Bright Eyes - A Poetic Retelling of an Unfortunate Seduction - 09 (lyrics in the description)

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The language
In the dimmer rooms
Seems to represent the light source well
How soft they speak
And seem to be at peace
With the movement of the music and the madness
That's pulling me into this

And the shades of the lamps are woven red
The light, it stains and consecrates
Anointing all forgotten forms
That swirl and smoke
And haunt this place
The girls in gowns all nurse the dark
Pulling it near to their swelling breasts
And watch as it seeps to their hearts
And beats within their virgin chests
And here I know seduction breeds
From wanton hearts that would seduce
And grows and spreads its vines and leaves
Embracing those who might have moved
But now remain to drink the night
From vials black and thick with steam
With intoxicating delights
Would leave you drunk inside this dream
And you watch them take the light from you

And you find yourself on a velvet couch,
Tasting the skin of a foreign girl
Her eyes are black and wet like oil
And she ties your hands with a string of pearls
And you tremble like a frightened bird
As she closes in and captures you to place you
In a silver cage deep within her poisoned womb
So once you're safe inside, she might let you out
To fly in circles around the room
But its always night and there is no moon
And you wonder if you are alive
And you're not sure if you want to be
But you drink her sweat like it was wine
And you lay with her
On a bed of blue
And it's awful sweet
Like the fruit she cuts and feeds to you

Category:

Music

Tags:

• Bright Eyes
• lyrics
• conor oberst
• mike mogas
• m ward
• noise floor
• cassadaga
• folk
• indie

[LostSubsForever]

Thanks for the link Will O'!  :)

[klkool1]

@LostSubsForever

Suuuurreee.

[grafiene]

So desperate, so overhelming. I think I believe in this band more than in anything. 

[Porojukaha]

.....and they try to make me study The Wasteland in school.

Until I see Connor Oberst in my childs high school curriculum I am going to assume that the high school is wasting his time.

[R0WMaC]

@Porojukaha also the schools teach what they can teach. Until people write thesis's and work to get those thesis's published and recognized then the schools can't teach it. It is as simple as that my good friend with good taste in music!

[R0WMaC]

@Porojukaha The Wasteland is an excellent poem and you'd do well to study it.

[TheMrMartyr]

I love this song too much. I'm always astounded at how deep he can go. All his songs touch me but this is the only one that makes me click replay endlessly.... :((

When I first heard this I almost cried at how breathtaking this song was, it's not just the lyrics- his voice makes this song what it is - a masterpiece....

[TheMrMartyr]

@addictioner what???? O_o

[addictioner]

Try im wide awake it morning for lime treeish songs

[finalmattasy]

@Porojukaha I was referring to my opinion of his work as a whole, not this song in particular. I like your interpretation of this song though.

[Porojukaha]

@finalmattasy are you kidding? There is no frustration in this song. Read the lyrics bub. Its about fornication, specifically visiting a prostitute, and how it steals your spirit and your soul and leaves you desolate and dead inside. Its almost like he took a verse from the bible and gave it more poetic words and more emotional expression as a haunting short story. At the end he isn't screaming in frustration, its the screaming of a damned soul.

[finalmattasy]

@hawknelsonisthebest blah blah, I sound mean. He's great.. just after obsessively scouring his catalog for another Lime Tree I'm constantly thinking, "Wow, he's yelling in frustration AGAIN?"

[finalmattasy]

@hawknelsonisthebest Does what? I think he mostly simmers and spazzes vocally, emphasis on the spaz. His lyrics are obviously really good though.

I really like the mixes on Lime tree and Make a plan to love me. Still, I only bought those, LIFTED and a few more tracks: Train under water, An attempt to tip the scales, and June on the west coast.

I'll go to the ep's next, but I can see why he's not super popular.