Bright Eyes got me through adolescence. Now they're back at a time we ALL need them most. Thanks universe, and thanks Bright Eyes for all of the work and heart you put into this for us. Eagerly awaiting!
I love that background chatter break... really reminds me of the old stuff. I love the growth that’s happened over the years.. but that stuff is so nostalgic and puts me right back to being 13 and full of angst and sadness. I love it.
This makes my heart so happy. I've been listening since I was 18. I'm now 36 and love your music just as much now as I did when I first heard Lifted. Thank you 🖤🖤🖤
In a daze in the doorway I stood crying for what was In a trance in a taxi just keep driving please don't stop This verse has me understanding what Conor meant when he said his older stuff was too verbose. Look at all he says here with so little words. Hot damn, it is potent stuff.
Hi Beautiful! First comment I’ve seen of yours... I’m all over the comments for our boy Conor. I’m in the big group with you under my real name... do you recognize me? Much love girlie! 🖤♥️
Why do I picture Oberst at a piano when he sings this song? The interplay of the vague audio midway through is SO 'Letting Off The Happiness'! Its nice to think they're still the worlds most wonderful Emo band after all these years!
The best artists always tap into the current mood, consciously, subconsciously, or unconsciously. Thank you, Conor and Bright Eyes. We need this to get through the summer.
i've listened to this song everyday since it came out. incredible, so fitting for the times ... "the seroquels working / it's fighting my fantasies" i can't wait for the new album
Callie T I was 15 when I got into them too, lol. I’m 31 years old now. A friend taught me how to play “A Perfect Sonnet” on guitar, and my music addiction started there.
I was listening to Bright Eyes in 8th grade. So emo and felt like I was so alone. Now I’m 29, wifed up, knocked up, and a therapist for all the kids who are so emo and so alone. Bright Eyes still sings to my soul.
Ive had the entire Bright Eyes catalog on repeat, and this new track will funnel perfectly with the tides of time. Thanks Bright Eyes , for such beautiful music.
Oh man the lyrics have aged well with where I was to , where I am now! Supposed to get married this Saturday with a bright eyes song, obviously postponed. But glad I've got this to hear!
Conor had said in some 2005 interview that his voice was getting low with each passing year. To be honest,I have noticed the change in his voice from before, although I still LOVE it. But voice is just one aspect of music. The feelings,the intention,the vulnerability is what makes it lasting. Bright eyes has it all. :D
The day I saw Conor Oberst live and he stage dived into the audience and he and his heavy af boot hit my shoulder...was the best (first) day of my life :)
Bright eyes has gotten me through my entire life. I cannot explain how much they mean to me or how much I love him/them. I even have three related tattoos, including a guy from one of the album covers that looks like the following guys in the background only it’s a skeleton. I think it was from every day and every night
This song is beautiful. I love how the music is almost orchestral and dreamy. And Conor's voice is honest, moves along with the music . The production of this song is perfect. Love it.
he was stabbed in the chest twice and it was ruled a suicide, yeah. But with confirmation that he was working on his mental health and no suicide note(other than his sadder lyrics)we really can't know
@@minameier99 well, if you listen to the Kings Crossing there is a part where he says gimme a reason not to do it and in the background his mom screams dont do it... I think he was manic
Thank you Bright Eyes for your profound dedication to your art and music. I’ve been listening to you since I was 17. I’m 34 now- and was supposed to see you this pst summer. May you be well and may your music carry on to every poets heart. Love, Moriah
i cannot believe my favorite band resurfaced right when i think everyone needed it most. i wish i had my senior year but new bright eyes songs makes it a lot better ❤️
You literally know I feel on a Sunday and release the perfect song on a Monday. I've never been quantum entangled with an artist before. Thank God it's you.
So I woke up to a text this morning from a friend of mine from about a decade ago texting me the link to this new song. Because he remembered how much I liked bright eyes in high school 😂😂 this made my whole day.
There's no escaping the housework or the bank clerk or the priest, in the dark at a distance I see everything at once catastrophizing my birthday & I'm overcome w/ LOVE. Thank you Bright Eyes for this new production.. I'm ready for M O R E
My forced convalescence was a few years ago, I committed to a woman no doubts no half steps all in, realized I hated my job and it wasnt a life anyone deserved. Quit that sales job and with $500 bought some shovles and tools and started a landscape design company from scratch. Dedicated myself to making a life for her, for us, stopped trying to make my life and made ours, all my unrest was relieved I stopped thinking about myself and what I "needed". All I did for her . . .did ten times that for myself. I love what I do everyday, I plant trees and gardens while it pays for everything . . . and I feel complete and at ease in all chaos . . . A little home, a woman, and a trade. Create more than you consume, serve others more than yourself and God will come and greet you where you are. Nothing can hurt a man that makes his own path in this world of concrete. Sorry about grammar busy, gott get back to digging. Love you all.
my two favourite bands are bright eyes and the mars volta and i never thought i'd even remotely see a crossover between those two bands. theodore and flea playing on this song is maybe as close as we'll get.
This song is not about coronavirus quarantine, it just so happened to have been released at a time when everyone can relate to it. Some people have been social distancing their whole lives
Conor Oberst has had that effect his whole career. 1.Writes material, 2.coincidentally releases it as it becomes relevant 3. and like that there is only synchronicity no coincidence 4. repeat
Here's to hoping to make some of the later shows. Laid awake dreaming about the show in LA with Neva, I guess someone else's dream was just a little brighter... Hope to see you guys in Vermont or anywhere else on the tour. Till then, working on my backstroke, keeping my good left on the prize ;-) Much love.
What a fucking perfect touch on the chorus with background singers. And this couldn't sound more like Bright Eyes if it had to, but not exactly like any particular previous album.
2ish years ago this song came out and it didn't mean anything to me when I first listened, and I love bright eyes, a couple days later and I was playing basketball and nuked my acl heard a loud pop could not put any weight on that leg it was a nightmare forced convalescents at it's finest, and was left bed ridden for nearly 2 months staring at the ceiling and my feet and in that first relisten the song suddenly became very important to me, n now I'm fully recovered completely and this song is even more nostalgic, bright eyes can't miss.
YES! As a big Oberst fan, I was so stoked for the return of Bright Eyes. The solo stuff, the MVB stuff, the BOCC stuff... I really liked all of that. But found these two new Bright Eyes tracks a little disappointing. I've listened to each at least like 15 times now with the hopes I'd hear it with a new ear or it would grow on me. So far, not so much. Although I know Conor has a knack for selecting the weirdest, least likely singles to reveal an album with. Hopefully these are two of those tracks and we'll have another handful of gems on the new album.
They both remind me a bit of a middle ground between the New Age strangeness that was The People's Key, and the abject misery and darkness of Conor's solo stuff. Both of which I like, I should point out.
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Bright Eyes got me through adolescence. Now they're back at a time we ALL need them most. Thanks universe, and thanks Bright Eyes for all of the work and heart you put into this for us. Eagerly awaiting!
that's because he is a prophet
Amen to that. Thank you Universe.
I love that background chatter break... really reminds me of the old stuff. I love the growth that’s happened over the years.. but that stuff is so nostalgic and puts me right back to being 13 and full of angst and sadness. I love it.
Yep reminds me a lot of the cuts from noise floor and “approximate sunlight.”
This comment is spot on!
@@bh29 Reminded me of the background chatter of "this looks like blues 101!" etc in "When the Curious Girl Realizes She is Under Glass"
Bright Eyes is just one of those bands...
.... that never gets old
This makes my heart so happy. I've been listening since I was 18. I'm now 36 and love your music just as much now as I did when I first heard Lifted. Thank you 🖤🖤🖤
Same here!!!
The world is suffering, and Bright Eyes comes out here making us forget about all of it, even if it's only for a few minutes 💕 Thank-you guys.
feeling this
In a daze
in the doorway
I stood crying for what was
In a trance
in a taxi
just keep driving please don't stop
This verse has me understanding what Conor meant when he said his older stuff was too verbose. Look at all he says here with so little words. Hot damn, it is potent stuff.
Beautiful...Bright Eyes must stay together forever...Where would a lot of us be without Conor?
Hi Beautiful! First comment I’ve seen of yours... I’m all over the comments for our boy Conor. I’m in the big group with you under my real name... do you recognize me? Much love girlie! 🖤♥️
Feeling alone AF in the world.
Love the references to his other songs especially the calendar one. I love Bright Eyes soooo much. Glad they’re back with a bang.
The calendar hung itself. AKA The song that makes me want to die.
Why do I picture Oberst at a piano when he sings this song?
The interplay of the vague audio midway through is SO 'Letting Off The Happiness'!
Its nice to think they're still the worlds most wonderful Emo band after all these years!
The best artists always tap into the current mood, consciously, subconsciously, or unconsciously. Thank you, Conor and Bright Eyes. We need this to get through the summer.
What a comeback and the rhythm section cmon! Flea such a happy bassline perfect song!
Love that Flea is playing bass on this track.
And Jon Theodore plays drums!
N. Senada yeah that is awesome I love QOTSA didn’t know he played drums for them.
This track effectively has The Mars Volta's De-Loused In The Comatorium rhythm section on it.
The bass disappears
@@n.senada Whoa
Bright Eyes is the only band I still get excited about.
Thank you Conor and gang for your wonderful music!
Oh man better oblivion community center is so fire tooo and they def have what it takes to get any Conor fan excited about the music they release
i've listened to this song everyday since it came out. incredible, so fitting for the times ... "the seroquels working / it's fighting my fantasies"
i can't wait for the new album
I am 15 and I'm beyond happy that I got into Bright Eyes last year-- just the right time. Thank you so much for the beautiful music.
Callie T I was 15 when I got into them too, lol. I’m 31 years old now. A friend taught me how to play “A Perfect Sonnet” on guitar, and my music addiction started there.
Perfect time
Bright Eyes got me through my teenage years and helped me navigate through so many confusing feelings. You picked a great time to start listening.
@@CELINExDION same here
I was listening to Bright Eyes in 8th grade. So emo and felt like I was so alone. Now I’m 29, wifed up, knocked up, and a therapist for all the kids who are so emo and so alone. Bright Eyes still sings to my soul.
Ive had the entire Bright Eyes catalog on repeat, and this new track will funnel perfectly with the tides of time. Thanks Bright Eyes , for such beautiful music.
Simply wow. Love the growth in the lyrics but yet staying true to the signature nostalgic/melancholic sound. 💗
Oh man the lyrics have aged well with where I was to , where I am now! Supposed to get married this Saturday with a bright eyes song, obviously postponed. But glad I've got this to hear!
Bright Eyes at the top of their game. It's good to know some things never change.
Conor does it again. His lyrics are beautiful poetry
Conor had said in some 2005 interview that his voice was getting low with each passing year. To be honest,I have noticed the change in his voice from before, although I still LOVE it. But voice is just one aspect of music. The feelings,the intention,the vulnerability is what makes it lasting. Bright eyes has it all. :D
The day I saw Conor Oberst live and he stage dived into the audience and he and his heavy af boot hit my shoulder...was the best (first) day of my life :)
Bright eyes has gotten me through my entire life. I cannot explain how much they mean to me or how much I love him/them. I even have three related tattoos, including a guy from one of the album covers that looks like the following guys in the background only it’s a skeleton. I think it was from every day and every night
Anyone else have this song on repeat since first listen? Jesus Christ.
This song is beautiful. I love how the music is almost orchestral and dreamy. And Conor's voice is honest, moves along with the music . The production of this song is perfect. Love it.
16 years later and they still hit me where they did back then
"...pain of my own making, cut short by eternity" quality writing right there
In my opinion the greatest lyricist of all time
If you think so, you might also really enjoy Elliott Smith if you don't already know of him. They both shaped my childhood
@@minameier99 I love him but bright eyes will always be my go to
he was stabbed in the chest twice and it was ruled a suicide, yeah. But with confirmation that he was working on his mental health and no suicide note(other than his sadder lyrics)we really can't know
@@minameier99 well, if you listen to the Kings Crossing there is a part where he says gimme a reason not to do it and in the background his mom screams dont do it... I think he was manic
Absolutely. Just incredible lyrics, beautiful with or without music. They always read like poetry.
Holy shit, it was incredible. The references to previous works. The production. The lyrics.
First Persona Non Grata, now this. Fucking phenomenal come back, guys. I didn’t know how much I needed a new Bright Eyes album until now. Holy shit.
Gets better each time I listen
Thank you Bright Eyes for your profound dedication to your art and music. I’ve been listening to you since I was 17. I’m 34 now- and was supposed to see you this pst summer. May you be well and may your music carry on to every poets heart. Love, Moriah
This is everything you need right here. It's so good to have them back x
i cannot believe my favorite band resurfaced right when i think everyone needed it most. i wish i had my senior year but new bright eyes songs makes it a lot better ❤️
The calendar's little boxes, all these presents, get to open every one.
Mark Andrade that line had me tearing up
You literally know I feel on a Sunday and release the perfect song on a Monday.
I've never been quantum entangled with an artist before.
Thank God it's you.
So I woke up to a text this morning from a friend of mine from about a decade ago texting me the link to this new song. Because he remembered how much I liked bright eyes in high school 😂😂 this made my whole day.
Thanks for having it at 11am EST so that I can listen to the song at a reasonable time (4pm) here in the UK :)
Thanks for doing the maths so I didn’t have to melt my brain!
“Hula-hoopin around the sun“
Sums up the feeling of 2020 // quarantine.
Yep. They've done it again
Bright Eyes isn’t just for puberty. Welcome back. 🖤🖤🖤
Connor... You've been reading my mind and touching my heart for almost two decades now., Thank you so much...
I appreciated having the lyrics included. Anyway, this song hit right, at the right time. Just had a birthday, and stuff.
Sending love and energy.
Can't wait to hear all of the new material. Really glad you guys are touring again.
god i love that choir
release the album now. you know you want to
@Dead Oceans pleeease! Forget money and capitalism and all that stupid stuff and save our lives ;-) we can't wait any longer!
There's no escaping the housework or the bank clerk or the priest, in the dark at a distance I see everything at once catastrophizing my birthday & I'm overcome w/ LOVE. Thank you Bright Eyes for this new production.. I'm ready for
M O R E
So glad I still have Bright Eyes. Thank you
First listen: Oh I guess that's okay.
Second listen: Hmm actually that's got some nice moments.
Third listen: Again, AGAIN, I WANT IT AGAIN!
exactly how i felt!!
I've listened so much
lol 100%
Accurate
❤️❤️ The song we all need ❤️❤️ Beautiful poetry, wonderful big band sound, great production. Thanks Conor, Mike and Nate 😊
This is insane to say. But this might be one of the best songs Conor ever wrote?
I can't express how much this means, always, but especially right now.
Yes!
It’s finally happening, my two favorite bands have collided; Bright Eyes and RHCP, I’m astounded. Thank you Nate Walcott for making this possible.
This is so good, Bright Eyes means so much to me.
How tf hasn’t Conor’s voice changed? Its beautiful
Sounds like Connor is happy for a change, really glad for him if it's true
This deserves more views.
My forced convalescence was a few years ago, I committed to a woman no doubts no half steps all in, realized I hated my job and it wasnt a life anyone deserved. Quit that sales job and with $500 bought some shovles and tools and started a landscape design company from scratch. Dedicated myself to making a life for her, for us, stopped trying to make my life and made ours, all my unrest was relieved I stopped thinking about myself and what I "needed". All I did for her . . .did ten times that for myself. I love what I do everyday, I plant trees and gardens while it pays for everything . . . and I feel complete and at ease in all chaos . . . A little home, a woman, and a trade. Create more than you consume, serve others more than yourself and God will come and greet you where you are. Nothing can hurt a man that makes his own path in this world of concrete. Sorry about grammar busy, gott get back to digging. Love you all.
I’m in forced convalescence myself rn. The days are so long and yeah watching anything is awful. But I’m listening to music again ty Connor
Maybe I’m just more mature now but this is becoming one of my favorite Bright Eyes songs ever more than even some of the early stuff
Yep the beauty of music I would not want to be around if it didn't exist
Wasn't expecting anything new from them again.
But this is perfect. Exactly what we need.
I "grew up" with Bright Eyes and as I creep closer to 40 this one hit home
He's drip feeding us the album.
Album won't drop until they can perform us live shows.
Fill my veins!!
I'm okay with it.
It's called singles
I like it, gives something to look forward to and countdown the days in lockdown with.
my two favourite bands are bright eyes and the mars volta and i never thought i'd even remotely see a crossover between those two bands. theodore and flea playing on this song is maybe as close as we'll get.
My heart needed this so badly!! 🖤🖤
The bridge gives me chills.
And beyond 💫
Bright eyes is back, and if i can say it. Better than it ever was. When your tour is ready im SO FUCKING READY to buy the tickets
I'm so ready for this LIVE
These lyrics. Damn.
This song is not about coronavirus quarantine, it just so happened to have been released at a time when everyone can relate to it. Some people have been social distancing their whole lives
Conor Oberst has had that effect his whole career.
1.Writes material,
2.coincidentally releases it as it becomes relevant
3. and like that there is only synchronicity no coincidence
4. repeat
@@justinsulli7257 relieve, rewind, relive and repeat.
Here's to hoping to make some of the later shows. Laid awake dreaming about the show in LA with Neva, I guess someone else's dream was just a little brighter... Hope to see you guys in Vermont or anywhere else on the tour. Till then, working on my backstroke, keeping my good left on the prize ;-)
Much love.
Thank goodness
Ahh.. nothing like a new Bright Eyes song 😌💜
Waited so long for this. Your music helped me so long. Love you guys. Thanks for everything you do.
What a fucking perfect touch on the chorus with background singers. And this couldn't sound more like Bright Eyes if it had to, but not exactly like any particular previous album.
Discovered this during COVID lockdown where it was very appropriate, great song
10 seconds! Omg! Yes!
He always has a melody somewhere in each song that makes me feel like a kid in a candy s store
I am so happy Bright Eyes is making music again.
This song really make my day in this solitude of quarantine thank you guys S2
I'll sell you my kidney in exhange for the album as long as you include a snicker and a bag of cotton candy.
Same.except a red bull and some Marlboros
China's forced organ harvesting might just oblige you.
Connor has taken the knee to communism.
Better dead than red.
It's a great song. Thanks. 🙂🎸
IN A DAZZZZZZEEEE IN A DOOOORRRWAYYYYY
2ish years ago this song came out and it didn't mean anything to me when I first listened, and I love bright eyes, a couple days later and I was playing basketball and nuked my acl heard a loud pop could not put any weight on that leg it was a nightmare forced convalescents at it's finest, and was left bed ridden for nearly 2 months staring at the ceiling and my feet and in that first relisten the song suddenly became very important to me, n now I'm fully recovered completely and this song is even more nostalgic, bright eyes can't miss.
I’n really really glad they’re back. It makes this quarantine a little bit bearable.
I knew there was something tasty about that bass. Of course it had to be flea! Killer track!
Yes!!!!!!!
This Seroquel is definitely working. Keep it up guys!
this is easily in the Top 3 of the best 2020 singles
THIS IS WHY I LOVE BRIGHT EYES YES YES YEW
I’m so excited, and I just can’t hide it!
Okay I'm calling it, given Conors work over the years, I think he can see the future. 👁🔮
Flea & Jon Theodore
FLEA on the Bass guitar... Absolute madness🍴❣️🥴
Wherever you go there you are
Please get on zoom and keep making music during this pandemic!
This and persona non grata really evoke old school BE but as songs they sound a little like b-sides to a new album
Fair but I personally loved persona non grata
YES!
As a big Oberst fan, I was so stoked for the return of Bright Eyes. The solo stuff, the MVB stuff, the BOCC stuff... I really liked all of that. But found these two new Bright Eyes tracks a little disappointing. I've listened to each at least like 15 times now with the hopes I'd hear it with a new ear or it would grow on me. So far, not so much.
Although I know Conor has a knack for selecting the weirdest, least likely singles to reveal an album with. Hopefully these are two of those tracks and we'll have another handful of gems on the new album.
They both remind me a bit of a middle ground between the New Age strangeness that was The People's Key, and the abject misery and darkness of Conor's solo stuff. Both of which I like, I should point out.
Bro this is an instant BE classic
IS NO ONE NOTICING THAT FLEA IS ON BASS?