Cleanse Song

from Cassadaga (Remastered) by Bright Eyes

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lyrics

Hear the chimes, did you know that the wind when it blows
It is older than Rome and all of this sorrow
See the new pyramids down in old Manhattan
From the roof of a friend’s I watched an empire ending
Heard loud and long the river’s Om
Time marching on to a madman’s drum

Don’t forget what you’ve learned all you give is returned
And if life seems absurd what you need is some laughter
And a season to sleep and a place to get clean
Maybe Los Angeles, somewhere no one is expecting
On a detox walk through a Glendale park over sidewalk chalk
Someone wrote in red, ‘start over’
So I muffled my scream on an Oxnard beach
Full of fever dreams that scare you sober
Into saltless dinners

Take the fruit from the tree, break the skin with your teeth
Is it bitter or sweet? All depends on your timing
Like a meeting of chance with a train station glance
Many lifetimes had past in an instant reminded
Of a millstone house in a seaside town
When your heart gave out in a mission bed
So your wife gave birth to a funeral dirge
As you woke up purged as a wailing infant
In Krung Thep, Thailand

Hear the chimes, did you know that the wind when it blows
It is older than Rome and our joy and our sorrow

credits

from Cassadaga (Remastered), released November 11, 2016
Conor Oberst - voice, guitar
Mike Mogis - bass, voice, lap steel, guitar, percussion, ukulele
Shane Aspegren - percussion
John McEntire - percussion
Michael Zerang - percussion
Jonathan Crawford - percussion
Dan Bitney - percussion
Dan Fliegel - percussion
Sarah Wass - Flute
Myka Miller - Oboe
Brian Walsh - Clarinet

Woodwinds arranged by Nate Walcott

Recorded at Presto! Additional Tracking at Soma,
The Boat, and ARC Studios. Mixed at ARC Studios.

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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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