Bright Eyes - First Day of My Life (Companion Version) (Official Lyric Video)

"First Day of My Life: Companion Version", the first single from 'I'm Wide Awake, It's Morning: A Companion' in the Bright Eyes reissue series.
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Credits:
All Songs © Bedrooms: Bedrooms and Spiders/Sony/ATV Songs LLC (BMI)
Jason Boesel appears courtesy of Brute/Beaute Records, EmmylouHarris appears courtesy of Nonesuch Records, Jesse Harris appears courtesy of Verve Records, Jim James appears courtesy of RCA/ATO Records
Jesse Harris - Guitar
Tim Luntzel - Bass
Conor Oberst - Guitar, Voice
Lyrics:
This is the first day of my life
Swear I was born right in the doorway
I went out in the rain, suddenly everything changed
They're spreading blankets on the beach
Yours was the first face that I saw
I think I was blind before I met you
And I don't know where I am, I don't know where I've been
But I know where I want to go
And So I thought I'd let you know
Yeah, these things take forever, I especially am slow
But I realized that I need you
And I wondered if I could come home
Remember the time you drove all night
Just to come meet me in the morning?
And it sounded so strange, you said everything changed
You felt as if you'd just woke up
And you said
"This is the first day of my life
I'm glad I didn't die before I met you
But now I wouldn’t care, I could go anywhere with you
And I'd probably be happy"
So if you wanna stick with me
With these things there's no telling, child
We’ll have to wait and see
But I'd rather be working for a paycheck
Than waiting to win the lottery, ah-ha, mm-hmm
Besides, maybe this time is different
I mean, I’m really feeling lucky
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Bright Eyes - First Day of My Life (Companion Version) (Official Lyric Video)
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[@stewarttaggart7764]

This is the first Bright Eyes songs I ever heard, so glad I didn't die before I heard this version....

[@daletydoodles3389]

I love this version. Super stoked on it. The original meant so much to me. But since he's left me it does not mean the same and it hurts to listen to it. Now I can listen to this version and not attach it to anyone specifically. ❤️ Hate it when that happens. When you're with someone for so many years and you have so many songs that are specifically for that relationship. Oh well, we move on, and then there are different versions... of songs, of relationships, of life. 🙃

[@coryander4918]

i will never let a relationship ruin songs for me

[@daletydoodles3389]

@@coryander4918 that's a good attitude to have. 🥰

[@TheArter84]

That made me feel

[@SergiDanger]

Hate that. Personally First Day of my life also became unlistenable for a long time because of a ex-partner. It takes time. One day you will smile and think back on how you couldn't listen to this song because of a person (as you listen to the song) and you will think about life and love and how everything changes and then the song will become even more beautiful

[@konstantinosmouzakitis3904]

This is the first song I've ever heard from this band today on the start of 2023, and it's great!

[@chemicalkid4213]

wow dude, welcome to the ride bro

[@callummaguire5048]

I love the lyric change on the last line, it makes the statement so much sweeter. Love really is more like working a job than just getting lucky, but sometimes it does happen like that.

[@nerolilaine9973]

Love Love Love

[@Sorensen009]

Master piece!

[@LeonardoUlhoa]

Tks from Brazil 🙌🏼🙌🏼🙌🏼

[@petxjacxbums]

This makes my memories happier

[@williamglenn777]

Such a curiosity!

[@LaurenInesRuiz]

Wow. Cool! What a treat.

[@Indecisive_Human]

Absolutely love this!

[@alexmac7359]

Absolutely love this version!

[@cnt369]

Nice profile pic!

[@ClaraInstalledAimbot]

Both ep’s sound amazing. Stoked they did this

[@prestondenglish]

I really appreciate these new takes. It is like listening to these albums for the first time again.

[@em-rw5qz]

As if this song couldn't get better. What a fucking gift man thank you

[@RandomRhyme]

A wizard is never late

[@slinks2563]

Always loved this album, the companion version so fucking good I have it on repeat!! Thank you ❤️

[@Paint0nBrush]

man i love this stuff

[@1800careless]

Nicely done, i appreciate how you've helped those who cared to listen through all our ups and downs.

[@edwincurtislloyd]

Always loved this tune! Beautiful as usual guys 👏🏻🙌🏻

[@sidney_oberst]

I can't wait for At the bottom of everything companion!!!!

[@FredMalsan]

Loved it! 😍

[@Z3nHolEminD]

Incredible mix 🎶

[@LeonardoUlhoa]

OMG this is soooo AWESOME!!! Tks guys

[@fairyfuck8479]

It’s a hit!🔥🔥🔥

[@richellaeden2655]

Really nice!!

[@TheSpelledMilk]

Nice ... ❤💊

[@sarahh6062]

It was about time this song got a Remix 😊

[@LocalNomadd]

This song deserves an updated accompanied music video similar to the original 😢

[@Elizabeth-bz7jr]

i would sign up in a heartbeat that is one of the best music videos ever to me

[@knightscroftsquire-muldoon]

Such an uplifting sound to this version compared to the original. I got this and the digital ash companions ordered on vinyl, I can't wait for December 6th!

[@Plantsandmusicandyarn]

My local record store called me last week to let me know they were in! They said they had to call me first. 😆

[@Nabooshlove7]

❤️

[@garyanderson4017]

Ma hero bruv.so much in common.lol..non grata fae Edinburgh

[@tinkerbell8785]

wow

[@catvaneyk6698]

💜💜💜

[@woodlockflick1436]

i'm wide awake in a digital urn

[@sarahjoie]

the Maria Taylor bg vocals really make it

[@the-bottom-of-a-black-hole-.]

“The theory of understanding. Wish and hope both are stronger than alone.” ,dan’

[@shirleybekri9933]

[@the-bottom-of-a-black-hole-.]

“Tomorrow is as reckless as a nun.” ,dan’

[@ElastaBitch]

💎💎💎💎

[@-JA-]

❤️👍

[@the-bottom-of-a-black-hole-.]

“Strength in letters.” ,dan’

[@tauweg]

meu deus isso é bom demais

[@the-bottom-of-a-black-hole-.]

“Watch in now.” ,dan’

[@johnsileo2336]

Such a different feel but still pretty great !! Anyone know who the backing vocalist is ? Is it Maria Taylor ?

[@the-bottom-of-a-black-hole-.]

“The Great Horned Owl and the Bald Eagle both dove for me. The eagle from above and the owl from below.” ,dan”

[@the-bottom-of-a-black-hole-.]

“I looked disgustedly into my eyes and saw nobody ashamed of nothing at all.” ,dan’

[@the-bottom-of-a-black-hole-.]

“Unmentioned… tetrahedron sees zedonism.” ,dan’

[@QuintinSarren]

The moist meter is high

[@orphanite]

Lmao 🤣

[@markvon9727]

Please reunite with Mike Mogus 🙏🏻

[@the-bottom-of-a-black-hole-.]

“No man is an island means that the best are always plural and that is the moral of the Bible, according to Daniel, even Lions from different sides of town agreed upon him.” ,dan’

[@neilneilrebel]

Ello from the Philippines!

[@jevinday]

I never liked this song but I absolutely love the words. I love the hell out of this! So great. Love love love it.

[@the-bottom-of-a-black-hole-.]

“All stolen shows are returned to their rightful owners.” ,dan’

[@the-bottom-of-a-black-hole-.]

“Charge me with loving you and guilty I would be. Change into my lover dear, morph those expressiveless lips into a smirk loneliness’s way, a grin from temple to temple. I will hold you like the sky holds the clouds. Will you hold me back and not from anything but alone? I see my hope in your eyes. I talk to your projection, I butter her toast, I make her cups of coffee; cream and sugar? Good guess. I feel my tomorrow better being shared. I don’t fancy myself selfish or prude, but I hurt easy and I sense you’re capable of making warmth of this tundra I am. A body in commotion usually stays in commotion. I am swimming upstream, out of tidal vortex for an everlasting something, someone, for a limited, quantifiable amount of time. I’m hours away from detox at the place that you call work. The prettiest nurse ever mine eyes say trying to spare from an early hearse ride.” ,dan’

[@soupkin]

Leah Cowan

[@adammagoon8942]

I stand by my 2 decade long theory that this isn't a love song. That when the tone shifts from "but i realized that I need you and I wondered if I could come home" to "remember the time YOU drove all night.." that these are two different people. One in love and the other settling. This isn't a love song. It is a song of one person being infatuated and the other settling because it's the easy thing to do.

[@Ma-bx8bz]

wrong!

[@happytape2396]

Thank you so, so much for this song. Have loved the original for ages now. Here's all my love and a tribute to this beautiful song

[@FpSNet]

It's a nice change, but it doesn't come close to the raw Bright Eyes of the late 90's early 2000's. Sorry.

[@marcus8871]

Literally My least favorite bright eyes song sorry

[@americannightmare2109]

One of my least favorite songs. Enjoy the remix tho

[@clvrswine]

It's track 2 of 6.

[@TheBaldCroatian]

Not a fan

[@akaicedtea6236]

❤

[@the-bottom-of-a-black-hole-.]

“Pious sat next to dapper and was afraid in a mistaken kind of way.” ,dan’

[@saracaceresx]

❤