I do agree....although Im not sure if there is "real" or "not real" music there is just good and not good music and i think what defines good music is the emotion put it into it and how it reaches out to people
muahahaha101 2 years ago
@m3pi You can't totally overlook the drug reference in this song, it's a major theme. Not to prove you wrong because you're not, it very well is about depression.....through substance abuse and you should also take in consideration that many Bright Eyes songs talk about substance abuse
RandomRejects 2 years ago
You're absolutely right; half of their depressing songs include something about drugs or alcohol; Lover I Don't Have To Love, Let's Not Shit Ourselves, (where he tries to kills himself with Whiskey and medicine), Laura Laurent, and like fifty others.
No one can deny that Conor has had issues with substance abuse.
GhostofVengence 1 year ago
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RandomRejects 2 years ago
KENNY - everybody knows you're buying this album and that you love bright eyes. everyone knows you would sodomize conor if you had the chance, now stop commenting every single conor oberst video repeatedly. it's creepy and obnoxious.
Maatsy 2 years ago
Uh...... Ouch
JasperAvi 2 years ago
i think conor is handsome,
but if i hadn't heard his music first,
i probably wouldn't think so as much.
his words are so beautiful <3
its incredible.
ipukezombies 2 years ago
this video is a constant boner.
Sarah you have good taste in hot Conor pictures ^_^
And the song is one of my favorites too... who is the other singer in this by the way?
blackblackgrey 2 years ago 3
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ipukezombies 2 years ago
give bright eyes back!!
mariaangel2003 2 years ago
Do you think that a line allowing progress has any relation to a line of cocaine?
absoluterecon 2 years ago 3
Yeah dude for sure. Even the title is a reference to blow. 'a line'
myynameisbatman 2 years ago
And stop counting on that camera
that hangs round your neck
Because it won't ever remember
what you choose to forget
This song is amazing.
DylanShorkey 2 years ago 4
I love Connor
no homo
sexyDGD 2 years ago 3
i love how you can browse through the comments on a good bright eyes song without seeing a bunch of people bitch and argue with each other.
great music is something i guess we can all agree on :)
billydevious 2 years ago 48
Well put.
warren360 2 years ago
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iwasteourtime 2 years ago
@billydevious shut the f up you @@! go listen real music etc etc etc.
lol, jk. agreed, totally.
~Nout
mopsnuf 1 year ago
I miss you so much. bring back bright eyes
mariaangel2003 2 years ago 6
"And your parents noticed your thinning face
All the weight you lost
All the weight you are losing"
Wow.
smallkill69 2 years ago 4
who's singing with conor?
Man, these lyrics are so depressingly great.
BurntByTheMoon44 2 years ago 2
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Gnosimaie 2 years ago
That's Joe Knapp from Son Ambulance. God damn beautiful. :)
Gnosimaie 2 years ago 2
thanks! And man I know. All of Conor's music is beautiful :)
BurntByTheMoon44 2 years ago
which album is this?
PrallPlusOne 2 years ago
it's underrated because people hear the intro and think, hm, this is shit. but the song gets better as it goes.
TyroneeT 2 years ago 4
0:47 amazing
OliviaDesjardins 2 years ago 4
Conor Oberst is the most underrated writer ever.
sunhoney1 2 years ago 13
a seriously underrated song in the bright eyes catalog. It's one of their best, and one of the most harrowing.
millardforever 2 years ago 7
God... conor is so gorgeous.
Thank you whoever made this lol
letisusername 2 years ago 2
0:58 <33
IsumoVamp 2 years ago
2:29 <3
fiberoneplusthree 2 years ago
'i'm done feeling like a skeleton
no more sleep-walking days.'
jeez.
beautiful.
geeginger88 2 years ago 3
what i want to know is where are all of you that leave these comments. I love connor's work yet find it soooo rare to come across anyone who even has heard of him.
recnamorcen1 2 years ago
haha darling,
i'm from alabama.
but almost everyone i've talked to has heard of mr. oberst.
we're not as redneck-y as we sound.
=]
geeginger88 2 years ago
I think every Bright Eyes song is somehow relatable by everyone. That's why Conor is amazing.
MacieMayhem 2 years ago 12
fuk yea dood conor is the fukng man XD
hes my absolute hero. his lyrics are so inspiring....
Sesshomaru666000 2 years ago 4
does anybody happen to know who's singing in the lower pitch?
Invadrshanee 2 years ago 2
joseph knapp (son, ambulance)
outhybeic 2 years ago 3
thanks
Invadrshanee 2 years ago
its that guy from son amblance. this song is from oh holy fools songs of son ambulance and bright eyes. peace
zexnynex777 2 years ago
pretty much feel like this.
i love songs that relate.
and most of bright eyes do.
iminthestatic 2 years ago 2
Agreed.
0x0Circles0x0 2 years ago
This comment has received too many negative votes show
Fuck all you motha fuckeas
narssistyx 2 years ago
A bit too much... I prefer a lot more recent songs of him which are more intelligent, like Four Winds, I Must Belong Somewhere, When The President Talks To God, Land Locked Blues, etc... these are songwriting masterpieces
rafaelmadferit 2 years ago
i don't quite understand how this isn't eloquent or intelligent.
he is talking about different things, certainly, in this song, it's more... self-absorbed, for lack of a better term, but the writing is still beautiful, and the message still true.
paulievenna 2 years ago
how is it self-absorbed?
ctpwns 2 years ago
one could argue that it is self absorbed in the sense that he is obsessing in this song about himself? i didn't mean to offend, it's a common insult regarding the earlier works of bright eyes. in sense, they are right, but it is also meaningful and beautiful poetry, which i respect. bright eyes is probably my favorite band, after all...
paulievenna 2 years ago 2
how do you see that he's obsesed with himself in this song? he's talking about addiction.
Jarederaj 2 years ago
yes but when an artist writes a poem the speaker in the poem isn't the poet himself just because its in 1st person. the writer isn't supposed to be considered the narrator. the narrator is just supposed to represent a character.
sorry if i sound like a dick tho
ctpwns 2 years ago 3