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Credits

PERFORMING ARTISTS
Bright Eyes
Bright Eyes
Performer
Mike Mogis
Mike Mogis
Guitar
Andy LeMaster
Andy LeMaster
Guitar
Conor Oberst
Conor Oberst
Vocals
Nathaniel Walcott
Nathaniel Walcott
Keyboards
Shane Aspegren
Shane Aspegren
Drums
COMPOSITION & LYRICS
Conor Oberst
Conor Oberst
Composer
Bright Eyes
Bright Eyes
Arranger
PRODUCTION & ENGINEERING
Mike Mogis
Mike Mogis
Mixing Engineer
Andy LeMaster
Andy LeMaster
Engineer

Lyrics

One for the righteous One for the ruling class One for the tyrant One for the slaughtered lamb One for the struggle One for the lasting peace One for you and One for me One for the Führer One for his child bride One for the wedding One for the suicide One for the bunker One for the broadcast booth One for me, now One for you How did we get so far away from us? How did we get so far away? One for the people One for the parliament One for the weary One for the malcontent One for the master One for the protégée One for you and One for me One for the breadlines One for the billionaires One for the missing One for the barely there One for the certain One for the real confused One for me, okay, now One for you Now that we've come so far away from us Now that we've come too far to say You and Me, You and Me That is an awful lie You and Me, You and Me That is an awful lie It's I and I It's I and I It's I and I It's I and I Well the transit is of love It goes back to love again You understand When somebody's having a problem with your issues But whatever trip they're having a problem with You try to bring it together You try not to cause division You try to make it as a cosmos It's a cosmos, then it unfolds like a flower It just keeps unfolding, time keeps moving on Instead of someone saying "Naw man, we're gonna do it like We're gonna become fascists We're gonna do it this way." And you say, "No, we're moving on And, I hope I see you later Where everybody's okay." And that's the human race When there's total enlightenment There will be peace, the world will be in bliss When there's total enlightenment So enlightenment is knowledge As much knowledge as you can get people To, to seek and understand, ya know And it's mankind. It's me, it's you, it's us that do it But we have to call it to align We say, "Look, I'm not gonna kick that guy's ass That happened ten years ago, I wish him well," That's love, ya know, and compassion Or uhhh what do you call it... (Mercy?)...What's that?. (Mercy?)...Mercy
Writer(s): Conor Oberst Lyrics powered by www.musixmatch.com
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