At the wave of your hand?
If it's night you demand
Well, in the dark we are just air
So the house might dissolve
But once we are gone, who is gonna care
If we were ever here at all?
Well, summer is going to come
It't gonna cloud our eyes again
There's no need to focus
When there is nothing that it worth seeing
So we trade liquor for blood in an attempt to tip the scales
I think you lost what you loved in that mess of details
They seemed so important at the time
But now you can't even recall
Any of the names, faces, or lines
It is more the feeling of it all
Well, winter is going to end
I'm going to clean these veins again
So close to dying that I finally can start living
Radio: Hi, we're back. This is Radio KX and we're here with Conor Oberst of the band Bright Eyes. How are you doing Conor?
Conor: Fine, thanks. Just a little wet
Radio: Oh yeah, it's still coming down out there
Conor: Yeah, I sort of had to run from the car
Radio: Well, we are glad you made it. Now your new album, Fevers and Mirrors. Tell us a little bit about the title.
I noticed there was a good deal of repeated imagery in the lyrics,fevers...mirrors, scales, clocks.
Could you discuss some of this?
Conor: Sure. Let's see, the fever is--
Radio: First let me say, that this is a brilliant record, man, we're all really into it here at the station.
We get lots of calls, it's really good stuff
Conor: Thanks, thanks a lot
Radio: So talk a little bit about some of the symbolism
Conor: The fever?
Radio: Sure
Radio: I see
Conor: And then the mirror is like, as you might have guessed, self-examination or reflection or whatever form.
This could be vanity or self-loathing. I don't know, I'm guilty of both
Radio: That's interesting. How about the scale?
Conor: The scale is essentially our attempt to solve our problems quantitatively through logic or rationalization.
And the clocks and calendars, etcetera, its just time, our little measurements.
It's like, it's always chasing after us
Radio: It is, it is. How about this Arienette, how does she fit in to all of this?
Conor: I'm prefer not talk about it, in case she's listening
Radio: Oh, I'm sorry, I didn't realize she was a real person
Conor: She's not, but I made her up
Radio: Oh, so she's not real?
Conor: Just as real as you or I
Radio: I don't think I understand
Conor: Neither do I, but after I grow up I will. I mean, you know what, a lot of things are really unclear for me right now
Radio: That's interesting. Now you mentioned your depression
Conor: No I didn't
Radio: You're from Nebraska, right?
Conor: Yeah, that's right
Radio: Now let me know if I'm getting to personal, but there seems to be a pretty dark past back there somewhere. What was it like for you growing up?
Conor: Dark? Not really. Actually I had a great childhood. My parents were wonderful.
I went to a Catholic school. They have, I had money, so it was all easy. I basically had everything that I wanted anytime
Radio: Really? So some of the references like babies in bathtubs are not biographical?
Conor: Well I did have a brother who died in a bathtub...he drowned.
Well actually I had five brothers that drowned
Radio: (Chuckle)
Conor: No, I'm serious. My mother drowned one every year for five consecutive years. They were all named Padraic, and that's why they only got one song.
It's kind of like walking out a door and discovering that it's a window
Radio: But your music is certainly very personal
Conor: Of course, I put a lot of myself into what I do. It's like being an author, you have to free yourself to use symbolism and allegory to meet your goal.
It shouldn't matter, the message is intended to be universal
Radio: I see what you mean
Radio: Yes. And your goal?
Conor: I don't know. Create feelings I guess.
A song never ends up the way you planned it
Radio: That's funny you'd say that, do you think that--
Conor: Do you ever hear things that aren't really there?
Radio: I'm sorry, what?
Conor: Never mind. How long have you worked at this station?
Radio: Oh, just a few minutes. Now you mentioned empathy for others.
Would you say that that motivates you to make the music that you make?
I guess, I guess I kind of liked that
Radio: Really, you're telling me that you're doing all of this for attention?
Radio: No, I feeling sick
Conor: I really just want to be this warm yellow light that pours over everyone that I love
Radio: So you're going to play something for us now? Is this a new song?
Conor: Yeah, but I haven't written it yet. It's one I've been meaning to write called A Song To Pass The Time
Radio: Oh, that's a nice title
Conor: You should write your own scripts
Radio: Yeah, I know
🎵 LRC歌词版本
[00:16.58]At the wave of your hand?
[00:25.24]If it's night you demand
[00:28.63]Well, in the dark we are just air
[00:33.63]So the house might dissolve
[00:37.52]But once we are gone, who is gonna care
[00:41.73]If we were ever here at all?
[00:46.39]Well, summer is going to come
[00:48.51]It't gonna cloud our eyes again
[00:51.78]There's no need to focus
[00:53.15]When there is nothing that it worth seeing
[00:58.76]So we trade liquor for blood in an attempt to tip the scales
[01:07.16]I think you lost what you loved in that mess of details
[01:15.35]They seemed so important at the time
[01:20.06]But now you can't even recall
[01:24.27]Any of the names, faces, or lines
[01:28.31]It is more the feeling of it all
[01:33.11]Well, winter is going to end
[01:35.05]I'm going to clean these veins again
[01:37.93]So close to dying that I finally can start living
[02:14.67]
[02:32.56]Radio: Hi, we're back. This is Radio KX and we're here with Conor Oberst of the band Bright Eyes. How are you doing Conor?
[02:39.46]Conor: Fine, thanks. Just a little wet
[02:42.14]Radio: Oh yeah, it's still coming down out there
[02:44.92]Conor: Yeah, I sort of had to run from the car
[02:47.18]Radio: Well, we are glad you made it. Now your new album, Fevers and Mirrors. Tell us a little bit about the title.
[02:52.78]I noticed there was a good deal of repeated imagery in the lyrics,fevers...mirrors, scales, clocks.
[02:59.25]Could you discuss some of this?
[03:01.73]Conor: Sure. Let's see, the fever is--
[03:04.95]Radio: First let me say, that this is a brilliant record, man, we're all really into it here at the station.
[03:09.77]We get lots of calls, it's really good stuff
[03:12.77]Conor: Thanks, thanks a lot
[03:14.69]Radio: So talk a little bit about some of the symbolism
[03:17.22]Conor: The fever?
[03:18.64]Radio: Sure
[03:36.74]Radio: I see
[03:38.92]Conor: And then the mirror is like, as you might have guessed, self-examination or reflection or whatever form.
[03:46.02]This could be vanity or self-loathing. I don't know, I'm guilty of both
[03:52.24]Radio: That's interesting. How about the scale?
[03:55.02]Conor: The scale is essentially our attempt to solve our problems quantitatively through logic or rationalization.
[04:12.73]And the clocks and calendars, etcetera, its just time, our little measurements.
[04:19.18]It's like, it's always chasing after us
[04:22.79]Radio: It is, it is. How about this Arienette, how does she fit in to all of this?
[04:28.76]Conor: I'm prefer not talk about it, in case she's listening
[04:33.51]Radio: Oh, I'm sorry, I didn't realize she was a real person
[04:35.85]Conor: She's not, but I made her up
[04:40.05]Radio: Oh, so she's not real?
[04:41.83]Conor: Just as real as you or I
[04:44.42]Radio: I don't think I understand
[04:46.78]Conor: Neither do I, but after I grow up I will. I mean, you know what, a lot of things are really unclear for me right now
[04:54.93]Radio: That's interesting. Now you mentioned your depression
[04:58.58]Conor: No I didn't
[04:59.71]Radio: You're from Nebraska, right?
[05:01.06]Conor: Yeah, that's right
[05:02.28]Radio: Now let me know if I'm getting to personal, but there seems to be a pretty dark past back there somewhere. What was it like for you growing up?
[05:08.72]Conor: Dark? Not really. Actually I had a great childhood. My parents were wonderful.
[05:16.51]I went to a Catholic school. They have, I had money, so it was all easy. I basically had everything that I wanted anytime
[05:28.25]Radio: Really? So some of the references like babies in bathtubs are not biographical?
[05:33.69]Conor: Well I did have a brother who died in a bathtub...he drowned.
[05:39.10]Well actually I had five brothers that drowned
[05:41.03]Radio: (Chuckle)
[05:42.41]Conor: No, I'm serious. My mother drowned one every year for five consecutive years. They were all named Padraic, and that's why they only got one song.
[05:56.37]It's kind of like walking out a door and discovering that it's a window
[05:59.90]Radio: But your music is certainly very personal
[06:02.87]Conor: Of course, I put a lot of myself into what I do. It's like being an author, you have to free yourself to use symbolism and allegory to meet your goal.
[06:24.13]It shouldn't matter, the message is intended to be universal
[06:27.93]Radio: I see what you mean
[06:32.39]Radio: Yes. And your goal?
[06:37.64]Conor: I don't know. Create feelings I guess.
[06:41.33]A song never ends up the way you planned it
[06:44.80]Radio: That's funny you'd say that, do you think that--
[06:46.92]Conor: Do you ever hear things that aren't really there?
[06:49.09]Radio: I'm sorry, what?
[06:51.42]Conor: Never mind. How long have you worked at this station?
[06:54.71]Radio: Oh, just a few minutes. Now you mentioned empathy for others.
[06:57.93]Would you say that that motivates you to make the music that you make?
[07:30.61]I guess, I guess I kind of liked that
[07:33.04]Radio: Really, you're telling me that you're doing all of this for attention?
[07:48.65]Radio: No, I feeling sick
[07:51.72]Conor: I really just want to be this warm yellow light that pours over everyone that I love
[07:55.77]Radio: So you're going to play something for us now? Is this a new song?
[08:00.78]Conor: Yeah, but I haven't written it yet. It's one I've been meaning to write called A Song To Pass The Time
[08:09.18]Radio: Oh, that's a nice title
[08:15.19]Conor: You should write your own scripts
[08:17.16]Radio: Yeah, I know
At the wave of your hand?
If it's night you demand
Well, in the dark we are just air
So the house might dissolve
But once we are gone, who is gonna care
If we were ever here at all?
Well, summer is going to come
It't gonna cloud our eyes again
There's no need to focus
When there is nothing that it worth seeing
So we trade liquor for blood in an attempt to tip the scales
I think you lost what you loved in that mess of details
They seemed so important at the time
But now you can't even recall
Any of the names, faces, or lines
It is more the feeling of it all
Well, winter is going to end
I'm going to clean these veins again
So close to dying that I finally can start living
Radio: Hi, we're back. This is Radio KX and we're here with Conor Oberst of the band Bright Eyes. How are you doing Conor?
Conor: Fine, thanks. Just a little wet
Radio: Oh yeah, it's still coming down out there
Conor: Yeah, I sort of had to run from the car
Radio: Well, we are glad you made it. Now your new album, Fevers and Mirrors. Tell us a little bit about the title.
I noticed there was a good deal of repeated imagery in the lyrics,fevers...mirrors, scales, clocks.
Could you discuss some of this?
Conor: Sure. Let's see, the fever is--
Radio: First let me say, that this is a brilliant record, man, we're all really into it here at the station.
We get lots of calls, it's really good stuff
Conor: Thanks, thanks a lot
Radio: So talk a little bit about some of the symbolism
Conor: The fever?
Radio: Sure
Radio: I see
Conor: And then the mirror is like, as you might have guessed, self-examination or reflection or whatever form.
This could be vanity or self-loathing. I don't know, I'm guilty of both
Radio: That's interesting. How about the scale?
Conor: The scale is essentially our attempt to solve our problems quantitatively through logic or rationalization.
And the clocks and calendars, etcetera, its just time, our little measurements.
It's like, it's always chasing after us
Radio: It is, it is. How about this Arienette, how does she fit in to all of this?
Conor: I'm prefer not talk about it, in case she's listening
Radio: Oh, I'm sorry, I didn't realize she was a real person
Conor: She's not, but I made her up
Radio: Oh, so she's not real?
Conor: Just as real as you or I
Radio: I don't think I understand
Conor: Neither do I, but after I grow up I will. I mean, you know what, a lot of things are really unclear for me right now
Radio: That's interesting. Now you mentioned your depression
Conor: No I didn't
Radio: You're from Nebraska, right?
Conor: Yeah, that's right
Radio: Now let me know if I'm getting to personal, but there seems to be a pretty dark past back there somewhere. What was it like for you growing up?
Conor: Dark? Not really. Actually I had a great childhood. My parents were wonderful.
I went to a Catholic school. They have, I had money, so it was all easy. I basically had everything that I wanted anytime
Radio: Really? So some of the references like babies in bathtubs are not biographical?
Conor: Well I did have a brother who died in a bathtub...he drowned.
Well actually I had five brothers that drowned
Radio: (Chuckle)
Conor: No, I'm serious. My mother drowned one every year for five consecutive years. They were all named Padraic, and that's why they only got one song.
It's kind of like walking out a door and discovering that it's a window
Radio: But your music is certainly very personal
Conor: Of course, I put a lot of myself into what I do. It's like being an author, you have to free yourself to use symbolism and allegory to meet your goal.
It shouldn't matter, the message is intended to be universal
Radio: I see what you mean
Radio: Yes. And your goal?
Conor: I don't know. Create feelings I guess.
A song never ends up the way you planned it
Radio: That's funny you'd say that, do you think that--
Conor: Do you ever hear things that aren't really there?
Radio: I'm sorry, what?
Conor: Never mind. How long have you worked at this station?
Radio: Oh, just a few minutes. Now you mentioned empathy for others.
Would you say that that motivates you to make the music that you make?
I guess, I guess I kind of liked that
Radio: Really, you're telling me that you're doing all of this for attention?
Radio: No, I feeling sick
Conor: I really just want to be this warm yellow light that pours over everyone that I love
Radio: So you're going to play something for us now? Is this a new song?
Conor: Yeah, but I haven't written it yet. It's one I've been meaning to write called A Song To Pass The Time
Radio: Oh, that's a nice title
Conor: You should write your own scripts
Radio: Yeah, I know
🎵 LRC歌词版本
[00:16.58]At the wave of your hand?
[00:25.24]If it's night you demand
[00:28.63]Well, in the dark we are just air
[00:33.63]So the house might dissolve
[00:37.52]But once we are gone, who is gonna care
[00:41.73]If we were ever here at all?
[00:46.39]Well, summer is going to come
[00:48.51]It't gonna cloud our eyes again
[00:51.78]There's no need to focus
[00:53.15]When there is nothing that it worth seeing
[00:58.76]So we trade liquor for blood in an attempt to tip the scales
[01:07.16]I think you lost what you loved in that mess of details
[01:15.35]They seemed so important at the time
[01:20.06]But now you can't even recall
[01:24.27]Any of the names, faces, or lines
[01:28.31]It is more the feeling of it all
[01:33.11]Well, winter is going to end
[01:35.05]I'm going to clean these veins again
[01:37.93]So close to dying that I finally can start living
[02:14.67]
[02:32.56]Radio: Hi, we're back. This is Radio KX and we're here with Conor Oberst of the band Bright Eyes. How are you doing Conor?
[02:39.46]Conor: Fine, thanks. Just a little wet
[02:42.14]Radio: Oh yeah, it's still coming down out there
[02:44.92]Conor: Yeah, I sort of had to run from the car
[02:47.18]Radio: Well, we are glad you made it. Now your new album, Fevers and Mirrors. Tell us a little bit about the title.
[02:52.78]I noticed there was a good deal of repeated imagery in the lyrics,fevers...mirrors, scales, clocks.
[02:59.25]Could you discuss some of this?
[03:01.73]Conor: Sure. Let's see, the fever is--
[03:04.95]Radio: First let me say, that this is a brilliant record, man, we're all really into it here at the station.
[03:09.77]We get lots of calls, it's really good stuff
[03:12.77]Conor: Thanks, thanks a lot
[03:14.69]Radio: So talk a little bit about some of the symbolism
[03:17.22]Conor: The fever?
[03:18.64]Radio: Sure
[03:36.74]Radio: I see
[03:38.92]Conor: And then the mirror is like, as you might have guessed, self-examination or reflection or whatever form.
[03:46.02]This could be vanity or self-loathing. I don't know, I'm guilty of both
[03:52.24]Radio: That's interesting. How about the scale?
[03:55.02]Conor: The scale is essentially our attempt to solve our problems quantitatively through logic or rationalization.
[04:12.73]And the clocks and calendars, etcetera, its just time, our little measurements.
[04:19.18]It's like, it's always chasing after us
[04:22.79]Radio: It is, it is. How about this Arienette, how does she fit in to all of this?
[04:28.76]Conor: I'm prefer not talk about it, in case she's listening
[04:33.51]Radio: Oh, I'm sorry, I didn't realize she was a real person
[04:35.85]Conor: She's not, but I made her up
[04:40.05]Radio: Oh, so she's not real?
[04:41.83]Conor: Just as real as you or I
[04:44.42]Radio: I don't think I understand
[04:46.78]Conor: Neither do I, but after I grow up I will. I mean, you know what, a lot of things are really unclear for me right now
[04:54.93]Radio: That's interesting. Now you mentioned your depression
[04:58.58]Conor: No I didn't
[04:59.71]Radio: You're from Nebraska, right?
[05:01.06]Conor: Yeah, that's right
[05:02.28]Radio: Now let me know if I'm getting to personal, but there seems to be a pretty dark past back there somewhere. What was it like for you growing up?
[05:08.72]Conor: Dark? Not really. Actually I had a great childhood. My parents were wonderful.
[05:16.51]I went to a Catholic school. They have, I had money, so it was all easy. I basically had everything that I wanted anytime
[05:28.25]Radio: Really? So some of the references like babies in bathtubs are not biographical?
[05:33.69]Conor: Well I did have a brother who died in a bathtub...he drowned.
[05:39.10]Well actually I had five brothers that drowned
[05:41.03]Radio: (Chuckle)
[05:42.41]Conor: No, I'm serious. My mother drowned one every year for five consecutive years. They were all named Padraic, and that's why they only got one song.
[05:56.37]It's kind of like walking out a door and discovering that it's a window
[05:59.90]Radio: But your music is certainly very personal
[06:02.87]Conor: Of course, I put a lot of myself into what I do. It's like being an author, you have to free yourself to use symbolism and allegory to meet your goal.
[06:24.13]It shouldn't matter, the message is intended to be universal
[06:27.93]Radio: I see what you mean
[06:32.39]Radio: Yes. And your goal?
[06:37.64]Conor: I don't know. Create feelings I guess.
[06:41.33]A song never ends up the way you planned it
[06:44.80]Radio: That's funny you'd say that, do you think that--
[06:46.92]Conor: Do you ever hear things that aren't really there?
[06:49.09]Radio: I'm sorry, what?
[06:51.42]Conor: Never mind. How long have you worked at this station?
[06:54.71]Radio: Oh, just a few minutes. Now you mentioned empathy for others.
[06:57.93]Would you say that that motivates you to make the music that you make?
[07:30.61]I guess, I guess I kind of liked that
[07:33.04]Radio: Really, you're telling me that you're doing all of this for attention?
[07:48.65]Radio: No, I feeling sick
[07:51.72]Conor: I really just want to be this warm yellow light that pours over everyone that I love
[07:55.77]Radio: So you're going to play something for us now? Is this a new song?
[08:00.78]Conor: Yeah, but I haven't written it yet. It's one I've been meaning to write called A Song To Pass The Time
[08:09.18]Radio: Oh, that's a nice title
[08:15.19]Conor: You should write your own scripts
[08:17.16]Radio: Yeah, I know
and you're constantly surrounded by that swirling stream of what is and what was.
Well, we've all made our predictions but the truth still isn't out.
...
（"So long, everything" he shouted
Then he ran next door to
Margot's house"I'm moving," he said, "where?" asked
Margot"Two weeks away, two weeks away,"...
The fragile keep secrets gathered in pockets
And they will sell them for nothing a cheap watch
Or locket that kind of gold washes off
The sad at like...
Tomorrow when I wake up I'm finding my brother
And making him take me back down to the water
That lake where we sailed and we laughed with our father
...
There is nothing for
Just this baggage I keep carrying on
As if I had someone
Ok, maybe there is a woman somewhere
Who's still thinking of me
Or a gir...
I know that it is freezing, but I think we have to walk
I keep waving at the taxis, they keep turning their lights off
But Julie knows a party at some...
It was in the march of the winter I turned seventeen
That I bought those pills
I thought I would need
And I wrote a letter to my family
Said it's not ...