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Bright Eyes If The Brakeman Turns My Way Lyrics
Total views: 1 time this week / Rating: 7.75/10 [24 votes]Album: Cassadaga / Original Release Date: 2007Genre: AlternativeSong Duration: 4 min 53 sec
If The Brakeman Turns My Way
Bright Eyes
Bright Eyes
BRIGHT EYES
- If The Brakeman Turns My Way LyricsWhen panic grips your body and your heart's a hummingbird
Raven thoughts blacken your mind until you're breathing in reverse
And all your friends and sedatives mean well but make it worse
Every reassurance just magnifies the doubt
Better find yourself a place to level out
Got a cricket for a conscience, always looks the other way
A cocaine soul starts seeming like an empty cabaret
Hey, where have all the dancers gone? Now the music doesn't play
Tried to listen to the river but you couldn't shut your mouth
Better take a little time to level out
I never thought of running
My feet just led the way
Mixed up signals, bullet train
Cars are switched out in the crazy rain
And I could meet you any place
If the brakeman turns my way
All this automatic writing, I have tried to understand
From a psychedelic angel who was tugging on my hand
It's an infinite coincidence but it doesn't form a plan
So I'm headed for New England or the Paris of the south
Gonna find myself somewhere to level out
Are your brothels full, oh Babylon, with merry middlemen?
Never peer out of their periscopes from those deep opium dens
All this death must need a counterweight, always someone born again
First a mother bathes her child, then the other way around
The scales always find a way to level out
I tried to pass for nothing
But my dreams gave me away
Mixed up signals, bullet train
People snuffed out in the brutal rain
I could live to any age
If the brakeman turns my way
It's an old world, it's hard to remember
Like a dime store mystery
And I'm a repeat first time offender
Who has rewritten history
Mixed up tea leaves, phantom pain
Fuzzy logic in the crazy rain
Getting better everyday
If the brakeman turns my way
Mixed up signals, bullet train
Cars are switched out in the blinding rain
And he'll be smiling as he seals my fate
When the brakeman turns my way
Raven thoughts blacken your mind until you're breathing in reverse
And all your friends and sedatives mean well but make it worse
Every reassurance just magnifies the doubt
Better find yourself a place to level out
Got a cricket for a conscience, always looks the other way
A cocaine soul starts seeming like an empty cabaret
Hey, where have all the dancers gone? Now the music doesn't play
Tried to listen to the river but you couldn't shut your mouth
Better take a little time to level out
I never thought of running
My feet just led the way
Mixed up signals, bullet train
Cars are switched out in the crazy rain
And I could meet you any place
If the brakeman turns my way
All this automatic writing, I have tried to understand
From a psychedelic angel who was tugging on my hand
It's an infinite coincidence but it doesn't form a plan
So I'm headed for New England or the Paris of the south
Are your brothels full, oh Babylon, with merry middlemen?
Never peer out of their periscopes from those deep opium dens
All this death must need a counterweight, always someone born again
First a mother bathes her child, then the other way around
The scales always find a way to level out
I tried to pass for nothing
But my dreams gave me away
Mixed up signals, bullet train
People snuffed out in the brutal rain
I could live to any age
If the brakeman turns my way
It's an old world, it's hard to remember
Like a dime store mystery
And I'm a repeat first time offender
Who has rewritten history
Mixed up tea leaves, phantom pain
Fuzzy logic in the crazy rain
Getting better everyday
If the brakeman turns my way
Mixed up signals, bullet train
Cars are switched out in the blinding rain
And he'll be smiling as he seals my fate
When the brakeman turns my way
Facts about If The Brakeman Turns My Way
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If The Brakeman Turns My Way is written by Conor Oberst, Jason Boesel.
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It is first released in 2007 as part of Bright Eyes's album "Cassadaga" which includes 13 tracks in total. This song is the 2nd track on this album.
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When we ask ourselves what the song was truly meant to express, Bright Eyes' 'If The Brakeman Turns My Way' captures the essence of chaos and confusion but finds a way to portray it subtly through the metaphor of 'mixed signals' and 'a bullet train' that show the whole process of the turbulent journey toward peace and clarity. If the brakeman turns my way lyrics focus on angst, despair, reflection, solitude, and anger. However, the song points out the role of anxiety and mental turmoil in the process of looking for stability and peace, the topic of escapism and the search for meaning, and the presence of chaos and unpredictability. References to drug use ('cocaine soul'), mature themes like death and rebirth, and some heavy imagery that could be inappropriate for kids are all present in the lyrics. All these factors combined together lead to a recommendation of PG-13 for the song.
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If The Brakeman Turns My Way falls under the genre Alternative.
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If The Brakeman Turns My Way song length is 4 minutes and 53 seconds.
Who wrote If The Brakeman Turns My Way lyrics?
If The Brakeman Turns My Way is written by Conor Oberst, Jason Boesel.
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When was If The Brakeman Turns My Way released?
It is first released in 2007 as part of Bright Eyes's album "Cassadaga" which includes 13 tracks in total. This song is the 2nd track on this album.
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What is the meaning behind If The Brakeman Turns My Way lyrics?
When we ask ourselves what the song was truly meant to express, Bright Eyes' 'If The Brakeman Turns My Way' captures the essence of chaos and confusion but finds a way to portray it subtly through the metaphor of 'mixed signals' and 'a bullet train' that show the whole process of the turbulent journey toward peace and clarity. If the brakeman turns my way lyrics focus on angst, despair, reflection, solitude, and anger. However, the song points out the role of anxiety and mental turmoil in the process of looking for stability and peace, the topic of escapism and the search for meaning, and the presence of chaos and unpredictability. References to drug use ('cocaine soul'), mature themes like death and rebirth, and some heavy imagery that could be inappropriate for kids are all present in the lyrics. All these factors combined together lead to a recommendation of PG-13 for the song.
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Which genre is If The Brakeman Turns My Way?
If The Brakeman Turns My Way falls under the genre Alternative.
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How long is the song If The Brakeman Turns My Way?
If The Brakeman Turns My Way song length is 4 minutes and 53 seconds.
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Songwriter(s): Conor Oberst, Jason Boesel
Record Label(s): 2007 Saddle Creek
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