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Now and again
It seems worse than it is
But mostly the view is accurate
You see your breath in the air
As you climb up the stairs
To that coffin you call your apartment
And you sink in your chair
Brush the snow from your hair
And drink the cold away
You're not really sure
What you're doing this for
But you need something to fill up the days
A few more hours
There's a dream in my brain
That just won’t go away
It has been stuck there since it came
A few nights ago
I’m standing on a bridge
In the town where I lived
As a kid with my mom and my brothers
And then the bridge disappears
And I’m standing on air
With nothing holding me
And I hang like a star
Fucking glow in the dark
For all those starving eyes to see
Like the ones we’ve wished on
But now I’m confused
Is this death really you?
Do these dreams have any meaning?
No, no, I think it's more like a ghost
That's been following us both
Something vague that we're not seeing
Something more like a feeling
It seems worse than it is
But mostly the view is accurate
You see your breath in the air
As you climb up the stairs
To that coffin you call your apartment
And you sink in your chair
Brush the snow from your hair
And drink the cold away
You're not really sure
What you're doing this for
But you need something to fill up the days
A few more hours
There's a dream in my brain
That just won’t go away
It has been stuck there since it came
A few nights ago
I’m standing on a bridge
In the town where I lived
As a kid with my mom and my brothers
And then the bridge disappears
And I’m standing on air
With nothing holding me
And I hang like a star
Fucking glow in the dark
For all those starving eyes to see
Like the ones we’ve wished on
But now I’m confused
Is this death really you?
Do these dreams have any meaning?
No, no, I think it's more like a ghost
That's been following us both
Something vague that we're not seeing
Something more like a feeling
Lyrics submitted by PLANES
Track duration: 03:33
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"And I hang like a star
Fucking glow in the dark
For all those starving eyes to see
Like the ones we've wished on"
Does have something to do with Cursive's album "Such Blinding Stars for Starving Eyes".
It makes sense too, I mean, he has that memory about his youth, and Conor and Tim Kasher were friends in their youth, I think that the Bright Eyes song "Nothing Gets Crossed Out" is about their relationship then as well "Tim, I heard your album and it's better than good".
"Fucking glow in the dark"
Conor Oberst is a lyrical genius, i think there he's talking about suicide. it makes it more beautiful. At the beginning, the girl he's referring to is obviously very depressed, he is also very confused and consumed with death.
its magic.
none of that probably made any sense, so my b if it didn't =D
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I think it's a poem about some brother/friend-type figure of his feeling lost and alone, anyway. Conor wrote this song for them in sympathy? Also, in the interview he explains the part about the starving eyes.
and i hang like a star, fucking glow in the dark, for all those starving eyes to see... like the ones we've wished on"
Conor Oberst has an incredible voice to exemplify his lyrics. It's more like he's telling you exactly how he's feeling with his voice than simply singing you a song. his music always seemed so much more personal to me, so real. you can hear the desperate honesty in his voice & his lyrics, and it's overwhelming.
Fucking glow in the dark
For all those starving eyes to see
does anyone know what he means by these lines? i really do not understand them.
Love Conor.
And I'm standing on air
With nothing holding me
And I hang like a star
I think this part is a suicide refference. its like, your hanging yourself in a closet and you stand on a box to put on the noose and you kick the box away (And then the bridge disappears) and you hang there, )And I'm standing on air With nothing holding me And I hang like a star). Pretty emo stuff, but also very real stuff too, unfortunaltly.
fabulos song.
Bear with me now, k?
"Now and again
It seems worse than it is
But mostly the view is accurate
You see your breath in the air
As you climb up the stairs
To that coffin you call your apartment"
I think he's saying that both of them know there is something wrong but they refuse to admit to it, he doesn't want to say he's depressed and she (i know it can be another guy but to make matters easier i'll say She) doesn't want to accept the fact that she's anorexic. They both don't have a path or meaning to their lives, hiding in their apartments all day.
"And you sink in your chair
Brush the snow from your hair
And drink the cold away"
For the depression he is using drinks and sleep to combat thinking too hard, and if you read Pro-Ana sites they always insist that drinking teas will make you feel better and so will sleep, they take away the dizzyness from not eating. ALSO~ snow and ice are very common themes in writing about anorexia because the lose of body weight makes you prone to be cold more often.
"You're not really sure
What you're doing this for
But you need something to fill up the days
A few more hours"
He isn't sure what the meaning of his life is, he's just looking to pass the time til his death (much like the woman in the 2nd stanza in Waste of Paint, how she doesn't mind or get upset over nearing her death).
"There's a dream in my brain
That just wont go away
It has been stuck there since it came
A few nights ago
I'm standing on a bridge
In the town where I lived
As a kid with my mom and my brothers
And then the bridge disappears
And I'm standing on air
With nothing holding me"
He had a dream about his childhood when he was still happy, and the bridge disappearing represents his feeling of disconnection with his past and former happiness. He feels like he used to have something supporting him (family and the bridge) but now he's lost his way. It applies to her as well, dealing with her old self who was content with her body image and now feels lost.
"And I hang like a star
Fucking glow in the dark
For all those starving eyes to see
Like the ones we've wished on"
They feel like people are judging them and analyzing them just like the people they refuse to accept they've become like (he doesn't want to admit he's depressed, she doesn't want to admit to having an E.D.). The "starving eyes" refers to all other people who are like them, who don't see a future or meaning to their lives. They're metaphorically "Starving" and empty.
"But now I'm confused
Is this death really you?"
They are analyzing themselves and not recognizing what they've become.
"Do these dreams have any meaning?
No, no, I think it's more like a ghost
That's been following us both
Something vague that we're not seeing
Something more like a feeling"
He is questioning the nature of his dream, why it came to him. The "ghost" is what is essentially fueling his depression and her eating disorder, a "vague feeling" that they will never be good enough or that there is no meaning to their lives.
It's a terrible feeling and this is a beautifully haunting song. My interpretation probably isn't right but that is what I always see when I hear this song.
It's beautiful<3