| Bright Eyes – Nothing Gets Crossed Out Lyrics | 14 years ago |
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Although he would never state it explicitly in a song, I think it's likely Conor has a lot of experience with depression. This song is probably the closest depiction to the feelings and thoughts of a depressive phase that I've heard. "Well the future's got me worried Such awful thoughts" One symptom of depression is excessive doubt and deflated self-esteem. "My head's a carousel of pictures The spinning never stops" Depression often makes it difficult to formulate cogent thoughts. It can cause very muddled thinking, hence the carousel. "Like when I fell under the weight Of a schoolboy crush Started carrying her books And doing lots of drugs" It's common to lose one's own discretions in a depressive phase. I think the official diagnosis says something about a higher likelihood of drug use and higher likelihood of risky sexual encounters. "But all I do is just lay in bed And hide under the covers" Depression leads to excessive sleep. "And it's too hard to focus Through all this doubt" Once again the difficulty to formulate thoughts. "I keep making these to-do lists But nothing gets crossed out Working on the record seems pointless now" A lot of diagnostic tests ask if you make lists to try to accomplish simple tasks. I have personal experience with this. "But now I've got to crawl to get anywhere at all I'm not as strong as I thought" I've felt exactly likely this when I had depressive phases. It's difficult to accomplish very simple daily things. "I've been laying so low Don't want to lay here no more Don't want to lay here no more Don't want to lay here no more Don't want to lay here no more" Once again, it can be difficult to even get out of bed. He seems to hint at depression in a lot of his songs. Of course, you can never be certain with subtext in lyrics, but here some other songs that seem to hint at it: Bowl of Oranges; Lua; Waste of Paint; Laura Laurent; and Sunrise, Sunset (this one explicitly mentions manic depression and the title probably refers to it). |
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| Bright Eyes – Nothing Gets Crossed Out Lyrics | 14 years ago |
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Although he would never state it explicitly in a song, I think it's likely Conor has a lot of experience with depression. This song is probably the closest depiction to the feelings and thoughts of a depressive phase that I've heard. "Well the future's got me worried Such awful thoughts" One symptom of depression is excessive doubt and deflated self-esteem. "My head's a carousel of pictures The spinning never stops" Depression often makes it difficult to formulate cogent thoughts. It can cause very muddled thinking, hence the carousel. "Like when I fell under the weight Of a schoolboy crush Started carrying her books And doing lots of drugs" It's common to lose one's own discretions in a depressive phase. I think the official diagnosis says something about a higher likelihood of drug use and higher likelihood of risky sexual encounters. "But all I do is just lay in bed And hide under the covers" Depression leads to excessive sleep. "And it's too hard to focus Through all this doubt" Once again the difficulty to formulate thoughts. "I keep making these to-do lists But nothing gets crossed out Working on the record seems pointless now" A lot of diagnostic tests ask if you make lists to try to accomplish simple tasks. I have personal experience with this. "But now I've got to crawl to get anywhere at all I'm not as strong as I thought" I've felt exactly likely this when I had depressive phases. It's difficult to accomplish very simple daily things. "I've been laying so low Don't want to lay here no more Don't want to lay here no more Don't want to lay here no more Don't want to lay here no more" Once again, it can be difficult to even get out of bed. He seems to hint at depression in a lot of his songs. Of course, you can never be certain with subtext in lyrics, but here some other songs that seem to hint at it: Bowl of Oranges; Lua; Waste of Paint; Laura Laurent; and Sunrise, Sunset (this one explicitly mentions manic depression and the title probably refers to it). |
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