Bright Eyes Quotes
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Considering our history, I can think of nothing more American than an immigrant.
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People resist change; if they like something, then they want you to keep doing it over and over - but I think if you like what a particular band or artist does, then you should want to see what they're going to do next.
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I dreamt this ship was sinkin' there was people screaming all aroundAnd I awoke to my alarm clock it was a pop song it was playin' loud
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Popular music is all about traveling at the speed of you and elevating the individual as the highest thing in the world.
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You mean nothing to no one but that's nobody's fault.
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Maybe there's a different story when it comes to hip-hop or different genres, but as far as rock music goes, I think there is a sort of fear of saying things people might be apt to criticize. Our band is the opposite of that.
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I think there's a danger, for me at least, in retreating and going inward and depression. I have to stay diligent against that tendency.
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My dad, who plays guitar and piano and was in cover bands, along with my older brother, Matt, taught me guitar and stuff. I started writing acoustic songs and playing by myself in 7th grade.
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And me I'm in the bathroomcrying out my eyelids because it's hard to be a manwhen you're scared, just like a little kid.
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We might die from medication but we sure killed all the pain
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It's hard to get people to focus on one idea.
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Joe Arpaio needs no help from me getting attention. For years he has been a beacon of bigotry and intolerance for all the world to see. The list of human and civil-rights abuses he’s committed in Maricopa County is long and well documented.
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The squatters made a mural of a Mexican girlWith fifteen cans of spray paint and a chemical swirlShe's standing in the ashes at the end of the worldFour winds blowing through her hair.
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And it's too hard to focus through all this doubt I keep making this to-do list but nothing gets crossed out Working on the record seems pointless now When the world ends who's gonna hear it?
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I drug your ghost across the country, and we plotted out my death.Every city and memory we whispered 'Here is where you rest.'Well I was determined in Chicago but I dug my teeth into my kneesAnd I settled for a telephone, sang into your machine:'You are my sunshine, my only sunshine.'
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Everything must belong somewhere.I know that now, that's why I'm staying here.
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It was a small mistake Sometimes that is all it takes.
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Well morning came, and it dressed the sky in a lovely yellow gown.Shopping malls are opening in that narrow hallway of downtown,filled with people who are shopping for their lovers and their friends,singing 'I won't ever be lonely again'
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But where was it when I first heard that sweet sound of humility?It came to my ears in the goddamn loveliest melody!How grateful I was, then, to be part of the mystery,To love, and to be loved!Let’s just hope that is enough.
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I wanna be your happiness.I wanna be your common sense pain.
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If you wanna see the future, Go stare into a cloud.
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Don't be so amazing or I'll miss you too much.
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My Brother went to collegeTo become a doctorAnd if he studies hard enoughHe'll end up just like papa, who hates his life.
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And me I'm in my bedroom drawing in my notebookBecause my hand thinks I'm an artistBut my heart knows I'm a poetIt's just words they mean so little to me.