Poison Oak Lyrics
Artist(Band):Bright Eyes
Poison oak, some boyhood bravery
When the telephone was a tin can on a string
And I fell asleep with you still talking to me
You said you weren't afraid to die
In polaroids you were dressed in women's clothes
Were you made ashamed, why'd you lock them in a drawer?
Well, I don't think that I ever loved you more
Than when you turned away, when you slammed the door
When you stole the car and drove towards Mexico
And you wrote bad checks just to fill your arm
I was young enough, I still believed in war
Well let the poets cry themselves to sleep
And all their tearful words will turn back into steam
But me, I'm a single cell on the serpent's tongue
There's a muddy field where a garden was
And I'm glad you got away but I'm still stuck out here
My clothes are soaking wet from your brother's tears
And I never thought this life was poss
2007-12-28 11:37:26 · 6 answers · asked by alice 2 in Entertainment & Music ➔ Music ➔ Lyrics
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possible
You're the yellow bird that I've been waiting for
The end of paralysis, I was a statuette
Now I'm drunk as hell on a piano bench
And when I press the keys it all gets reversed
The sound of loneliness makes me happier
2007-12-28 11:57:21 · update #1
It is about his dead brother, as the first answer said. It also has the premise that this life is evil & the singer longs to escape from it, as his brother had done.
2007-12-28 11:44:38 · answer #1 · answered by the Boss 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Poison Oak Lyrics
2016-10-02 04:43:00 · answer #2 · answered by ? 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I personally think that Imagine by John Lennon is much more meaning full then when u look me in the eyes by the Jonas brothers, or as other people would call them the Jo bros they are so gay, the other day i walked into a store and i saw a like 15 year old girl just drooling over some dumb jonas brothers t-shirt with her sister, i mean i understand little kids liking them but not freaking teenagers. besides how couldn't John lennon be better then the jonas brothers, hes a living legend for crying out loud
2016-03-14 11:55:24 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
sounds pretty sad maybe its about nostalgia
2007-12-28 11:40:18 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Even Conor Oberst doesn't know what he's banging on about.
2007-12-28 11:40:19 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 3⤋
i think it's about his dead brother
2007-12-28 11:39:48 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋