It’s been a while since I’ve posted a song spotlight. This one is strange because I haven’t listened to Conor Oberst (or Bright Eyes) in probably 8 years, and for years this angsty emo-ish music has been out of my bloodstream. This song though, “Gossamer Thin”, really got to me though.
I noticed on NPR a year ago that Oberst had released an album called Ruminations, which I took a half-assed listen to and immediately disregarded. Long story short here we are, after months of grey, rainy weather in the PNW, I turned on some Bright Eyes. Really brought me back to when I was younger. Back to when I was playing music all the time, drinking too much coffee, smoking too many cigarettes, and drinking way too much alcohol.
Anyways, it’s been a while since I’ve really paid any attention to lyrics, I’ve been a guitar guy for years now, and like I said before this one really got to me. I could copy and paste lyrics here for you to read but who am I kidding, this whole blog is for me to read and really no one else. Just posting it here so I can look back on it and reflect. With how its been stuck in my head for weeks now I ‘m not sure this one will ever really slip out of my memory.