Bright Eyes

Niet de Sinatra-hit, wel de prachtige indie-groep van wonderkind Connor Oberst. De kerel stichtte al op zijn 14 zijn eigen recordlabel, bracht 2 albums uit met zijn groepje Commander Venus en ging na de split solo verder onder de naam Bright Eyes (soms ook bezig met zijn iets meer politiek getinte zijproject Desaparecidos). Ik heb al 1 keer de kans gehad hem live aan het werk te zien en reken maar op kippevel.

Messenger Bird's Song

The kitchen is cold but the coffee is warm. The sun is coming up. The day has just begun and you are already bored. You're bored of cheering me up, bored of calming me down, bored of drying my eyes. But there once was a time when you were the one. You were the blue of the sky. You came after the storm. You were the switch on the wall in the dark of the hall that I'm still fumbling for because I'm lost in the black. I don't know where I am. I have my arms stretched out in front and I'm calling your name just as loud as I can. And I know there are things of which we will never speak. And the questions can't be answered easily, but I want it to be easy. So just nod your head if the plans have changed. Shake it, love, if they've stayed the same. Smile at me and I will stay. Start to cry, and I'll go away. Just please, don't leave me guessing. So you made me come. Then you sent me away like a messenger bird. So I circled the earth, blown away in the wind, but I always returned with some new little song. Some sad story to tell of a brief love affair with a girl I compared to you and she failed. You said you don't want me to beg. Then said get down on your knees, because you knew that I would if I'd do any good satisfying your needs. And I know all about those things we cannot speak. And just so you know, well, they don't bother me. So you don't have to be worried. Just nod your head if the plans have changed. Shake it, love, if they stayed the same. Smile at me and I will stay. Start to cry and I'll go away. Just please don't leave me guessing. Please, don't leave me waiting.