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Conor Oberst

Lua

Release date: 16th February 2009

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About This Track

'Lua' by Conor Oberst is a 2009 song from the album 'Dark Was the Night'. The lyrics sketch a cold, restless night of wandering, taxi lights switching off, and an invitation to a party in a west side loft, where supplies feel abundant in the evening and disappear by morning. Amid the loneliness, the speaker leans into self-reliance, closing on the idea that they can be their own company. One line makes the mood plain, with the plea “I think we have to walk”.

"Lua" is a track by Conor Oberst, from the album Dark Was the Night, released 16th February 2009. Full lyrics are available below.

About the Artist

Conor Oberst

Conor Oberst

Lyrics

Lua

I know that it is freezing but I think we have to walk

I just keep waving at the taxis, they keep turning their lights off

But Julie knows a party at some actor's west side loft

Supplies are endless in the evening, by the morning they'll be gone

When everything is lonely, I can be my own best friend

I'll get a coffee and the paper, have my own conversations

With the sidewalk and the pigeons and my window reflection

The mask I polish in the evening, by the morning looks like shit

And I know you have a heavy heart, I can feel it when we kiss

So many men stronger than me have thrown their backs out trying to lift it

But me I'm not a gamble, you can count on me to split

The love I sell you in the evening, by the morning won't exist

You're looking skinny like a model with your eyes all painted black

You just keep going to the bathroom, always say you'll be right back

Well, it takes one to know one, kid, I think you've got it bad

But what's so easy in the evening, by the morning's such a drag

I got a flask inside my pocket, we can share it on the train

And if you promise to stay conscious, I will try and do the same

We might die from medication but we sure killed all the pain

What was normal in the evening, by the morning seems insane

And I'm not sure what the trouble was that started all of this

The reasons all have run away but the feeling never did

It's not something I would recommend but it is one way to live

'Cause what is simple in the moonlight, by the morning never is

It was so simple in the moonlight, now it's so complicated

It was so simple in the moonlight, so simple in the moonlight

It was so simple in the moonlight

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From Dark Was the Night

2009
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Dark Was the Night
Dark Was the Night
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2009
  1. —Sleepless
  2. —Blood, Pt. 2
  3. —I Was Young When I Left Home
  4. —Brackett, WI
  5. —Amazing Grace
  6. —Service Bell
  7. —Train Song
  8. —Lua
  9. —Deep Blue Sea
  10. —Cello Song
  11. —Knotty Pine
  12. —Mimizan
  13. —Stolen Houses (Die)
  14. —Lenin
  15. —El Caporal
  16. —Hey, Snow White
  17. —So Far Around the Bend
  18. —Well-Alright
  19. —The Giant of Illinois
  20. —Gentle Hour
  21. —You Are the Blood
  22. —Tightrope
  23. —Another Saturday
  24. —Feeling Good
  25. —When the Road Runs Out

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Credits

Production & Engineering

Writer
Conor Oberst
Producer
Mike Mogis
Guitar
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Vocals
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