Ajnin42 (July 20, 2008 at 8:12 am)

meh, as a noob...not my favorite...Just sayen.

Str8Blast (July 19, 2008 at 7:09 pm)

thanks for the helpful analysis, it has given me a better appreciation for the song, and i will check out that poem. (ps, the 'personal' comment was for someone else) have a good one

Phenexbrimstone (July 19, 2008 at 2:35 pm)

alot of his songs are meant to be interperted by the listener, but as u can imagine alot are not. I could honestly have it all wrong but iv listend to him a long time. Also Check out" The Second Coming" a poem by Yeats. It is refereced in this song. :)

Phenexbrimstone (July 19, 2008 at 2:26 pm)

you are correct on this and to dig a little more the sqatters are like the settlers of this country, what they invisioned and what it has become because of how young our nation is and its immatureness "we are our own fall" the second verse is more of his coming to terms with this, again pardon if it seemed at all demeaning, and im not a great speller, Cuz iv used spellcheck for years lol.

Phenexbrimstone (July 19, 2008 at 2:20 pm)

im sorry if i seemed personal in my response i didnt mean it at at at least not twards you, Four Winds is both a reference to Ezekiel 37:9 as well as a Neil Young song I cant recall the name of ill look it up later. Great satan is used to decribe the catholic church or western influence in general, america is nicknamed "great satan" by many countries. in his eyes there is no sepration of church and state even more so how religion is the cause of so many wars

moosedog48 (July 19, 2008 at 7:50 am)

epic fail

xpowerrangerx (July 19, 2008 at 6:12 am)

i could listen to Bright Eyes, forever.

kennygr8 (July 19, 2008 at 3:44 am)

i'm getting this album!!:)

Str8Blast (July 19, 2008 at 1:40 am)

look, at least im making an effort to get to know music i dont quite get. a simple criticism and a legit question on 2 videos doesnt qualify me as a 'troll'. a friend of mine who loves them cited these songs as two of their more 'accessible' tunes for me. i gave it a shot and i guess... i failed (to be oberst about it). as you said, to each his own. i wonder what you would have had to say if you went to my page and saw only a video of whom i really use youtube to watch... the amazing stan getz.

ZoneGrise (July 19, 2008 at 1:05 am)

But no dolphin, it's not merely about a woman's existential disillusionment nor social commentary. It could encompass those but that's not the main point. The theme is loosely akin to TS Elliot's The Hollowmen in that it's about misguided and fruitless attempts at salvation and superficial transcendence.