Bright Eyes - I've Been Eating (for You)

[MathPlup]

What a wonderful poet Conor is. he's raw, powerful, witty..! This song is great really. He's a true inspiration.

By the way you guys, i dont mean to spam or anything, really, but i've written a song called "I hear a bell" (it's in the video responses), it's a little bit with the same spirit. If you have 3minutes check it out if you want, it would be really nice. If you do, thank you, sincerely :).

[championofidiots]

@MathPlup i like it

[MathPlup]

@championofidiots :) thank you very very much!!

[photographbombphoto]

Remind me to use the term "You're more like a basketball" next time I come across a slut. I'm kidding really...sort of.

[ERIKTHEPOET]

i used this all these lyrics on my ex girlfriend now shes a desperate bitch thank you bright eyes :) 

[asdfben42]

Best way anyone has ever been called a slut. "Now you're more of a basketball, boys just pass you around, bounce you hard on the ground, and dribble, and then we all get high fives."

[gahimoriginal]

When I saw they added Reactions to the list of input options on a video, I immediately went here to choose "ouch."

[AnnaRose5225]

@gahimoriginal your comment made me click ouch too :)

[Caydennt]

i hope you get everything that you care to possess and unbelievable sex with him or any one of my friends.

[Fishilisation]

but now you're more of a basketball, boy just pass you around, they bounce you hard on the ground, and dribble, then we all get high fives.

powerful lyrics

[XxSAMxBlakexX]

Used to be anorexic. Now I weigh 95 lbs. I love this song so much. <3

[1Lozzix1]

@XxSAMxBlakexX

You're gettin there! Good job! tough it out and try to be healthy :) Your comment made me happy... jsyk

[garylindsay34]

what album is this on

[championofidiots]

@garylindsay34 Noise Floor

[redparade]

@garylindsay34 Originally on the '01 Wichita release called "Three New Hit Songs From Bright Eyes" (same version as Noise Floor but with killer album art)

[checkerboard96]

God i love this album......

Two days in a row ive gotten home from school layed down on my bed with this album playing tying to right something and end up falling asleep. Conor is soo special.

[WarmPeachTea24]

0:00

[championofidiots]

@WarmPeachTea24 ??

[WarmPeachTea24]

@championofidiots Haha, that was for myself: replay button.

[liftedfeversnmirrors]

@championofidiots Free replay button man, but tips are definitely welcome I'm sure, WarmPeachTea24 just tell me where to send the cash.

[YngwiesDaughter13]

@championofidiots

So people can replay it.

[SunnyisinCalifornia]

@WarmPeachTea24 instant reply button ftw! <3 ;)

[xXergosumXx]

Now you're a basketball, boys pass you around. And hit you hard against the ground.

so fucking clever.

[xDarkMonkx]

lol i have this song on my phone but it ends at 'well your probably right, but at least im not blind' and i was like =o well that doesnt seem very cool that he would just end the song rightthere...

[Fox5593]

Great song, poop quality.

[xXshannonnicoleXx]

@Fox5593

That made me burst out laughing.

I am so mature x3

[BrightEyes10003]

@Fox5593 whats that supposed to mean?

[Fox5593]

@BrightEyes10003 It means that it is an amazing song that I thank the uploader for uploading, I just wish that the audio quality was a little better. It doesn't sound a little crappy to you?

[BrightEyes10003]

@Fox5593 ooh i thought that was sarcasm, when you said "great song." ok, i gotcha. and yea, i guess i see what you mean

[Uhhxhi]

Best. Song. Ever.

[laughingechidna]

@Thunderpie2 thank you. Your comment made me feel like I'm not alone and I think that is the point of music.

[SseBb]

This song remembers me of my girlfriend. She has an eating disorder and the only reasons she eats, is because she is eating for me.

[enslavethesoul]

@SseBb lol you sure thats why??

[earmud]

yes, totally cruel, but the poetry, as usual, is incredible and relateable(sp?) for nearly all of us. take care and remember that both men and women, especially men, are carnal, innately.

[awsomo900]

does it sound like he was chewing gum in in the middle of the song or ist it just me?

[mimizj76]

so many fucking users and abusers in this damned world..few songwriters can capture it like Conor. this song validates the suffering of many.

[pestilentfrost]

he does say in the cd cover that its one of the meanest songs hes written

[Thunderpie2]

this song describes so much how i feel, not with anyone in particular but just life and the people around me. the way i feel alienated from my peers. the way i feel surrounded by people with little to no passion and bad sets of morals and low regard for women or really anything for that matter. i dont have an eating disorder but its like a metaphore to me describing how i try so hard to please people, but they never seem to stick around in the end. conor obersts helps me to understand myself

[AlyssaJaneVolta]

I love you Conor

[Jaken213]

Well, his lyrics are pretty straight-forward and honest. In the past(the time period when these songs were written) I've heard that on tour the only thing they saw him eat were pistachios. He was also a well-known cokehead, which kills your appetite. (though he's said to be clean since Cassadega)

It's all heresay though.

[eastsidestory44]

i think i know what this song is about... but if somewould like to tell me if they know for sure, that would be cool...

[SaySumtin90]

an ED?

[lolomgitskayla]

Eating Disorder? No. Actually LISTEN to the lyrics and you'll understand. ;3

[SaySumtin90]

Im so dumb.. cocaine addicted right..? (^.^)

[KMurderful]

im in the boat too.

Heres to my girlfriends

[Th3Cur31978]

i have the perfect bf who listens to this great music and introduced me to bright eyes. i could listen to this all day. i love his music

[seastar001]

Totally in the same boat, yay for great boyfriends :)

[pocketfullofkush]

i bet mike and conor could make a meann vegan meal....... id eat the shit out of it

[bruisesandcandy]

@pocketfullofkush I'd skip the shit and go for the good stuff :)

[mathrockshard]

@pocketfullofkush And by vegan meal you mean dick. LOL

[pocketfullofkush]

@mathrockshard you eat dick?? you shouldnt be sayin that on youtube dude.

[shehabammar]

@pocketfullofkush great display name

[Dr3aMWorKzZz]

@shehabammar lmfao I believe you won forever.

[Kiimeee]

And we all get high 5's - SERIOUSLY

Roman numerals = V

High = HI

You get passed round (in bed) by guys and pretty much everyone gets HIV... - great!!

[interrowhimper]

I didn't think about it that way, but that's a cool spin too. I just figure he was talking about the way guys tend to congratulate each other on getting laid.

[lolomgitskayla]

^Agreed.

[Smile1061]

@lolomgitskayla Seems strange, huh?

[lolomgitskayla]

That they would congratulate each other for something like that? It's very strange, yes.

[Smile1061]

Yeah.

[Fleedmn]

@lolomgitskayla it was a metaphor for her being a whore. high fives after basketball games and sex..

[onlyadot]

this is me and my ex's breakup song I don't even care that she cheated on me it was such a huge slap in the face for her >.>

[DangerStepp]

How can you have a breakup song, honestly? People always say this and my mind reels. Do you stand outside their window John Cusack "Say Anything" style and blare this? It makes no sense.

[onlyadot]

No,gave it to her on a CD with a few other songs.

[aidagrotesque]

Aw that's kinda really cute. Like nick and noras infinite playlist. I would fall in love if I found a guy into great indie music who would make me mixes and stuff. No one around here likes it though.

[Lifeisamazing]

reminds me of that line by john mayer "Go ahead and make your little getaway, my pride will keep me company, and you just gave yours all away"

[XcupcakeXprincessX]

"and you think I'm an asshole now, well you're probably right" that part always cracks me up...lol

[eilidhyeahgotit]

then again, this might not be him singing about himself. i think its more plausible he's talking about the girl thats passed around like a basketball.

[yourmomsassface]

it is the meanest song

its the meanest fucking song i have ever heard

its like

fuck you

this is all you are to me

[skatenowHA]

these lyrics are so clever

[fiberoneplusthree]

2:26 <3

[pageseventyfive]

I like how on the liner notes to Noise Floor the description for this is "probably the meanest song i ever wrote"

[syambor]

hey he isn't wearing a hair net . wow everything he has ever done is tarnished by that one crucial flaw

[TheSSJane]

Nope, he has an eating disorder.

[brighteyes1334]

i dont think he has an eating disorder..what the song means, to me anyway, is the way he felt rejected by someone and is telling her he only really lived for her. thats just my interpretation myabe, but i just dont feel this eating disorder vibe personally

[link182ava44]

Where is this song from? I've never heard it...

[brighteyes1334]

its from the album "noise floor" pretty old album..its not my favorite, but it has some pretty good songs, this one included

[FlorecitaRockera555]

I love this song so much. There's such sadness in his voice, it makes me cry. Conor is the best.

[Chubigans]

What a pro

[futoncat]

first time i've ever seen him eat anything.. hah

[selinaland]

aww <3

[queenminority]

i love him

[3ILuvmusic]

Its weird because whenever i hear a Bright Eyes song,I can almost always tell you what his hair was like at the time,because he went through these different stages....

[Jarederaj]

when people are depressed they eat less generaly, so he's saying he's been depressed half his life but

even though she left he wont let it get to him

he will no longer let his sadness consume him.

[blackblackgrey]

meh, I wouldn't say that was true tbh... think about comfort eating. Some people just eat eat eat when they get sad... some people won't/can't eat a bite.

Good point though.

[VeganJessica]

aw i'm sad he's not vegan anymore :/

but i still love him and his music just the same

[hopelesserik13]

when did he stop being a vegan, and what is he now?

[pickpocket10]

um not too long ago. i think it stopped when he went to mexico to record the conor oberst and the mystic valey band records.

he is now a vegetarian that eats fish. i cant remember what its called right now

[TeaMonster88]

pescatarian!

[Alvin2K4S]

peskatarian

[edawg00]

conservative

[amperkatedsoul]

Lo0ve it....

[dreamboatspetticoats]

Anyone else think these song has a slight "Christmas" sound to it? for years I've thought this..

[JacePriester]

Similar to the NOEL song, yes.

[3ILuvmusic]

Sort of.I think The City Has Sex has a Christmas sound to it,or at least the first 30 seconds of it.

[rhiannonharmony]

he dated winona ryder and people like that,

is she considered a hollywood type?

she did get shunned for kleptomania,

maybe he hangs out with the hollywood types that get shunned.. :P

I LOVE CONOR OBERST!

[explosivrice]

what r these pictures from?

[inaboxbythestep]

irlol

[futoncat]

originally on 3 New Hit Songs

[GimmeYourVoice]

Simply Amazing.

<33333.

[artistsComplex]

I like this. Thanks for uploading. ^w^

[wowwerica]

This song is so relevant to me right now.

Thank god there is Brigh Eyes<3

[PrettyLoather]

Is/was Conor anorexic???

[cftool0]

no.....he's healthy....

[PrettyLoather]

Lua: you keep going to the washroom...takes one to know one.

I've been eating for you: I've been eating for you.

My point in that there are some lyrics that make me think Conor may have (had) an eating disorder.

[shitsandgigglez]

no no no

[Caineuei]

He's never had an eating disorder. He "knew" a girl who had one. Think about it, it's Hollywood life, everyone has to look their best. Those people are way fucked up.

[wheels85]

He doesn't seem to be the kind of guy that hangs around with many hollywood types.

[StripedxSocks]

Lua focuses more on drug abuse, wouldn't you say? Not eating disorders.

[yourmomsassface]

no,

it focuses on

whatever conor wanted

there is no one thing

[shitsandgigglez]

lol

[PriestsandParamedics]

Noise Floor.

[slicknicknirvana]

I dont think he'll kill himself like Elliott Smith did,do you?I hope not.How can he have this much sadness in him and continue to go on?

[tomgabelisgod]

my girlfriend suffers from an eating disorder.

it doesn't really seem like it but any chance this song is about something of that nature?

[AliceUnrequited]

Um, I'd say it's about Conor, yeah?

Fairly thin, iddn't he?

[Milla12344]

Sure, the chance is like 1 out of 1000000000000000000 though it's up to you how to interpret it so it can also be about an eating disorder... to you. ;)

[Joeruu]

If you read the lyrics there very blunt, it's about a girl(Girlfriend most likely) sleeping with his friends

[Renegade2390]

Isn't it about heartbreak? a tumultuous relationship that ended in disappointment, and while he is obviously bitter, he still cares for her. Someone said this was a mean song, but it isn't, it's just sad.

[frequentflyer66]

Jenny Lewis represent.

You go Mike

[CherrySprings]

I remember seeing a picture of conor holding a cabbage and I wondered wtf that was about =D now I understand!

[xtbs7645x]

i dont get why people like this guy, its so fucking boring.

[sailboatsandwine]

I'm sure you are. I mean at least his name is known. I'm sure you're just that face people see and turn away from super quick because of disgust.

[xtbs7645x]

so hes good because hes famous? thats nice

[futurewolf42o]

And who are you Mr.big-shot?

[sailboatsandwine]

I'm motherfucking batman.

[futurewolf42o]

well you sound like a dumb little child. sorry for the confusion Mr.Batman, it wont happen again.

[sailboatsandwine]

Batman shall forgive this one and only time.

[futurewolf42o]

thank you so much

[mdonati574]

grow up and be kind leave all the bs off

[thefrug30]

hot damn, way to go mogis' shirt.

[rhinneholt]

I was wondering, did you find these pictures?

Or was this an actual video?

If you did find them, could you send them to me?

[howiejm23]

This has to be one of the meanest songs he has ever written. But it is still a amazing song.

[phsycosomatic149]

ROFL!! that made my day thank you

[Zeldreaisme]

I'm a pescetarian! And in my opinion that's the happy medium between being an omnivorous folk and a vegetarian...you get to eat fish! Fish has omega fats, which you need....and that rocks.

I love this song.

[getxaxgrip]

I love how some people get in arguments with vegans and vegetarians

saying things like "go eat grass."

It's funny how some people assume all they eat is lettuce and carrots x)

[PhoneLad]

what else is there to eat if your a vegan? no milk so no dairy which is pretty much everything good they can eat fkn beans and vegtables go vegans! iam eating a tasty tasty bacon chesse burger right now

[Jakebullock]

fuck yes. dude. hahahah.. like its bad someone doesnt chew on flesh .haha.

[Lovelylaus]

mmmm carrots. :-) I'm a veggie and my diet is more varied than very meat eater I know. Tho I do like carrots :D

[Lovelylaus]

*every, even. Oops

[phsycosomatic149]

If god didnt want us to eat animals why would he make them so delicous?

[blckcat28]

MAYBE because god doesn't exist? hm?

[phsycosomatic149]

no I know he doesnt exist I just like messing with vegans and vegetarians

[blckcat28]

why? (I eat meat btw)

[voldermania]

That made me laugh so much.

ILU.

Bring on the anti-positive thumbs.

[SobeDragon7]

Ya seriously!

And to other meat eaters that say it's so delicious. If you try going off of meat for a few weeks, it becomes not so delicious anymore. Let's not bring a debate about religion into food. Food is too good for arguments.

[whatareweres]

I was vegetarian for 7 and a half months, but I stopped because I was very unhealthy at the time (that was my own fault), but i'm going to be a pescitarian after thanksgiving.

[SobeDragon7]

vegetarian isn't usually unhealthy...Did you eat nutritious food?

[whatareweres]

No, that's why I said it was my own fault. I pretty much lived off of string cheese and soy milk.

[PhoneLad]

tampon

[canary1008]

hes such a sad old soul hes so beautiful :(

[NicoleisaParasite13]

shouldn't Conor be wearing a hairnet?

[littlemfer424242]

yay mediocore comment :D

[LizzyT123]

He's so cute right now. Imagine how handsome he'll be in like, 5-10 years. Gorgeous.

[justinwwwalin]

haha its weird how every conor video ends up with a fight about vegetarians. just enjoy the damn music!!

[Emericanization]

ok homo.

[Emericanization]

well shit man.. youre coming at me telling me your life story, do you really think i care if youre a vegetarian? i never said there was anything wrong with it anyway. so chill.

[iMychemromance17]

Btw, I am sooooooooooo not a ciggarette

[Emericanization]

so you're gay then?

[iMychemromance17]

Yeah which makes you Celine Dion. Wow what great logic!!!!