Bright Eyes - Loose Lyrics

The story's in the soil
Loose leaves cover the ground
There are volumes in the forest no one reads out loud
If I could take them down, off of that mountain shelf
We used to climb but no one tries to go up that far now

Yeah, we're all too busy working
Entertaining ourselves
40 hours, television, and prescription pills
Well, I take two a day to make my brain behave
It never does, but who's to say?
At least my doctor gets paid

So that is fine, yeah, come by
We'll take the afternoon off
We can kiss and undress
Or if you want, just talk
Because I have got nothing real
Just empty space to fill
And you're my girl, I like your style
Just imagine all the time we could kill

And time's not poison
But once you drink it all, you'll die
So let's just sip it real slow
Yeah, we can nurse it all night
Try to believe that once it's gone
They'll pour another round, we'll come back to life
Yeah, we'll come right back...

It's all moving fast now, yeah
And that's what they say
And though some days still take forever
I can't disagree
Because it seems to me
That I wake up and sleep
Look in the mirror and have no idea
What happened in-between

But I remember counting days down
Until the year could be done
So I could scatter all my notebooks on the prep school lawn
And disappear into a summer's bliss
Of staying out and sleeping in
And getting drunk with my friends

And that's gone and I know
That it won't ever come back
I accept, I won't cling to what I had in the past
But life is a slippery slope
Regret the steepest hill
Hope for the best, plan for the worst
And maybe wind up somewhere in the middle

And I'm not saying that I know what I want
But I know what I don't
Don't want to rot in my room
And never know what could have been
Believe what everyone else tells me is true...

Yeah, what they'll say; "True!"
That is what they'll say
That's it
Believe what everyone else tells me is true
They will say: "True!"
That is what they'll say
That's it...

Oh Christy Allard, this song reminds me of when we went camping and i drank a half shot of wild turkey 101 with a half shot of gasoline, fucked, then were woken up to some wind storm and a tree ten yards away neRly fell, missing our tent. Good fucking times. 😘

I use to break shit when I was drunk to this song.

amazing...

"and time's not poison but once you drink it all you'll die. So let's just sip it real slow yeah we can nurse it all night try to believe that once it's gone we'll pour another round and come back to life"

+summer black isn't that just the most beautiful line?

Genius. ❤

I just heard this song for the first time ever, and it has to be one of my favorite songs Conor ever has done. He is a genius, and this song is amazing.

<3 favorite song.

cos i've got nothing real, just empty space to fill

Brings me back to those highschool days, sigh... oh nostalgia :)

I'm sure he did but that doesn't change facts, brotha

Lyrics=mind blown

the best

I believe he hated prep didn't he?

yeaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa

"so i could scatter all my books on the Prep school lawn"
omaha creighton prep bitches

Awesome my favorite bright eyes song...well for today anyway

@damnhypocrite I love your name (:

@GregThaVeg den du eet

i wish i could play this

Great lyrics :)

this song reminds me of magic again

Oh shit, the sounds goin on in the last minute of this song. It boggles my mind. ô.o

@jaimejaun thats so crazy man

@MrHAVOCtheMAN yep Omaha Creighton Prep

@jaimejaun really?

I go to the same high school he did, fuck yea

Apparently Kenny loves this song.

Hands down best Bright Eyes song. Second is If Winter Ends. And third is definitely Falling Out of Love at This Volume

You know what? I love this song too!

Jesus... these lyrics are unbelievable.

do you think he loves this song? just a thought

this song reminds me of some better times man :D

@kennygr8 So you like the song then? :P

This song is to be what I love

I LOVE THIS FUCKING SONNNG!

@bleedingyourblood I know, I am in fucking love with this song, it is the most played song on my iPod.

why is this song so amazing?

this is incredible

most beautirful song ever =)
"who's going to watch you die?"

haha I was just lookign through the coment and realized your name....does it have anythign to do with the Death Cab for Cutie song, "what sarah said"? Just wondering haha

this is a gorgeous song.
conor is a genioussss (:

this like describes every thought i've ever had.

ive listened to bright eyes for years. who the hell is that?

It is funny. I think your right. [=