Conor Oberst Quotes on Identity
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And me I'm in my bedroom drawing in my notebook Because my hand thinks I'm an artist But my heart knows I'm a poet It's just words they mean so little to me.
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But I talk in the mirror to the stranger that appears our conversations are circles,always one sided Nothing is clear Except we keep coming back,to this meaning that I lack He says the choices were given,now i must live them Or just not live,but do you want that?
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Your eyes are poor. You're blind. You see, no beauty could have come from me. I'm a waste of breath, of space, of time.
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Just then my knees give under me, my head feels weak and suddenly it's clear to see it's not them, but me, who's lost my self identity.
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Fuck my face. Fuck my name, They are brief and false advertisements... ...For a soul I don't have.
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'Cause a costume can be comfortable It can make you feel more beautiful It can even make you look like someone else But it's still you, so there's nothing you can do Like a bad habit, the one you couldn't kick, there it always is And it's nothing that no doctor's gonna fix.
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I must have looked like a ghost, Cause' something frightened me. And since then I've been so good at vanishing.
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Do you guys consider yourselves to live in the country? [audience reaction]... I heard half 'yes'es and have 'no's, so I guess you're confused.
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Well, I mean...there are certainly worse things to be called