Lyrics for A Spindle, a Darkness, a Fever, and a Ne... as interpreted by PLANES

A Spindle, a Darkness, a Fever, and a Ne... Lyrics
"So long everything!" he shouted
Then he ran next door to Margot's house
"I'm moving," he said
"Where?" asked Margot
"Two weeks away," he said
"Mitchell, where is that?" asked Margot
"It's everywhere I will be after I walk for two weeks," said Mitchell, "I have lived in the same place for a long time, it is time for me to go someplace else"
"No," said Margot, "You have only lived next door for fifty years"
"Sixty," said Mitchell
"Fifty, sixty. What's the difference?" said Margot, "I want you to stay next door forever"
"I can't," said Mitchell, " I do not want to go wake up in the same old bed and eat breakfast in the same old kitchen. Every room in my house is the same old room, because I have lived there too long"

You turn on a spindle
You are so much looser now
But you’re not explaining how
You gained such new repose
I touch the clasp of your locket
With its picture held
Some secret you wouldn’t tell
But let it choke your neck
So we imagine a darkness
Where all shapes divide
Solids changing into light
With a burst of heat so bright
Well fine, don’t you do what I want you to
Don’t degrade yourself the way I do
Because you don’t depend on all the shit
That I use to make my moods improve

"And you look at me and think, same old face, same old tail, same old scales, same old walk, same old talk," said Margot
"No," said Mitchell, "I like your face, tail, scales, walk and talk. I like you"
"I like, like, like you"
"I like, like, like you too," said Mitchell
He walked through the door
"I must pack," he said

Near a sea of pianos
There were waves of chords
That crashed against the shore
In one huge and useless roar
And there were girls bringing water
Like a dream they came
To cure the fever of my brain
And soothe my burning throat
And they made me a necklace
Hanging beads of sweat
On a string of my regrets
And placed it around my neck
And they were singing
"Don’t you do what you’ve wanted to
Yeah, don’t destroy yourself
Like those cowards do
And maybe the sun keeps coming up
Because it has gotten used to you
And your constant need for proof"

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bright eyes burn me
01-26-2002

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another personal favorite.

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AndForgetMeNots
04-13-2002

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"Don’t degrade yourself the way I do because you don’t depend on all the shit that I use to make
my moods improve."

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popnoir
06-28-2002

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I love the line "And they made me a nacklance, hanging beads of sweat on a string of my regrets, and placed it round my neck. . ." It is like they are making something beautiful out of all the bad things that have happened to him. I love Fevers and Mirrors. There is so much imagery in it.

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negatyve
06-30-2002

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Every album Conor makes you can see him becoming more and more great. I can not wait for the new one "Lifted or The Story is in the Soil, Keep Your Ear to the Ground", Hopefully this time around the world will recognize one of the greatest songwriters of our time.

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TryandLive
07-04-2002

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eeeeeeee i love this song so much... it always makes me want to cry, but i love it anyway

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stickingtosheets
07-22-2002

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the beggining to this song with the girl reading is pure genius.

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linkin_park
08-14-2002

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this is such a beautiful song...conor sings with so much emotion that its hard for me to listen to this song when im extremely depressed. my favorite part is when he sings "and placed it round my neck and they were singing..." his voice really gets to me during the word "neck." i think this is my favorite bright eyes song.

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difference_in_shades
08-21-2002

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conor helps teach kids who speak english as a second language. good kid.

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stripesproject
09-08-2002

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15..16 what's the difference? i want you to stay next door forever... i wish my margot said that to me

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near_at_hand
09-08-2002

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Does anyone know what book the child is reading during this song? Id really like to find it. thanks

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chieri
09-24-2002

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it's called mitchell is moving
by marjorie weinman sharmat
illustrated by jose aruego and ariane dewey
my favorite book ever.
i love the way the kid reads it
is that conor helping him in the background?


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littlestar
09-26-2002

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conor oberst is so fucking amazing

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notyouandnotme
09-28-2002

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i'm pretty sure it's conor that you can hear helping him in the background... not positive.
i absolutely love this song.

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Xweezerkid
10-13-2002

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Is that Conor helping the kid in the recording?

this sounds pretty accurate.

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NightNeverSleeps
10-14-2002

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i haven't heard much on this, but the book itself sounds like "dennis the menace". i think dennis's last name was mitchell and the red-haired girl's name was margot ... i'm not totally sure though.

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atarisemokid
03-04-2003

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this is by far, one of my favourite Bright Eyes songs, but I want to know what he says in the beginning.. there's a whole introduction about Margo and Mitchel

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emotion_is_dead
03-05-2003

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no you retards this is from "mitchell's moving"

come on now

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fuk3r
03-07-2003

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my neighbor's name is margot

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bright.eyed.girl
03-11-2003

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I wonder what made him sample this story of all the ones he could have sampled. Conor is such a genius. I mean, if I was listening to a child read this, I would take it at face-value. Conor adds a whole new feeling and level to it, just by incorporating it into a song.

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emoc0r3
03-17-2003

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this song is so beautiful..anybody know where i can find the guitar tabs for this song?

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lets_start_over
03-21-2003

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thats a great song, i havent heard it, but the lyrics:D

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oneseasontoolate
03-23-2003

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his voice sounds too deep to be conor's..

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oneseasontoolate
03-23-2003

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is it really conor helping the kid? his voice sounds too deep.

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bright.eyed.girl
03-26-2003

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I am fairly sure that's him. The accent is the same...maybe its one of his brothers?

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ours after dark
03-26-2003

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it sounds like a little mexican girl. that means conor is pretty effin cool.

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