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Bright Eyes are back with a homage to ska, new single '1st World Blues'
Bright Eyes release ska-inspired new single with star-studded music video featuring skaters and dogs in Brooklyn setting.
Jul 22, 2025 • 3:47 PM
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Well, morning came And it dressed the sky in a lovely yellow gown Now the shops they are all opening In that narrow hallway of downtown Filled with people who are shopping for Their lovers and their friends Saying they won't ever be lonely again Well, the forest fenced becomes backyards Like songs are born from sound And the apple fell and it taught us all We are chained here to the ground So, I mean, here we go but there ain't no escape No, these streets, they're just dead ends So I won't ever be happy again Well, it seems you, too, see a painful blue When you stare into the sky You could never understand The motion of a hand waving you goodbye, bye-bye But as the story goes or it is often told A new day will arise And all the dance halls will be full of the skeletons That are coming back to life And on a grassy hill The lion will lay down with the lamb And I won't ever be lonely again, no, no, no, no, no But until that time I think I'd better find some disbelief to suspend 'Cause I don't want to feel like this again
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Bright Eyes release ska-inspired new single with star-studded music video featuring skaters and dogs in Brooklyn setting.

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It follows the release of 'Bells & Whistles' in June.

It follows the release of 'Bells & Whistles' in June.

Out September 20th via Dead Oceans, it features Cat Power, Matt Berninger, and Alex Orange Drink.

The track is taken from their 'Letting Off The Happiness: A Companion' EP.
