The ONLY bright eyes song with ZERO posts so i thought i'd read the lyrics and take the liberty of rescuing this song...huh probably well seems to be about a dead girl or guy or whatever that he's mourning and he's driving to the cemetery and wants them to change because that means they'll be alive...i'm so articulate

does anybody know what this is off of?

This is a Jesse Harris cover that's going to be in the movie "The Hottest State". It isn't about a dead person, it's about having someone leave you. "It's cold today,
headed down the highway.
Please don't say you're still the same.
I'll love you if you've changed."
Here he's talking about leaving the person to go somewhere else, or returning to their old place to get some things, "I'll love you if you've changed" is one of the most simple and powerful lines I've ever heard.
"Big old house on the hill,
I sat on the windowsill.
Leaning out on the breeze
Do I dwell in memories,
or let them be?"

this could be describing going back to his parents' or friends house after the seperation and just thinking about the person.

Brilliant song, if you've never listened to Jesse Harris, he's great, his new album comes out July 10th but this is off the album "without you" which is just amazing.

I definitely don't think it's about a dead person, because dead people can't 'say they're still the same'.
I agree with willk's interpretation.
You can listen to this song at
http://www.pitchforkmedia.com/article/download/43585-bright-eyes-cat-power-big-old-house-its-alright-to-fail-stream

I really love this song.

The way the housing market is today, I don't know why BE would write a song about it. i am sure they make enough money to buy whatever houses they wanted, why a big old one?
I think if they are smart, they would wait until the sub prime bubble is REALLY popped and gone, and then maybe invest in some low risk real estate, maybe on the shore or something, fixer uppers, flip em, and then they could make more money and buy some more guitars and crystal meth, or whatever they want. I am just saying, that rock musicians should not write songs about real estate.

could anybody PLEASE send me the mp3 or whatever of this song