Bright Eyes - A Line Allows Progress, A Circle Does Not

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sitting around, no work today
try pacing to keep awake
laying around, no school today
just drink until the clock has circled all the way
it`s late afternoon
as you walk through the rooms
of a house that is quiet
except for unanswered telephones
you stand near the sink
you`re mixing a drink
you think you don`t want to pass out
where your roommates will find you again
stumble around the neighborhood with nothing to do
you`re always looking for something
to sniff, smoke, or swallow
calling over next door to see what they got
but you would settle for anything
that would make your brain slow down or stop
break this circle of thoughts you chase
before they catch back up with you
and your parents noticied your thinning face,
all the weight you lost--
all the weight you are losing
you said, "i`m done feeling like a skeleton
no more sleep walking dead"
you`re going to wake from this coma
you`re going to crawl from this bed you have made
and stop counting on that camera
that hangs round your neck
because it won`t ever remember
what you choose to forget
as you try to find some source of light
try to name one thing you like
you used to have such a longer list
and light you never had to look for it
but now it`s so easy-- it`s so easy to
it`s so easy-- it`s so easy to
second guess everything you do
until all you want is all you want is to
to finish this half empty glass
before the ice all melts away
this feeling always used to pass
but seems like it`s every day
it seems like it`s every night now

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2000-10-30: Leicester, UK

1. An Attempt to Tip The Scales (8:29)
2. Padraic My Prince (3:50)
3. When The Curious Girl Realizes She is Under Glass (3:08)
4. The Calendar Hung Itself (3:56)
5. A Line Allows Progress, A Circle Does Not (3:25)
6. Drunk Kid Catholic (3:11)
7. February 15th
8. A New Arrangement (5:13)
9. The Big Picture (7:41)
10. A Perfect Sonnet (3:42)

01 November 1999

Every Day and Every Night

1. A Line Allows Progress, A Circle Does Not (3:25)
2. A Perfect Sonnet (3:42)
3. On My Way To Work (4:11)
4. A New Arrangement (5:13)
5. Neely O'hara (6:22)

09 September 2003

Vinyl Box Set

1. The Invisible Gardener (2:26)
2. Patient Hope In New Snow (4:09)
3. Saturday As Usual (3:40)
4. Falling out of Love at This Volume (2:19)
5. Exaltation on a Cool, Kitchen Floor (2:29)
6. The Awful Sweetness Of Escaping Sweat (4:07)
7. Puella Quam Amo Est Pulchra (3:13)
8. Driving Fast Through A Big City At Night (2:13)
9. How Many Lights Do You See? (3:34)
10. I Watched You Taking off (3:59)
11. A Celebration Upon Completion (4:17)
12. Emily, Sing Something Sweet (3:03)
13. All of The Truth (3:46)
14. One Straw (Please) (2:51)
15. Lila (2:53)
16. A Few Minutes on Friday (4:10)
17. Supriya (2:31)
18. Solid Jackson (4:33)
19. Feb. 15th (4:08)
20. The 'feel Good' Revolution (3:31)
21. If Winter Ends (3:27)
22. Padraic My Prince (3:50)
23. Contrast and Compare (3:59)
24. The City Has Sex (2:14)
25. The Difference in The Shades (4:25)
26. Touch (3:44)
27. June on The West Coast (3:36)
28. Pull My Hair (4:12)
29. Empty Canyon/Empty Canteen (2:44)
30. A Poetic Retelling of an Unfortunate Seduction (4:26)
31. Tereza And Tomas (25:47)
32. A Line Allows Progress, A Circle Does Not (3:25)
33. A Perfect Sonnet (3:42)
34. On My Way To Work (4:11)
35. A New Arrangement (5:13)
36. Neely O'hara (6:22)
37. A Spindle, a Darkness, a Fever, and a Necklace (5:54)
38. A Scale, a Mirror, and These Indifferent Clocks (2:43)
39. The Calendar Hung Itself (3:56)
40. Something Vague (4:19)
41. The Joy in Discovery (1:07)
42. The Movement of a Hand (4:15)
43. Arienette (3:58)
44. When The Curious Girl Realizes She is Under Glass (3:08)
45. Haligh, Haligh, a Lie, Haligh (4:44)
46. The Center of The World (4:43)
47. Jetsabel Removes The Undesirables (6:09)
48. Sunrise, Sunset (3:53)
49. An Attempt to Tip The Scales (8:29)
50. A Song to Pass The Time (6:16)
51. Going For The Gold (5:06)
52. Oh, You Are The Roots That Sleep Beneath My Feet And Hold The Earth In Place (3:10)
53. I Won't Ever Be Happy Again (2:37)
54. No Lies, Just Love (5:58)
55. Kathy With A Ks Song (5:28)
56. Mirrors and Fevers (2:03)