Bright Eyes é o projeto do cantor e compositor Conor Oberst, nascido em Omaha, Nebraska, que tem produzido música desde os 13 anos de idade. Ele lançou seus dois primeiros álbuns aos 14 anos com a banda Commander Venus. Depois do fim desta, em 1997, o principal objetivo de Conor se tornou Bright Eyes, e em 1998 ele lançou seu primeiro álbum, A Collection of Songs Written and Recorded 1995 1997 (uma coleção de 20 músicas inéditas), com a gravadora independente Saddle Creek
Quatro anos de trabalho duro!Neste mês de maio fizemos quatro anos no ar. Continuamos trabalhando na divulgação deste maravilhoso instrumento, obrigado por participar da nossa história!
CG The rain it started tappin on the window near my bed DmG There was a loophole in my dreamin so I got out of it AmF And to my surprise my eyes were wide and already open DmG To my nightstand and my dresser where those nightmares had just been CG So I dressed myself and left them out into the grey streets DmG But everything seemed different completely new to me AmF The sky the trees houses buildings even my own body DmG And each person I encountered I couldn't wait to meet CG And I came upon a doctor who appeared in quite poor health DmG I said there's nothing that I can do for you that you can't do for yourself AmF He said Oh yes you can just hold my hand I think that that would help DmG So I sat with him a while and I asked him how he felt FEmAmFEmAmFEmAm He said I think I'm cured In fact I'm sure Thank you stranger G for your therapeutic smile
CG So that's how I learned the lesson that everyone's alone DmG And eyes must do some raining if you're ever gonna grow AmF And when cryin don't help you can't compose yourself it's best to compose a poem DmG An honest verse of longing or a simple song of hope CG That's why I'm singin' baby don't worry cause now I got you back DmG And every time you feel like crying I'm gonna try and make you laugh AmF And if I can't if it just hurts too bad then we'll wait for it to pass DmG And I will keep you company for those days so long and black CG And we'll keep working on the problem we know we'll never solve DmG Of love's uneven remainders our lives are fractions of a whole AmF But if the world could remain within a frame like a painting on a wall DmG Then I think we'd see the beauty and we'd stand staring in awe FEmAmFEmAm At our still lives posed like a bowl of oranges FEmAmG Like a story told by the fault lines in soil ohh ohh