Lyrics for Easy/Lucky/Free as interpreted by apocalypse84

Easy/Lucky/Free Lyrics
Did it all get real? I guess it's real enough
They got refrigerators full of blood
Another century spent pointing guns
At anything that moves
Sometimes I worry that I've lost the plot
My twitching muscles tease my flippant thoughts
I never really dreamed of heaven much
Until we put him in the ground
But it's all I'm doing now
Listening for patterns in the sound
Of an endless static sea
But once the satellite's deceased
It blows like garbage through the streets
Of the night sky to infinity

But don't you weep
(Don't you weep for them)
Don't you weep
(Don't you weep)
There is nothing as lucky
Honey, don't you weep
(Don't you weep for them)
Don't you weep
(Don't you weep)
There is nothing as lucky
As easy
Or free

Don't be a criminal in this police state
You'd better shop and eat and procreate
You've got vacation days, then you might escape
To a condo on the coast
I set my watch to the atomic clock
I hear the crowd count down until the bomb gets dropped
I always figured there'd be time enough
I never let it get me down
But I can't help it now
Looking for faces in the clouds
I've got some friends I barely see
But we're all planning to meet
We'll lay in bags as dead as leaves
All together for eternity

But don't you weep
(Don't you weep for us)
Don't you weep
(Don't you weep)
There is no one as lucky
Honey, don't you weep
(Don't you weep for us)
Don't you weep
(Don't you weep)
There is nothing as lucky
As easy
Or free

Or free
Or free
Or free

There is nothing
There's nothing
There's nothing

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Mopnugget
11-19-2004

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"my twitching muscles tease my flippin' thoughts"

and

"we'll lay in bags as dead as leaves"

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apocalypse84
11-20-2004

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fixed.

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sx edge
12-11-2004

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I'm going through this now.
Beautiful lyrics

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SimpleKindOfBoy
12-27-2004

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This song is deep. Conor really took a philosophical approach to this record. It came out quite good.

Does the simple line "Don't you weep..." really hit hard to anyone else?

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Bladmand
12-28-2004

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Best song of the album :)

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apocalypse84
12-29-2004

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yeah, it's a great song. i didn't understand it the first time i listened to it but then i talked to a friend, and we both agreed that it was about death. and about looking at death with a positive perspective...like there's nothing just really quite as easy...free...or lucky than death (with the thoughts that conor makes known on 'light pollution' - "there's no hell when you die so don't look so worried"

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apocalypse84
12-29-2004

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-=TiedToTheTracks=-
01-08-2005

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i think the exact thing apocalypse.

beautiful song.

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savesthedayfreak
01-24-2005

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i took it from the CD booklet few mistakes in the one posted so here ya go.


Did it all get real? I guess it's real enough. They've got refridgerators full of blood - another century spent pointing guns at anything that moves. Sometimes I worry that I've lost the plot. My twitchin' muscles tease my flippant thoughts. I never really dreamed of heaven much until we put him in the ground, but it's all I'm doing now - listening for patterns in the sound of an endless static sea. once the satellite's deceased, it blows like garbage through the streets of the night sky to infinity.

But don't you weep. (Don't you weep for them.) Don't you weep. (Don't you weep.) There is nothing as lucky... Honey, don't you weep. (Don't you weep for them.) Don't you weep. (Don't you weep.) There is nothing as lucky...as easy...or free.

Don't be a criminal in this police state. You'd better shop and eat and procreate. You've got vacation days then you might escape to a condo on the coast. I set my watch to the atomic clock. I hear the crowd count down till the bomb gets dropped. I always figured there would be time enough - I never let it get me down, but I can't help it now - looking for faces in the clouds. I've got some friends I barely see, but we're all planning to meet...we'll lay in bags as dead as leaves all together for eternity.

But don't you weep. (Don't you weep for us.) Don't you weep. (Don't you weep.) There is no one as lucky... Honey, don't you weep. (Don't you weep for us.) Don't you weep. (Don't you weep.) There is nothing as lucky...as easy...or free.

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apocalypse84
01-29-2005

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thank you. fixed.

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on your porch
01-30-2005

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it sounds like he's talking about the world getting nuked and everyone knows about it, but instead of being worried they are just celebrating it like they would a new year.
"I set my watch to the atomic clock. I hear the crowd count down till the bomb gets dropped."

Does anyone else think so?

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jvenrick
01-30-2005

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It does sound like he's kind of saying that when the world ends. But i think it might just be about how the world is always at war. And that we shant cry for those who die, because they're in a much better place, atleast thats what we all want to believe...

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aviaticsquad
02-01-2005

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i think its a political statement against the people who wage war in america, and the unconcerned public.

i sense a deep sarcasm in the whole thing

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loversandliars
02-03-2005

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I just got the CD today because all the music stores are stupid and didn't get them delivered on time. Anyways, I think that this song is the best of the whole album and it almost makes me cry every time. <3

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SomeDumbEmoKid
02-13-2005

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I could see this being a message to society about our telivised war's, "don't feel bad, go take your vacations, and get on with your life, they're really better off dead". Then again, when he says the line about 'I never really dreamed of heaven much until we put him in the ground, but it's all I'm doing now', he makes the song seem more personal then general. Who knows...

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donna the dinosaur
02-14-2005

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i agree with apocalypse, in this song conor is definitely talking about death, and how he's really thinking about it. "I never really dreamed of heaven much until we put him in the ground, but it's all I'm doing now" it's like a death opened his eyes to what's going to happen, etc etc.

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daddysgun
02-15-2005

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I am currently obsessed with this song.

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acre730
02-16-2005

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Might sound silly but this song reminds me of my grandmother right now. She has alzheimers really badly and the only way at this point she will ever be freed is through death. I believe the song means that the only way ANY of us will ever be "FREE" is through death, but to me right now I am wishing my grandma could be free of her suffering.

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Cherub Rock
02-20-2005

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This song is amazing, but oh so depressing. The emptiness of Conor Oberst's outlook is sort of saddening -- all he sees is meaningless and death. Very well articulated though...
"listening for patterns in the sound of an endless static sea. But once the satellite's deceased, it blows like garbage through the streets of the night sky to infinity."
wow..

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singingbug01
02-20-2005

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I believe aviaticsquad was right about it being a political statement about war and the public. Also, he is thinking philisophically about death. When I first heard this song yesterday, I ddin't really pay close attention to the lyrics. It's a beautiful song but also rather depressing.

"listening for patterns in the sound of an endless static sea. But once the satellite's deceased, it blows like garbage through the streets of the night sky to infinity." is verrry well-written.
He is definitely talking about feeling empty, realizing that the one who died is never coming back, and there is no way to connect with them again until "we'll lay in bags as dead as leaves all together for eternity."

It seems he doesn't believe in much of an afterlife or souls living on, if he puts it as being in bags as dead as leaves. I almost want to like the song less because if it's pessimistic message, but it's too beautifully written to say I dislike it.

It is dissappointing though, this song doesn't really make me happy.

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quinnnn says
03-02-2005

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it's an obvious that death is the main factor in this song. the whole "faces in the clouds," and "but we're all planning to meet." i can definatley see references to war in this song, but the first time i heard this song i thought it out to be about somebody who he was close to whom died in the war? the whole "i hear the crowd counts down until the bomb gets dropped" thing also gives an impression of the war i suppose. i definatley think this is some of conor's best work. i know that conor doesn't want to die, he's actually afraid of it. but i think the whole easy/lucky/free thing is in reference of not having to put up with lifes shit anymore.

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EpicExists
03-12-2005

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Conor is looking from the outside in,speaking of meat-eaters and animal abusers(he isn't a true veggie-he eats fish). I feel He makes a clear reference to his late-brother. The end is a political statement...America basing its demise on the economy and business,which seems like a continuation of Light Pollution's meaning. Definitely the theme of time,the countdown to death, the atomic clock,the crowd is people in general and how everything we do in life is to filled up with things JUST to fill up that sace between life,and death.

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EpicExists
03-12-2005

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Conor is looking from the outside in,speaking of meat-eaters and animal abusers(he isn't a true veggie-he eats fish). I feel He makes a clear reference to his late-brother. The end is a political statement...America basing its demise on the economy and business,which seems like a continuation of Light Pollution's meaning. Definitely the theme of time,the countdown to death, the atomic clock,the crowd is people in general and how everything we do in life is to filled up with things JUST to fill up that sace between life,and death.

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livewithconviction
03-31-2005

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I believe that Conor has shown a shift in his beliefs with this new alubm (Digital Ash...). On previous albums he's definitely been a cynic about the existence of an after-life, faith, ect. But with this album and this song in particular he's saying that some people close to him have passed away and he's done some thinking. "...But it's all I'm doing now, looking for patterns in the sound". Especially if you check out "Arc of Time" earlier on the album, it's undeniable. This whole album is a positive message, and actually talks about believing in something bigger than we are...which is a nice change for Bright Eyes.

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livewithconviction
03-31-2005

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I know there are political references and pessimistic comments, but that's a given with Conor and I don't think that's what he's getting at here. He's talking about the time people waste working, and not focusing on the important things in life such as time with friends. I definitely agree with the person above who said so delicately Conor's just talking about "not having to put up with life's shit anymore." I love the line "You might escape to a condo on the cost" it shows how consumed people become with work, and how really we're lucky if we get away for a while. So clever. Anyways i'm rambling. Beautiful song, definitely nothing depressing about it...Although some of the messages are negative really he's just trying to make you think. I think that's all Conor really wants to do. Just lookin out for people. What a guy.

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