Bright Eyes - Cleanse Song 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 it loud and long the river's Om
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's 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 the train station glance
Many lifetimes had past in a 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
You woke up purged as a wailing infant
In Krug 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
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Bright Eyes Cleanse Song Comments
Pure happiness in obscure melodic essences
Cathartic melancholy can be uplifting and positive.
yes this song is about 9/11 but getting over it and growing.
Wynonna Ryder in a show brought me here
Listening to this song while drink a shit load of coffee instead of alcohol. #detox
+MrHockey000 kudos!
I really can't get over how much Conor looks exactly like you'd expect.
+Eli Rutter IKR, When I first heard Bright Eyes, I visualized Jake Gyllenhaal from Donnie Darko in my mind... damn close enough... lol
No he doesn't.
He looks like Trevor from WKUK
this song is fucking great
+Alonne Reaver You heal instantly upon hearing. Am i right?
@gkarjala lol yeah you right
+Alonne Reaver It's okay brother. All is forgiven. Just glad to be where i am, hope all who've been where i have get the same thing from this song.
@gkarjala oh I definitely feel you man I was just joking
i should could use a detox walk...
i want whoever is listening to this to know that they are loved by a pantheon of happy people
enjoy ya spaghetti youre verrrry rude
So I'm not the only one who thought reincarnation w/ the last verse! ♥ Very nice interpretation.
End of one's dream and civilization as we knew it; history repeating itself.
Deep thoughts about life, and how it keeps going on, and how life it is some type of cycle and signs that we should follow(coincidences). The chance of reincarnation and the idea behind it.... "you will be clean." The whole album is about some type of spiritual awaking and thoughts about it. Perhaps that's just my take.
And then most likely going back on drugs.
dig deep my friends.. the answers are in front of you everyday..
@JanisCorp It's about the nature of time and life in general. Conor's basically saying how precious life is given the vastness of time and the transitional nature of this world.
gorgeous song!
3000 =D
@JanisCorp getting clean
@JanisCorp
Getting off drugs and re-evaluating life, I'd guess.