Hot Knives

About Hot Knives

"Hot Knives" is the second song to be released by the indie/folk-rock band Bright Eyes, from their album Cassadaga. The song was released on July 9, 2007, on a strictly-limited 7" double A-side record. Conor Oberst, the band's frontman, allegedly said "Hot Knives is a song.. um, sort of about a woman that kind of discovers that her life is a sham and can't really exist in her reality any longer and has to transform completely into a new, uh, species. It sounds crazy, but it's not that crazy. It could happen to you, too" on the NME Track-by-Track. more »

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2007

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The wife forgave the mistress
For she only entertained
The pain was gone the instant 
She cleared her throat to speak her name
Said, Both of us must suffer 
From this same unending ache?

The world was not of interest 
Though her days were never dull
Her bed beneath a crucifix 
On guests performing miracles
With the Son of God just hanging like a common criminal
"When I do wrong, I am with God," she thought
"When I feel lost, I am not at all"

So give me black light 
(Give, give me)
So give me hot knives 
(Deep clean sleep)
On a dance floor no one tells time 
(There is no time)

Oh, I've made love, yeah, I've been fucked, so what?
I'm a cartoon, you're a full moon, let's stay up

She went to see a mystic 
Who made medicine from rain
And gave up her existence 
To feel everything, dream other's dreams
Bid farewell to her family 
With one ecstatic wave 
(Please take care, I love you all)
Out the window as the car rolled away
She just vanished into a thick mist of change

So let us rejoice 
(Let's rejoice!)
In all this pink noise 
(Our pink noise!)
An oscillation that we can pinpoint 
(We're right here!)

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Bright Eyes

Bright Eyes is an American indie rock band founded by singer-songwriter and guitarist Conor Oberst. It consists of Oberst, multi-instrumentalist and producer Mike Mogis, trumpet and piano player Nate Walcott, and a rotating lineup of collaborators drawn primarily from Omaha's indie music scene. more »

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