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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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The picture's far too big to look at, kid Your eyes won't open wide enough You're constantly surrounded By a swirling stream of was is and what was Well, we've all made our predictions But. the truth still isn't out So if you wanna see the future Go stare into a cloud You keep trying to find your way out Of this maze of memories It all sort of looks familiar Till' you get up close and it's different, clearly But each time you turn a corner You're right back where you were And your only hope is that forgetting might make a door appear Is it your fear of being married That makes you so afraid to speak? An avalanche of opinions Like the one that fell that I'm now underneath It was my voice. that moved the first rock And I would do it all again So I mean it's cool if you keep quiet But I like singing So I'll be holding my note Stomping and strumming And feeling so very lucky And there is nothing I know Except these lifetimes when moments and wishing It just leaves me empty So you can try to live in darkness But you will never shape the light It will greet you every morning Make you more aware of its absence at night When you're wrapped up in your blanket, baby The comfortable cocoon But I've seen the day of your awakening, boy It's coming soon So go ahead and lose yourself in liquor You can praise the clouded mind But it isn't what you're thinking, no It's the course of history, your position life You're just a piece of the puzzle I think you'd better find your place And don't go blaming your knowledge on Some fruit you ate Cause there's been a great deal of discussion About the properties of man Animal or Angel You were carved from bone But your heart is just sand And the wind, it's. gonna scatter it And cover everything with love (oh) So it makes you happy Then keep kneeling, mama But I'm standing up Because this veil, it has been lifted My eyes are wet with clarity I've been a witness to your wonders I've searched for them, all across this country I think I'll be returning now To the little town where I was born I understand you must keep moving, friend But I'm headed home And I'm gonna follow the road Let the scenery sweeping by easily enter my body I'll send ya'll this message in code Underground, over mountains Through the forest, and deserts, and cities All across the electric line, it's a baited line The hook is in deep boys, there's no more time So you can struggle in the water Be too stubborn to die Or you could just let go and be lifted to the sky
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Bright Eyes release ska-inspired new single with star-studded music video featuring skaters and dogs in Brooklyn setting.

Bright Eyes announce extensive summer tour across UK and Europe, featuring rescheduled shows and festival dates from June to July.

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.
