Contrast and Compare

from Letting off the Happiness by Bright Eyes

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Contrast and compare between the busy ones and the ones that don’t care until there is no one that
you really know. So I drift through these days of appointments and promises made they will all
end up broken and quickly replaced. Weeks are slow, days drag on; even practice and parties seem
long, but I found myself going, I guess there’s nothing to do. Oh well. Group of kids, line of
cars, more will show up after the bars close. There’s this boredom that drowns everything. Bottles
break, music plays, conversations competing for space. I look for a corner or a quieter room.
There’s no heat in this house; I can’t breath with these words in my mouth, but I’m not going to
say them. Yeah, I’ve made that mistake before. On the stairs she grabs my arm, says "what’s up,
where you been, is something wrong?" I try to just smile, and say everything’s fine.

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from Letting off the Happiness, released November 2, 1998

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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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