Light Pollution- Bright Eyes

Song: Light Pollution
Artist: Bright Eyes
Album: Digital Ash In A Digital Urn

Lyrics:
John A. Hobson was a good man
He used to loan me books and mic stands
He even got me a subscription
To the Socialist Review
Listening to records in his basement
Old folk songs about the government
It's love of money not the market
He said, "These fuckers push on you"

And freedom yells, it don't cry
Whatever sells will decide
But there's no hell when you die
So don't look so worried

He got a nightlife, lost his day job
Pushing papers, swinging pendulums
Anything to serve a function
Or to occupy some time
You've got to earn this living somehow
You're good as dead without a bank account
But it's funny how alive he felt
Down in that unemployment line

With all that trash at his feet
The pools of piss in the street
All of that filthy empathy
For the way we're feeling

The billboard's shade
The flags, they wave
The anthem was playing loud
The baseball game was letting out
And all at once he saw the dust
And heard every tiny sound
Got in his truck and turned around

Drove out through the crowd
And the cops
Drove out past that center mall
Drove out past that sickening sprawl
Out past that fenced in gold
And maybe he lost control
Fucking with the radio
But I bet the stars
Seemed so close
At the end
At the end
At the end
At the end
At the end

Category:

Music

Tags:

• bright
• eyes
• light
• pollution
• digital
• ash
• in
• urn
• conor
• oberst
• indie

[EpicPlatypus]

this is one of my favorite songs!!!!

[moyado]

It's love of money not the market

[heyjude97]

@TheDusktilldawn THat's what he said in One Of My Kind (the film) and he also said something sort of like that in a John Norris interview.

[shelbysc123]

conor oberst is like a kitten. you cnt controll how you feel about him.

[Dietrich739]

One of his best songs in my opinion wish he would start doing his old stuff again his album that comes out on tuesday doesnt seem like it will be that great

[heyjude97]

@SanderDub He did Bright Eyes from 1997-2010, and COMVB was actually an accident. He was just doing a solo album, but then he accidently formed a band. Bright Eyes was his main project, though.

[WordsYouForget]

@SanderDub Conor oberst started making music at 13. his first bright eyes relese came out in the late 90s, and he didnt start his solo stuff and mystic vally band stuff till a decade later

[SanderDub]

Holy shit, is the singer the same as in Conor Oberst (& the Mystic Valley Band)? Wow, he must be doing two different side projects. I'm pretty sure it's him... Cool!!

[Jarederaj]

he could be a Padriac but i think he's a Justin.

[rast123456789]

Me to Everyone is like your weird but Im glad Im not the only one geez