An Attempt to Tip the Scales

from Fevers and Mirrors (Remastered) by Bright Eyes

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Did you expect it all to stop at the wave of your hand? Like the sun is just going to drop 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 and its gonna cloud our eyes again. There is no need to focus when there is nothing that is 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 and I’m going to clean these veins again. So close to dying that I
finally can start living.

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from Fevers and Mirrors (Remastered), released November 4, 2016
Andy Lemaster - keyboard, vocals, percussion
Mike Mogis - samples, percussion
Conor Oberst - guitar, percussion, vocals

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Bright Eyes Omaha, Nebraska

Bright Eyes are the Omaha, Nebraska based band consisting of Conor Oberst, Mike Mogis, and Nathaniel Walcott.

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Oct 11

Downtown Las Vegas Event Center

Las Vegas, NV
Nov 15

Weissenhäuser Strand Hotel

Hamburg, Germany

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