My cousin Claudio loved Bright Eyes. He loved weird things and had a dark, deranged sort of humor. He had a hard life, burdened by internal & external oddities, abnormalities, and deep feelings. He was always and comfortably the "other" .... a totally bizarre weirdo, but he was like a brother to me. I feel he carried the burden of the black sheep/scapegoat, inherited the family dysfunction i was somehow spared. Anyway, when i found out he died, it was almost relief. I felt relief for him. I pray he's free from all suffering. He speculated a lot about the afterlife, about purgatory. Hope you're having better afterlife, Claudio.
His songwriting is amazing and inspiring. I mean, he recorded his first album at 13. Maybe it was younger. But his music has always moved me since I started listening to it.
Same. Bright Eyes albums are all that got me through a severe and prolonged depression. Just knowing Conor had felt like I felt and he was still alive kept me from committing suicide.
I can't thank this man enough for what he's done for my life. I won't bore people with the details, but he's the reason I'm here today.. and I'm glad I am. I always come back here when I need to remember that, now.
I wish you all the peace you can find- I lost my mom 16 years ago, and I didn't deal for at least 10, all I could do was drink... I can finally look at her photos now, and talk to her. I couldn't do that much for a very long time, and it has been the only comfort I can truly find, to hold her in my heart as if she is still here- whatever works for you, I hope you find it. It's a long life without the ones we love, but if there is ANY justice in this universe, we will see them again in SOME way or another... Until then, love them. Wherever they are now, LOVE them. Cherish that love, and build your life around it, and hold it so fucking tight, because at the end it is all we have, and all that matters. You don't really learn that until you lose someone special. And as much as it fucking sucks, it is life. Losing what you love and continuing to love IS LIFE. Good luck, and bless you...
Music and art break the illusion, so much sorrow we live in, but we are more, we are the stars and we are the sun that can call the Earth to greener pasture.
i lost somebody that I loved a week ago, and this song has given me so much comfort. I always loved it before but now it means so much more to me. Thank you Conor. listening for patterns in the sound of an endless static sea
Somehow I missed this in 2005, and have just noticed that they toured my part of the globe that year, but then I was pregnant so not going to concerts, but now I certainly would. Great video, too!
Without Conor Oberst I wouldn't have made it from 15-21.... I mean that with certainty, who I am now, morally, ethically, and fundamentally doesn't always align with the ideals with who I was or who he is, but that will not take that away. I owe him my development into the character I am today. Thank you Conor.
This song is so inspirational. My mom passed away 3 weeks ago and listening to this song helps me get threw the rough times where I can't barely breath from the heartache. I love bright eyes. Amazing poetry and so relatable.
Man isnt it crazy how over all of the generations of musicians sincs the dawn of time, the best music ever made happened when i was between 12 and 20 years old?
I really do agree with you on that. Not even sure what years you're alluding to but the early 2000s for instance, in my opinion gave occasion for some of the highest, most eternally valuable, and true musical artistic expression
its songs like this that can help explain my fear of dying through somebody elses words, same with relationship troubles, drugs, current events, thats why i love bright eyes
I lost my daddy on 10/06/2013 and I remember when he played this for me I look up to Connor Oberst he is my role model and has been sense I was 5(im 14 now) I miss and love you daddy.
Digital ash digital urn is still my favorite Bright Eyes album! Like the Midwest on heroin and Meth! A perfect display of lonerism, guilt, hope, and renewal! Sheer brilliance
I never really dreamed of heaven much til we put him in the ground, but it's all I'm doing now listening for patterns in the sound... My mom just died a few weeks ago... I've been humming this to myself since her funeral. I finally got up the nerve too listen to it, and it's so beautiful, but I'm so sad :(
@@SELVESTiR Hi Hailey, thanks for asking. It's still hard how much I miss her, but I've figured out a new pace of life that still includes thinking about her every day, but also looks forward to what the future may bring. I'm still very sad, but I'm working on not letting that be the feeling that rules my life. And I still love this song so much :)
@cavemant4842 he plays guitar right handed... but I think the way they pulled off this shot was to have him write it normally, then just mirror the shot.
@@spencernoorda9156 I agree, that probably was how it was filmed, however it is erroneous to assume he is right-handed only by the way he plays guitar; many lefties play this way, too.
@cavemant4842 Yeah, it's possible, I am just making the assumption based on him playing guitar that he is right-handed. I've got a left-handed kid, and there are plenty of things she does right-handed because that's how she's been taught. I think I was just trying to figure out the logistics of how this video was shot from a technical perspective. Like it's not obvious at first glance, you know?
@@randalmcvandal8307 when this album came out with I’m wide awake I was a million mor interested with it then the latter. Far deeper and more creative it really explored some cool different places and lyrics struck hard on every song. At the time of release I’m Wide Awake got all the credit understandably so it is a good album whereas Digital Ash was split in reviews. But now time has done well for Digital Ash and it is viewed much greater and by many superior for the lengths it went in uniqueness, creativity, and lyrics
i think he is saying that there is nothing more easy, lucky or free than death and that we all share this same natural fate, so what's there to be so sad about death for?
Brian Keith Jones "Don't feel sad for the dead, all their problems are over and nothing is easier than dying, lucky to leave the burden of living, and it's the ultimate freedom"
Why does death stand so proud? When we die for seconds to live for ages. It takes me it takes you and in the worldwind it scatters our beings to the infinate.
When my grandpa passed away this song cast the world aside in a haze of emotion, memories flooded back and tears ran across my face. I remember holding his hand just an hour before his soul escaped in his final breath. I watched him unable to blink, to speak, or even move and I said "I love you. I'll be with you wherever you go, holding your hand just like I am now. I'll always be with you." This song made me realize how beautiful life really is and why we shouldn't be afraid to let it go.
***** Nebraska may be awesome and I'm glad you find it so. Tommy Lee, a great drummer with an abnormally large penis, went to college there. I love Saddle Creek and Conor. If I could avoid an assault charge, I would kiss Conor on each cheek, bear-hug him and muss his hair. I just remember, as a kid, finding the family vacation ride through Kansas and Nebraska incredibly boring. I've never actually spent any time there.
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 flippent 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 better shop and eat and procreate You 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 til 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 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 them) Don't you weep (don't you weep) There is no one 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 Or free, or free, or free There's nothing, there's nothing, there's nothing...
I think that Conor Oberst is a brilliant boy with brilliant ideas and brilliant ways of putting them out into the world. I love this video & this song & this boy.
Been looking for this band for the last 15 years, since I saw the music video on MTV as a kid. Finally found it after seeing your guy's name on the Wwwy festival lineup.
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
Isn't in interesting how some people spend their lives bringing meaning out of themselves and how the rest of us cling to that expression because it resonates with the meaning withing ourselves that we never seem to reach without it and it helps us to find it? I think it is.
I’ll never forget the Digital Ash / Wide Awake tour 2005, front row at Paradiso Amsterdam, Conor kneels on the stage and puts the mic in front of me during a part of this song. I have the video somewhere. I’ll never forget what this music did for me in my early 20’s 😊
i heard this back i woke up early but didn't go to school just watched fuse videos on the couch with my big blanket and i thought this songs makes me wanna cry.
Being with you feels like being on another planet. You're an alien in every way. You are the most beautiful thing I've ever seen. You make me feel so safe. You make me feel so real. Nobody sees me like you do. I'm so grateful the universe sent me you. I hope I see your beautiful light in every life. "Don't you weep"
a friend of mine died in 2005, the first friend my age to die (at 19). this song reminds me of him. especially since he visited many of us in dreams after and told us basically the same thing.
I remember back in high school in 1998 I was at a local record store and picked up A Collection Of Songs Written And Recorded 1995-1997 at random, and the words hit me hard. I was dealing with a lot of abuse my entire life at that point, and there was so much emotion and depth to his songs. My family hated me playing his album and hated his voice, haha but oh well, thank you, Conor.
I am so so sorry for your loss my friend. I can't imagine what that must be like to lose someone that close. I suffer from severe depression and anxiety and I get what you mean. I don't have to suffer or feel pain when I listen to Bright Eyes, I can just listen and live in the song and the environment it creates. It's like things are just on pause I can just be okay and it's nice to feel like you have a chance.
❤❤❤Psalm 118 King James Version 118 O give thanks unto the Lord; for he is good: because his mercy endureth for ever. 2 Let Israel now say, that his mercy endureth for ever. 3 Let the house of Aaron now say, that his mercy endureth for ever. 4 Let them now that fear the Lord say, that his mercy endureth for ever. 5 I called upon the Lord in distress: the Lord answered me, and set me in a large place. 6 The Lord is on my side; I will not fear: what can man do unto me? 7 The Lord taketh my part with them that help me: therefore shall I see my desire upon them that hate me. 8 It is better to trust in the Lord than to put confidence in man. 9 It is better to trust in the Lord than to put confidence in princes. 10 All nations compassed me about: but in the name of the Lord will I destroy them. 11 They compassed me about; yea, they compassed me about: but in the name of the Lord I will destroy them. 12 They compassed me about like bees: they are quenched as the fire of thorns: for in the name of the Lord I will destroy them. 13 Thou hast thrust sore at me that I might fall: but the Lord helped me. 14 The Lord is my strength and song, and is become my salvation. 15 The voice of rejoicing and salvation is in the tabernacles of the righteous: the right hand of the Lord doeth valiantly. 16 The right hand of the Lord is exalted: the right hand of the Lord doeth valiantly. 17 I shall not die, but live, and declare the works of the Lord. 18 The Lord hath chastened me sore: but he hath not given me over unto death. 19 Open to me the gates of righteousness: I will go into them, and I will praise the Lord: 20 This gate of the Lord, into which the righteous shall enter. 21 I will praise thee: for thou hast heard me, and art become my salvation. 22 The stone which the builders refused is become the head stone of the corner. 23 This is the Lord's doing; it is marvellous in our eyes.
Even though im young found this song on aciden tbut this music made me get thru my hard times right now i have a bad childhood but this song makes me happy
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2024 and this is still peak music
Hell yes
And is. 💖
He's the first person I've seen live and love it
I will always find my way back to Conor Oberst
Fackts
2024. Still come back here when I'm hurting, and need to know I'm not alone
2024. You aren't alone my friend
@@123jordanvega thank you sweetie ❤
And even in this, your not alone
Same 😢
You're not alone, internet stranger 💖
My cousin Claudio loved Bright Eyes. He loved weird things and had a dark, deranged sort of humor. He had a hard life, burdened by internal & external oddities, abnormalities, and deep feelings. He was always and comfortably the "other" .... a totally bizarre weirdo, but he was like a brother to me. I feel he carried the burden of the black sheep/scapegoat, inherited the family dysfunction i was somehow spared. Anyway, when i found out he died, it was almost relief. I felt relief for him. I pray he's free from all suffering. He speculated a lot about the afterlife, about purgatory. Hope you're having better afterlife, Claudio.
This is so beautiful. Here's to you Claudio. And I hope you are doing well.
@@pulseczarina77 💗💗💗
To Claudio and all the others out there ❤ sending you off easy, lucky and free!
Some of us dont know what a warmth is till that hand reaches out us
Conor got me through the worst parts of my life. His lyrics gave me hope and clarity when I had none
Jerry Lantz Same. I think a lot of people have the same experience, and that's why Conor is so important.
His songwriting is amazing and inspiring. I mean, he recorded his first album at 13. Maybe it was younger. But his music has always moved me since I started listening to it.
Jerry Lantz he is a quadruple Aquarius burdened with insane amounts of thought.
I like your shirt
Same. Bright Eyes albums are all that got me through a severe and prolonged depression. Just knowing Conor had felt like I felt and he was still alive kept me from committing suicide.
I can't thank this man enough for what he's done for my life. I won't bore people with the details, but he's the reason I'm here today.. and I'm glad I am. I always come back here when I need to remember that, now.
❤️
Jesus is the reason not some musician
@@jamesseward6925 Don't bring your religious trash here, dude...
@@jamesseward6925 boo
pulls me in may 2023 like it did in 2005
This is the only song that describes how I deal with my brother's death. He was only 5....I can't deal. Happy birthday bro. 2/22/2002-10/6/2007
sorry mate stay strong
lost my older brother back in 92, is these moments of reflection that bring him back, remember the joy and be strong, he'll always be with you
Im sorry for your loss - my birthday is February 27, 2002. 🙏🏻
GOD Bless!!!
I wish you all the peace you can find- I lost my mom 16 years ago, and I didn't deal for at least 10, all I could do was drink...
I can finally look at her photos now, and talk to her. I couldn't do that much for a very long time, and it has been the only comfort I can truly find, to hold her in my heart as if she is still here- whatever works for you, I hope you find it.
It's a long life without the ones we love, but if there is ANY justice in this universe, we will see them again in SOME way or another...
Until then, love them. Wherever they are now, LOVE them. Cherish that love, and build your life around it, and hold it so fucking tight, because at the end it is all we have, and all that matters. You don't really learn that until you lose someone special. And as much as it fucking sucks, it is life. Losing what you love and continuing to love IS LIFE.
Good luck, and bless you...
The most beautiful song about death ever created.
Music and art break the illusion, so much sorrow we live in, but we are more, we are the stars and we are the sun that can call the Earth to greener pasture.
Lovely
Driving around to this song at sunset is nothing short of magic.
i lost somebody that I loved a week ago, and this song has given me so much comfort. I always loved it before but now it means so much more to me. Thank you Conor.
listening for patterns in the sound of an endless static sea
That line reminds me about Tom Petty....
2022 and this has always been one of my favorite Bright Eyes songs.... been listening since 2005.
Somehow I missed this in 2005, and have just noticed that they toured my part of the globe that year, but then I was pregnant so not going to concerts, but now I certainly would. Great video, too!
I remember when I first saw this waking up for school. They used to play it on fuse when fuse didn't play bullshit
Yep, same here. Program on fuse was The dive. They just played top indie artists. Loved it
Without Conor Oberst I wouldn't have made it from 15-21.... I mean that with certainty, who I am now, morally, ethically, and fundamentally doesn't always align with the ideals with who I was or who he is, but that will not take that away. I owe him my development into the character I am today. Thank you Conor.
This song is so inspirational. My mom passed away 3 weeks ago and listening to this song helps me get threw the rough times where I can't barely breath from the heartache. I love bright eyes. Amazing poetry and so relatable.
I listened to this song when my grandpa died, and though the song told me not to weep, I cried myself to sleep. RIP Gramp
God bless
Man isnt it crazy how over all of the generations of musicians sincs the dawn of time, the best music ever made happened when i was between 12 and 20 years old?
To 0:09
I really do agree with you on that. Not even sure what years you're alluding to but the early 2000s for instance, in my opinion gave occasion for some of the highest, most eternally valuable, and true musical artistic expression
its songs like this that can help explain my fear of dying through somebody elses words, same with relationship troubles, drugs, current events, thats why i love bright eyes
Hm. This song made me not fear death.
+Shea Pierson
That's the beauty of art. Everyone gets to feel or see their own interpretation of it. ❤
Rob Jomes I freaking love Conner
Death is an illusion.
Love and light peeps,💗 bright eyes rocks 🎯
I like dancing in the dark to this song. And no, I don't dance well at all, whatsoever, but this song just makes me happy.
I lost my daddy on 10/06/2013 and I remember when he played this for me I look up to Connor Oberst he is my role model and has been sense I was 5(im 14 now) I miss and love you daddy.
hows 23/24?
I love that scream in the middle, how it fades into static. I love the whole thing, actually...
he writes the most personal, deepest lyrics of our time. anyone who disagrees can suck an egg. his music is so raw it hits you right in the heart.
Digital ash digital urn is still my favorite Bright Eyes album! Like the Midwest on heroin and Meth! A perfect display of lonerism, guilt, hope, and renewal! Sheer brilliance
This song is still as powerful as when I first listened to it.
These lyrics still crush harder than pretty much anything out there. What a trip of peaceful mortality.
I never really dreamed of heaven much til we put him in the ground, but it's all I'm doing now listening for patterns in the sound...
My mom just died a few weeks ago... I've been humming this to myself since her funeral. I finally got up the nerve too listen to it, and it's so beautiful, but I'm so sad :(
Sabrina C. How are you doing :(
@@SELVESTiR Hi Hailey, thanks for asking. It's still hard how much I miss her, but I've figured out a new pace of life that still includes thinking about her every day, but also looks forward to what the future may bring. I'm still very sad, but I'm working on not letting that be the feeling that rules my life. And I still love this song so much :)
Still one of the best music videos in existence
Honey, don't ya weep
this song changed something in me
Coming back to this song in 2024 still hits
This is truly one of the most beautiful and saddest pieces of art ever created. You can feel the longing and sadness in each note.
Yes, yes, we all love Mr Oberst and his wonderful musical gifts. Has anyone to stopped to notice how good he is at writing backwards, though?
But he's not left handed...
@@spencernoorda9156 I was being a goof, but how do you know he's not left-handed?
@cavemant4842 he plays guitar right handed... but I think the way they pulled off this shot was to have him write it normally, then just mirror the shot.
@@spencernoorda9156 I agree, that probably was how it was filmed, however it is erroneous to assume he is right-handed only by the way he plays guitar; many lefties play this way, too.
@cavemant4842 Yeah, it's possible, I am just making the assumption based on him playing guitar that he is right-handed. I've got a left-handed kid, and there are plenty of things she does right-handed because that's how she's been taught. I think I was just trying to figure out the logistics of how this video was shot from a technical perspective. Like it's not obvious at first glance, you know?
Takes me back where I'm still stuck
"I never dreamed of heaven much til we put him in the ground, but it's all I'm doing now"
The line that gives me the biggest chills.
Listening for patterns in the sound of an endless static sea.
This album makes so much sense as an adult. From start to finish. It vibes on a different level.
@@randalmcvandal8307 when this album came out with I’m wide awake I was a million mor interested with it then the latter. Far deeper and more creative it really explored some cool different places and lyrics struck hard on every song. At the time of release I’m Wide Awake got all the credit understandably so it is a good album whereas Digital Ash was split in reviews. But now time has done well for Digital Ash and it is viewed much greater and by many superior for the lengths it went in uniqueness, creativity, and lyrics
WITH DORKUS
i think he is saying that there is nothing more easy, lucky or free than death and that we all share this same natural fate, so what's there to be so sad about death for?
its actually love
I agree 😊💕
I am with you, I think he is talking about death.
Brian Keith Jones "Don't feel sad for the dead, all their problems are over and nothing is easier than dying, lucky to leave the burden of living, and it's the ultimate freedom"
Why does death stand so proud? When we die for seconds to live for ages. It takes me it takes you and in the worldwind it scatters our beings to the infinate.
17 years ago. Where did the time go?
it took a long time
When my grandpa passed away this song cast the world aside in a haze of emotion, memories flooded back and tears ran across my face. I remember holding his hand just an hour before his soul escaped in his final breath. I watched him unable to blink, to speak, or even move and I said "I love you. I'll be with you wherever you go, holding your hand just like I am now. I'll always be with you."
This song made me realize how beautiful life really is and why we shouldn't be afraid to let it go.
From Nebraska, ladies and gentlemen, it's Bright Eyes!
By far favorite poet of the 21st century.
It’s death. There’s nothing so easy to get, we are so lucky to have, or as free / freeing as death.
Sure, this guy has a questionable haircut and he's from Nebraska but he can write the fuck out of a song.
***** Nebraska may be awesome and I'm glad you find it so. Tommy Lee, a great drummer with an abnormally large penis, went to college there. I love Saddle Creek and Conor. If I could avoid an assault charge, I would kiss Conor on each cheek, bear-hug him and muss his hair. I just remember, as a kid, finding the family vacation ride through Kansas and Nebraska incredibly boring. I've never actually spent any time there.
Edward Buster
lol'd hard, it's so true
If I’m lucky, I’ll be managing a Cinnabon in Omaha
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 flippent 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 better shop and eat and procreate
You 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 til 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 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 them)
Don't you weep (don't you weep)
There is no one 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
Or free, or free, or free
There's nothing, there's nothing, there's nothing...
Love you Katie❤
I feel like this could be the best Christmas song ever❤
I love this song so much. Birth and Death are the most natural things in the world. It's the stuff we do in the middle that is scary.
I can never get tired of listening to BRIGHT EYES's songs!!!! The meanings of their songs stays so close to my heart.
Still a favorite.
Wander bright eyes ciao bright you have saved my life
🤷🏻
Men like Conor were my kryptonite. Nostalgic of my young years...
Me too, but a part of me dislikes guys like him as they always rejected me ;(
First time watching this video since it was on subterranean in 2006 and it has the same if not a stronger effect on me then it did back then !
He is one of the sole reasons i got through my best friend dying. It depresses the shit out of me but i canbt help but keep coming back to it.
I think it's because there is underlying hope in the song. We all share this pain. It's familiar, and completely understood.
I think that Conor Oberst is a brilliant boy with brilliant ideas and brilliant ways of putting them out into the world.
I love this video & this song & this boy.
Pixie this song is for you. 🙏🩵 I love you and miss you so much.
Been looking for this band for the last 15 years, since I saw the music video on MTV as a kid. Finally found it after seeing your guy's name on the Wwwy festival lineup.
Sitting up late at night having a bong toke at the age of 15 and this song came on fuse tv. I then fell in love with Bright eyes.
sitting up late smoking a j at the age of 40ish, still in love i guess.
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
2024🎉
ok, so there's a tear on the corner of my eye and I'm pretty sure o didn't yawn.
It still gets me too even after years of repeated listening.
Isn't in interesting how some people spend their lives bringing meaning out of themselves and how the rest of us cling to that expression because it resonates with the meaning withing ourselves that we never seem to reach without it and it helps us to find it? I think it is.
I’ll never forget the Digital Ash / Wide Awake tour 2005, front row at Paradiso Amsterdam, Conor kneels on the stage and puts the mic in front of me during a part of this song. I have the video somewhere. I’ll never forget what this music did for me in my early 20’s 😊
True talent, just like true beauty is something the world will never tire of.
i heard this back i woke up early but didn't go to school just watched fuse videos on the couch with my big blanket and i thought this songs makes me wanna cry.
Still crying to this song 18 years later
been listening to this song since I was 13; always returned to it with each different meaning to me at each point in my life
This man is a blessing.
Conor oberst helps me through such hard and happy times. his music makes very epathetic
Quien en 2024 escuchando esta joya qq nunca pasara de moda
our brightest star
his handwriting is better backwards than mine is forewards
I want to buy that piece of glass.
There is nothing as easy as lucky or free
Who’s still listening in 2023?
There is no one as lucky as me, there is nothing as easy as being with you, and we are free. You make me feel so free.
Being with you feels like being on another planet. You're an alien in every way. You are the most beautiful thing I've ever seen. You make me feel so safe. You make me feel so real. Nobody sees me like you do. I'm so grateful the universe sent me you. I hope I see your beautiful light in every life.
"Don't you weep"
There is nothing(no one) as Lucky/Easy/Free is so true to the human condition.
And Digital Ash and I’m Wide Awake came out on the same day. It’s the greatest accomplishment by an artist.
bright eyes is like a soul-bath.
god bless you Connor
Not only did he write this amazing song, but he wrote all that backwards XD
When he says,"don't you weep," I do because it's hard no to listen this and think about all of the time I've wasted doing nothing with my life.
I love this video
Always
a friend of mine died in 2005, the first friend my age to die (at 19). this song reminds me of him. especially since he visited many of us in dreams after and told us basically the same thing.
I always loved that the mirror made him a lefty.
I remember back in high school in 1998 I was at a local record store and picked up A Collection Of Songs Written And Recorded 1995-1997 at random, and the words hit me hard. I was dealing with a lot of abuse my entire life at that point, and there was so much emotion and depth to his songs. My family hated me playing his album and hated his voice, haha but oh well, thank you, Conor.
Everyone should know this song, for the good of humanity.
Hah sometimes I wish I could force loving music into every ear that needs to hear, so humanity can all tune in toghter and share something
I actually adore this man
I am so so sorry for your loss my friend. I can't imagine what that must be like to lose someone that close. I suffer from severe depression and anxiety and I get what you mean. I don't have to suffer or feel pain when I listen to Bright Eyes, I can just listen and live in the song and the environment it creates. It's like things are just on pause I can just be okay and it's nice to feel like you have a chance.
Anyone listening in 2030?
nah, the EMP blasts knocked out the internet after may of 2026...
He sang this beautifully last night in concert
Greatest song about apocolypses. I can't even describe my appreciation for Conor Oberst's music
I just love how RUclips is the CLOSEST thing to an ACTUAL time machine!
❤❤❤Psalm 118
King James Version
118 O give thanks unto the Lord; for he is good: because his mercy endureth for ever.
2 Let Israel now say, that his mercy endureth for ever.
3 Let the house of Aaron now say, that his mercy endureth for ever.
4 Let them now that fear the Lord say, that his mercy endureth for ever.
5 I called upon the Lord in distress: the Lord answered me, and set me in a large place.
6 The Lord is on my side; I will not fear: what can man do unto me?
7 The Lord taketh my part with them that help me: therefore shall I see my desire upon them that hate me.
8 It is better to trust in the Lord than to put confidence in man.
9 It is better to trust in the Lord than to put confidence in princes.
10 All nations compassed me about: but in the name of the Lord will I destroy them.
11 They compassed me about; yea, they compassed me about: but in the name of the Lord I will destroy them.
12 They compassed me about like bees: they are quenched as the fire of thorns: for in the name of the Lord I will destroy them.
13 Thou hast thrust sore at me that I might fall: but the Lord helped me.
14 The Lord is my strength and song, and is become my salvation.
15 The voice of rejoicing and salvation is in the tabernacles of the righteous: the right hand of the Lord doeth valiantly.
16 The right hand of the Lord is exalted: the right hand of the Lord doeth valiantly.
17 I shall not die, but live, and declare the works of the Lord.
18 The Lord hath chastened me sore: but he hath not given me over unto death.
19 Open to me the gates of righteousness: I will go into them, and I will praise the Lord:
20 This gate of the Lord, into which the righteous shall enter.
21 I will praise thee: for thou hast heard me, and art become my salvation.
22 The stone which the builders refused is become the head stone of the corner.
23 This is the Lord's doing; it is marvellous in our eyes.
One of my favorite Bright Eyes songs. The video is simple but it's amazing. I love it a lot. :)
Listened to digital ash in a digital urn religiously for a while. Def one of my fave tracks.
This song is an amazing piece of work.
Please play this at my funeral, with lyrics sheets for a sing-along. Thank you.
who gives a damn how he did it. ITS FUCKIN GENIUS! This video had made me fall in love.
Great song writer
this song got me through so much. 🖤
Even though im young found this song on aciden tbut this music made me get thru my hard times right now i have a bad childhood but this song makes me happy
He turns me numb.
absolutly amazing, i cannot even express how much i love this guy...
I love him so much. He touches the heart like no other
This is song is probably the most wonderful hymn against mediocrity ever written... looking forward to watching your concert tomorrow in Vienna! :-)