"I'm glad you got away, but I'm still stuck out here, my clothes are soaking wet, from your brothers tears. And I never thought this life was possible. You're the yellow bird that I've been waiting for."
Songs are stories but they only tell so much. They contain the raw emotions, the thoughts we're often too afraid to express, the way we wish things were or the way they were supposed to be. But they are never, and probably never could be, the whole story.
I often wonder what the full story behind a song is. If I ever got a chance to talk to one of my favourite artists, I think the whole interview would be me nagging them to talk about their lyrics. They would likely quickly get annoyed with my incessant desire to know what inspired the story, what really happened, who it was about and why they wrote it. In that sense, no matter how personal songs are, they can never reveal too much. There is still so much back story the listener is never privy to.
Whatever they case, there are always those artists or those song that provoke more curiosity and mystery than others. And it's that mystery that makes in nearly impossible to get sick of a particular song. You always find something new. This was inspired by one such song by an artist I can never get sick of and will likely continue to try and figure out for the rest of my life. The song is Poison Oak by Bright Eyes. If I could, I would write the story behind this song. But that's not up to me.
"Now I'm drunk as hell on a piano bench, when I pressed the keys it all get reversed. The sound of loneliness
makes me happier." -Poison Oak, Bright Eyes
- Mood:
awake - Music:The Big Picture - Bright Eyes
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