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Rhythm 9.3
Melody 9.3
Instruments 9.6
Lyrics 8.7
Vocal 9.6
This song has been reviewed 9 times. Overall score for this song, 9.3.
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Bright Eyes - We Are Nowhere And It's Now Lyrics

(feat. Emmylou Harris)

Song details
TitleWe Are Nowhere And It's Now
ArtistBright Eyes (feat. Emmylou Harris)
AlbumI'm Wide Awake, It's Morning (2005) , Track 2 ,
Motion Sickness (2005) , Track 2
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Rank7,760 (+1,474) history
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Song lyrics
If you hate the taste of wine,
Why do you drink it till you're blind?
And if you swear that there's no truth and who cares,
How come you say it like you're right?
Why are you scared to dream of god,
When it's salvation that you want?
You see stars that clear have been dead for years
But the idea just lives on,
In our wheels that roll around,
As we move over the ground.
And all day it seems we've been in between,
the past and future town.

We are nowhere and it's now.
We are nowhere and it's now.
And like a ten minute dream in the passenger's seat,
While the world was flying by.
I haven't been gone very long,
But it feels like a life time.

I've been sleeping so strange at night.
Side effects they don't advertise.
I've been sleeping so strange,
With a head full of pesticide.

I've got no plans and too much time.
I feel too restless to unwind.
I'm always lost in thought,
As I walk a block to my favorite neon sign;

Where the waitress looks concerned,
But she never says a word.
Just turns the juke box on,
and we hum along and I smile back at her.

And my friend comes after work,
When the features start to blur.
She says these bars are filled with things that kill,
By now you probably should have learned.

Did you forget that yellow bird?
How could you forget your yellow bird?
She took a small silver wreath and pinned it on to me.
She said, "This one will bring you love."
And I don't know if it's true but I keep it for good luck.
lyrics submitted by cris
lyrics corrected by multiple people on 05-09-2007




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23-02-2005 04:01heyromantica is offline heyromantica 

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this song soaks into my pores.

i can feel it when i sleep.

"did you forget that yellow bird? how could you forget your yellow bird?"

i didn't forget. i promise.
18-03-2005 04:08x_emo_nemo is offline x_emo_nemo 

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28-05-2005 01:21Goingunion is offline Goingunion 

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Yeah What IS this yellow bird he's always talking about?
This song is so beautiful.
I love the touch of country and the added female vocals. Lryics are great as always.
23-06-2005 20:39LadyMeltintalle is offline LadyMeltintalle 


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I really love this song. It makes me sad. The lyrics are so simple and yet clever at the same time.

You havent been gone very long, but it feels like a lifetime"

That part gets stuck in my head.

And whoever submitted these lyrics GAH you drive me insane.
25-06-2005 07:13purple_hippo is offline purple_hippo 


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To understand the yellow bird thing you have to have heard Poison Oak.
Poison Oak is about Conor's cousin (i think, someone close to him anyway) comitting suicide, and the effects of it on his family and how it wakes him up and he realises that he couldn't hurt them like that - he refers to this awakening as the "yellow bird i've been waiting for".
So, in this song, Conor is saying he can't carry on throwing his life away by drinking etc. because he's seen how much it hurts other people - he can't forget the yellow bird.

i like this song
26-06-2005 16:31fishtaco is offline fishtaco 

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I love this song. The lyrics are pretty simple, yet very good. It doesn't make me sad or anything.. it's just a great song.
21-07-2005 21:10konfusion87 is offline konfusion87 

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the lyrics really are great....and thanks for the yellow bird explanation. this song is one of the best on the cd i think except for that annoying emy lou lady.
19-11-2005 16:09night_wish is offline night_wish 

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i like bright eyes
but i didn't like this song...
23-07-2006 05:02Ahava is offline Ahava 

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This song leaves me utterly broken, but hitting the repeat botton.

I think I am stuck in an abusive relationship with my iPod.
05-08-2006 21:02alecs17 is offline alecs17 

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no sean poserssssssssssssss
01-11-2006 11:59xxlucyintheskyx is offline xxlucyintheskyx 

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aww..i love this song and i cant agree with you about emmy lou, i love the way she sings, i think it really compliments conor's voice, kind of reminds me of neil young's comes a time for some reason. anyway, i interpreted the yellow bird thing differently. In the mines back in the day when they did not have good technology, they used to take a canary down the mine to check if there was a gas leak or lack of air(cant remember exactly) and if the bird died, then they would know to get out of the mine as fast as possible. Thus, conor could be using the metaphor of the yellow bird as a kind of savoir or security blanket(not exactly)...i cant think of the right word to explain this at the moment...anyway, you get the gist and thats my humble opinion...how could you forget your yellow bird?


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