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lackofcolour 13
09/16/05, 10:20 PM
Somewhere Between Left And Right

So. There was this male musician sitting in his well furnished recording studio in the business district of Seattle where all great artists ever to walk on planet earth would work. And he was there to begin work on his next album. So he was in this memorial daze, gazing outside into this abysmal Seattle fall weather just pondering the horrors of modern world that he has no involvement in. And suddenly, the studio began to sink faster and faster into the earth below, and all he could do was scream.

“Why Am I falling?”

“I hate falling.”

“I hate falling to this other side.”

“I hate the other side so very very very very very very very much.”

And all he could do was begin making this song as he was falling. And it went something like this. 1. 2. 1. 2. 3. 4.



We must wake up from the other side of our own mourning bed.
We must contradict the words that our own mothers had us fed.
And in spite of nature’s dealings being currently unfair,
We reserve the right to protest, but we won’t share.



We spend our time, opining about when life was not this hell,
But we are the ones that force us to invade our neighbor’s well.
And to the mind of every child who might still have a dream,
We must cling we must cling we must cling.



Like a kid setting fire to an army of ants-
A Mass extinction from the sun.
It’s an innocence where we aren’t all to blame,
So we shall place it all on one.
Surrender fault, and we will get this done.



And then He fell through the Arabian sky. Oh it was a fantastic sight.


We must call our leaders liars,
and condemn their mortal souls.
With nothing to occupy our time,
We preach with no clear goal.
And although we have outlawed them,
if it means that we have won,
We’ll grab our guns, grab our guns, grab our guns.


We must box the fighters on our land,
Yet give them the right to stay,
While we fuel another mutiny five thousand miles away.
And in the alleys of our ghettos where we weap but never clean,
We must scream, We must scream, We must scream.


And the complex landed on the sand, and he would soon learn what he was really singing about.


While I try to show compassion,
I also sell this song.
I might be leading this congregation,
But what if we are wrong?
There is no answer,
Just the desert’s setting sun.

IAmCountryMusic
09/17/05, 12:01 AM
id really like to hear you be able to sing this

conor is a dick

lackofcolour 13
09/17/05, 08:38 AM
id really like to hear you be able to sing this

conor is a dick
he's just too pretentious. I like fevers and mirrors. But all this "next bob dylan" stuff has gone to his head. Now all of his music is just so distancing.

de la sympathie
09/18/05, 10:17 AM
i like this. i'm a bright eyes fan, definitely, but really. when he did digital ash, to me it just felt like he was somehow faking it. he never (the music never) used to sound like that before.

i would love to hear you singing this. would you even add when he did the water sip-thingys and said "ummm"? for me?

Forsythe22
09/18/05, 12:58 PM
Your song is awesome man. Conor Oberst is so self-indulgent. He's fallen in love with himself. I love how you totally use his style of lyrcs against him.

I wrote a song like that too some time back, though it's not as long, so I'll just put it up here. It's called: The Perfect Recipe -- It's not about the money.

(sung in a Conor Oberst voice)
If I play with no pick, and sing on two notes,
I won't be emo-heartbroken. I'll be folk.
And I'll automatically be better than I was before,
That's how it works. That's how it works.

Listen to my sound, I'm so profound.
The sterics in my lyrics, can you feel it
cutting deep into your wrists:
I've drank too much, got family problems,
girlfriend issues, who needs tissues, I'm not weak.

And this is the best thing you've ever heard in your life (3x)
And you'll tell everyone someday you'll be my wife (if you're lucky).

(tempo picks up)
If I pick up the tempo to the same song,
It's not as good, I've done something wrong.
(now singing in my regular clear voice)
If I sing nicely, I'm wrong again,
It's way too pop.

So slow it doooooooooooown.
Take your voice quality doooooooooown.
And you've the perfect recipe,
for a tragically hip
don't play real chords
we're too cool for you
genre.

And this is the best thing you've ever heard in your life (3x)
And you'll tell everyone someday you'll be my wife (if you're lucky).



(It's recorded, will post if anyone wants to hear it)

OveriseFan
09/18/05, 01:37 PM
Your song is awesome man. Conor Oberst is so self-indulgent. He's fallen in love with himself. I love how you totally use his style of lyrcs against him.

I wrote a song like that too some time back, though it's not as long, so I'll just put it up here. It's called: The Perfect Recipe -- It's not about the money.

(sung in a Conor Oberst voice)
If I play with no pick, and sing on two notes,
I won't be emo-heartbroken. I'll be folk.
And I'll automatically be better than I was before,
That's how it works. That's how it works.

Listen to my sound, I'm so profound.
The sterics in my lyrics, can you feel it
cutting deep into your wrists:
I've drank too much, got family problems,
girlfriend issues, who needs tissues, I'm not weak.

And this is the best thing you've ever heard in your life (3x)
And you'll tell everyone someday you'll be my wife (if you're lucky).

(tempo picks up)
If I pick up the tempo to the same song,
It's not as good, I've done something wrong.
(now singing in my regular clear voice)
If I sing nicely, I'm wrong again,
It's way too pop.

So slow it doooooooooooown.
Take your voice quality doooooooooown.
And you've the perfect recipe,
for a tragically hip
don't play real chords
we're too cool for you
genre.

And this is the best thing you've ever heard in your life (3x)
And you'll tell everyone someday you'll be my wife (if you're lucky).



(It's recorded, will post if anyone wants to hear it)
yes'm.

Cause I hate Bright Eyes...

IAmCountryMusic
09/18/05, 01:42 PM
you should definently record it and send it to him

ArTkY_
09/18/05, 01:48 PM
Nice.

Forsythe22
09/18/05, 02:09 PM
yes'm.

Cause I hate Bright Eyes...
Alright guys, I put it up on myspace (link in signature). But I'm warning you, it's an older recording, so it's a bit lower quality, and everything was recorded in mono. Just remember, I'm singing crappily because I'm trying to imitate Conor. My real voice is at the end.

de la sympathie
09/18/05, 04:05 PM
Your song is awesome man. Conor Oberst is so self-indulgent. He's fallen in love with himself. I love how you totally use his style of lyrcs against him.

I wrote a song like that too some time back, though it's not as long, so I'll just put it up here. It's called: The Perfect Recipe -- It's not about the money.

(sung in a Conor Oberst voice)
If I play with no pick, and sing on two notes,
I won't be emo-heartbroken. I'll be folk.
And I'll automatically be better than I was before,
That's how it works. That's how it works.

Listen to my sound, I'm so profound.
The sterics in my lyrics, can you feel it
cutting deep into your wrists:
I've drank too much, got family problems,
girlfriend issues, who needs tissues, I'm not weak.

And this is the best thing you've ever heard in your life (3x)
And you'll tell everyone someday you'll be my wife (if you're lucky).

(tempo picks up)
If I pick up the tempo to the same song,
It's not as good, I've done something wrong.
(now singing in my regular clear voice)
If I sing nicely, I'm wrong again,
It's way too pop.

So slow it doooooooooooown.
Take your voice quality doooooooooown.
And you've the perfect recipe,
for a tragically hip
don't play real chords
we're too cool for you
genre.

And this is the best thing you've ever heard in your life (3x)
And you'll tell everyone someday you'll be my wife (if you're lucky).



(It's recorded, will post if anyone wants to hear it)
is this to the tune of a song by bright eyes? and if so, which one?

it made me laugh :thumbsup:

lackofcolour 13
09/18/05, 07:27 PM
i would love to hear you singing this. would you even add when he did the water sip-thingys and said "ummm"? for me?
YES!!!! Me and my friend hate the sound of him sipping his coffee. I will probably record it within the next week or so. I will let you guys hear it when I do.

Forsythe22
09/18/05, 07:39 PM
YES!!!! Me and my friend hate the sound of him sipping his coffee. I will probably record it within the next week or so. I will let you guys hear it when I do.
Nice, can't wait to hear it.