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A Perfect Sonnet Lyrics
Lately I've been wishing I had one desire
Something that would make me never want another
Something that would make it so that nothing matters
All would be clear then
But I guess I'll have to settle for a few brief moments
And watch all dissolve into a single second
And try to write it down into a perfect sonnet
Or one foolish line

Because that's all that you'll get so you'll have to accept
You are here and then you're gone

But I believe that lovers should be tied together
And thrown into the ocean in the worst of weather
And left there to drown
Left there to drown in their innocence
But as for me, I'm coming to the final chapter
I read all of the pages and there's still no answer
Only all that was before I know must soon come after
That's the only way it can be

So I stand in the sun and I breathe with my lungs
Trying to spare myself the weight of the truth

Saying everything you've ever seen was just a mirror
And you've spent your whole life sweating in an endless fever
And now you're laying in a bathtub full of freezing water
Wishing you were a ghost
But once you knew a girl and you named her Lover
And danced with her in kitchens through the greenest summer
But autumn came, she disappeared, you don't remember
Where she said she was going to

But you know that she's gone because she left you a song
That you don't want to sing

Singing, I believe that lovers should be chained together
And thrown into a fire with their songs and letters
And left there to burn
Left there to burn in their arrogance
But as for me I'm coming to my final failure
I've killed myself with changes trying to make it better
But I still ended up becoming something other
Than what I had planned to be

Now I believe that lovers should be draped in flowers
And laid entwined together on a bed of clover
And left there to sleep
Left there to dream of their happiness

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bright eyes burn me
01-26-2002

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i feel this way exactlly a good portion of my life. Then conor just keeps bringing himself back.

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emopunkskaface
04-14-2002

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i love this song so much. it makes me cry every time i listen to it... i love the "i believe that lovers should be..."

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damienthornto
04-14-2002

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i felt this way during one of my nervous breakdowns

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I Saw Star Wars
04-25-2002

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i wonder who he wrote this about, or what inspired him to create this song? the pain in his voice... it makes me want to cry but the ending prevents me. its beautiful, for lack of a better word.

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a9entplut0
05-08-2002

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this song is exactly as it's name implies...

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TaffyNCK
05-09-2002

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What an awesome song... it helps cuddle those worst emotions you have after a break up... those emotions you really can't share with anyone else

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iLoveSavesTheDay
06-02-2002

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this song makes me soo emotional... i love how he starts out quiet and then gets really loud.... and the last "i believe that lovers.." part is so beautiful!!

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i_forgot_to_breathe
06-05-2002

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This was my first Bright Eyes song, and it introduced me to Conor Oberst's incredible lyrical genius.

I want to cry everytime I hear this song.

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jenna864
06-16-2002

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this was my first Bright Eyes song too, and it still puts me on the verge of tears every time i listen to it. it's so amazingly beautiful

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alliebee
06-17-2002

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i SO almost cried the first time i heard this...;_; so pathetic.. but it's such a pretty, pretty song.

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XsweetEMOtionX
06-18-2002

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omg =(. This is the saddest song. It's so beautiful. I love it.

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aniota
06-20-2002

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after hearing this song and others by bright light... it scares me how good they are. it really does. you can tell, there is something really special here.

something very unique

something that doesn't come along untainted like this hardly ever.

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aniota
06-20-2002

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eyes*********

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negatyve
06-22-2002

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such a beautiful song
"but i guess i'll have to settle for a for a few brief moments
and watch all dissolve into a single second
and try to write it down into a perfect sonnet
or one foolish line "
Conor Oberst for President~!

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popnoir
06-28-2002

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I think this EP......this song is the Perfect set up for the album Fevers and Mirrors...it explains a lot of what is going to happen in that album...and why it is happened.

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another lonely day
07-01-2002

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to me, this song is about all of those who got away because i was too afraid to do anything, because i was too messed up in the head and depressed, because i had such a low self esteem. it reminds me of the time where i despised others who were in relationships and i couldn't understand why i couldn't join them. this song screams of all those years i was indulged in self-pity, depression, and pain.

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Nowhere_Girl
07-03-2002

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I really love this song... and I cry almost everytime that I heard it... or just sing it...
I believe that lovers should be tied together thrown into the fire with their songs and letter... and layed entwined together on a bed of clover... left there to fly in their innocence and dream with their happines...


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fadingxthexkisses
07-03-2002

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These lyrics kick ass... besides all the tears, this song brings up a new perspective that love is for life and though death seems like an easy escape, it's only a failure... it also means that instead of wishing death upon the lovers, wish them happiness because someday you may fall in love and become one of them.... really really pretty song!

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empty_satire
07-08-2002

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totally the lyrics arre great, and when he says "greenest".. i thought he was saying "penis" thats what it sounds like anyways but besides that this is a very incredable song. haha

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xSadderStarx
07-09-2002

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i second the motion for Conor for president :)

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PuNkDoLL
07-22-2002

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I'm in LOVE with this song. I keep listening to it over and over again. "Now I believe that lovers should be draped in flowers and layed entwined together on a bed of clovers and left there to sleep left there to dream of their happiness" must be the most romantic/passionate thing i've ever read. He's so realistic and symbolic. This man is a song writing genuis.

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CoconuT
07-23-2002

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heh, i just have to say it, he's the best writer... he should do all of our talking for us, so genius. Conor for pres.

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CoconuT
07-23-2002

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heh, i just have to say it, he's the best writer... he should do all of our talking for us, so genius. Conor for pres.

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negatyve
07-28-2002

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If Conor was president, I bet he'd lower the legal drinking age.

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camdawg
08-02-2002

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i've never seen anyone write this way, amazing.

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