Bright Eyes - It's Cool, We Can Still Be Friends

[@Julia-qu1tt]

I have such vivid memories of being 16 and piss drunk on my parent's whiskey, sobbing and screaming this song alone in my bedroom.

[@a.evelyn5498]

Me too. I’m 29 now & it hurts man. I miss that kind of torment when I still felt capable of loving people. Lol

[@rbpeak6737]

Me too man I thought I was hot shit because I could play 4 chords on guitar

[@hannahsackin2146]

me too, but vodka. i scream cried to this song when i was heartbroken for the first time. the memories are so vivid and unavoidable. they haunt me.

[@angelxspell]

you so real for that. i am still getting piss drunk, sobbing, and screaming this song alone in my bedroom tbh.

[@mahaliacampbell8768]

came here to say this verbatim

[@jayleencrier5541]

Went from "First day of my life" to "It's cool we can still be friends"..... It's for the best

[@pksegrin]

My brother, I went from "First Day of My Life" to "Persona Non Grata" 12 years ago and I'm still not the same

[@focampo5672]

⁠@@pksegrinwanna talk about it

[@pksegrin]

@@focampo5672 well, I'm 12 years removed from the events. ...that doesn't explain the warm feelings of dopamine I get thinking about the good times 🤔

[@hen0sis]

after 10 years its time to listen to this one again

[@cassidyrose9281]

Same

[@karabartley]

An odd walk of shame, no?

[@771rules]

Hey gang room for one more?

[@justingarcia9489]

@@771rulesmake that 2

[@mifflinfinity]

Mind if I join?

[@LilyBrownlivingforEGG]

When the hard seltzer starts tasting like this song I know it’s time to go to bed

[@benjaminlong3867]

Big oof

[@funnyman9005]

Me fuckin too man.

[@evesimpson4153]

This is the biggest relate of the year

[@mandycourteau6028]

❤ exactly

[@xrik7865]

Be lucky it’s just hard seltzer

[@palmertomlinson8991]

We’re all here for the same thing. I love you stranger.

[@brycekopp1012]

I mean this in the most positive way possible, but I’d be so happy if I never had to come back to this song ever again.

[@CidnoGaming]

As someone who just got broken up with and had to come back to it, I agree

[@emilydeibert24]

Oh my goodness.. Listening to this 20 (ish) years later and it still hits the same. So grateful for this band my whole life.

[@z1ngzong]

I feel so young reading these comments, everyone has such vivid memories of this song and im hearing it for the first time...i guess I'll come back in 20 years with memories to share :)

[@terrythegnome2408]

it doesn't get easier but life gets better around it.

[@amber3189]

After 8 years, this song still burns just as much

[@lilyfernandez7120]

It hurts so bad

[@rbpeak6737]

i wasn’t prepared, I forgot how hard that last line hits me. “Pass out, forget your face, by the time I wake up”

[@PeterBacon]

Yes

[@cowsnot]

Love this song just hate this feeling. It's so well explained

[@sonotthatcool]

Listened to this in high school after break ups, now in my 30s while getting divorced. 😔

[@sebass408]

Hope your doing alright bro. Day at a time .. 😢 shit isn’t easy.. three years later …… and I still wear my heart on the sleeve for the family I had to walk away from …..

[@sonotthatcool]

it's been a few months but i'm doing okay. i set some boundaries with my ex and it's been better since he's not messaging me every day anymore. @@sebass408

[@lilyfernandez7120]

Me too its so heartbreaking

[@coolbeans1717]

Long day today. This song came into my head. Came here, Read the Comments, and now don't feel so alone. Haven't spoken to anyone here or anything just knowing im not the only human hurting helps

[@worstdayever]

me too buddy. thanks for existing right here as well.

[@dzzydstruction2]

Same here mate. Keep your head up!

[@mattkornfeld2967]

I am going to read this comment on my radio show. It’s perfectly said.

[@pandaberserk3390]

its nice to know we arent alone in this feeling is what i found in this music.

[@alylimez]

I have been having the most unfortunate luck with love. This song brings me comfort letting me know I am not alone.

[@devinhinnant8217]

You may feel alone, but know that you never are. It's okay to feel alone, but remember us....standing here invisibly with you.

[@pixieofpeace3398]

love is everywhere:-)

[@samuelsoteloavila]

This made me go from Bright Eyes to Teary Eyes to Sobbing Eyes

[@julietasuarez6530]

Asked for the saddest songs they could remember on my timeline. One friend sent me here, jeez, we got a winner.

[@mop_dadoor8024]

Gagging order by radiohead is probably one of the saddest songs i know

[@dearrratboy]

In an effort to find Cassadaga many, many years ago, I accidentally downloaded this track via Limewire. I was so confused, as I was new to this artist and genre, and thought it was this extremely special, raw, real piece of music I'd found. To this day, I believe it to be so. I could never find it again for the longest time, but I always remembered it. Thank you for uploading this, as it keeps existing in this strange sort of limbo of music mind as I remember my youth.

[@m1jime]

The first song I ever heard from Bright Eyes. Got it from my brother. Even though I’ve never been in a relationship, I love everything about this song

[@jonathangentry1273]

Come back once you have been and it's ended, you're gonna love and hate this song at the same time.

[@sabrinaxraquel]

Same. Not the brother part but... First bright eyes song i heard. If only i knew.... I'm so grateful this day for being introduced to bright eyes and Conor. I have other favorite music but.... Nothing compares. Bright eyes is my one true love.

[@Mrstevenstrange13]

I Hate how bittersweet heartache can be. Letting things go can be difficult and my perspective can be so stubborn, Why does the feeling of laying in it feels so pure and addicting? Oh to be alive and feeling!

[@user-nv8iv9ww1w]

This song physically hurts... Still listened to it on repeat for 4 hours straight🤷‍♀️

[@CapBustersRus]

I feel exactly the same

[@gerbycat]

I will listen to this on repeat until it stops hurting

[@riven311]

Rest of your life is a really long time mate.

[@gerbycat]

@@riven311 it still hurts

[@pandaberserk3390]

when it doesn't stop play at the bottom of everything

[@gerbycat]

update: still hurts

[@HorkPorkler]

When it does go away, it will come back forever, on and off.

[@markmunzer4090]

How does this song still make my heart do the butterfly thing? I miss you Ashley, hope you're happy

[@mattkornfeld2967]

❤

[@beph13]

This song is like looking at an old scar and remembering how it felt to receive it. In a poignant but life-affirming way... it reminds me of when I was hurt so deeply, and told myself time heals all wounds but didnt believe it, and now 15 years later I can tell myself sitting there in the past that it did.

[@starhoh]

heartbreak in the shape of a song

[@alannahood4107]

i want to give everyone in this comment section a hug

[@manavtah]

first like!

[@alannahood4107]

@@manavtah 🤩🤩🤩

[@mintos2693]

first commenttt

[@jameshernandez6587]

lyrics Yeah, you still kiss me, but it's just on the cheek Yeah, you still kiss me, but it's just on the cheek Yeah, you still kiss me sometimes, but it's just on the cheek You pull away so easily And I still call you, but I get your machine And I still call you, but I get your machine And if I'm lucky I guess, I get your roommate answering But you're at the bar, or at Gene's And we go to dinner, but you won't hold my hand We sit at the same table, but we don't play with our feet Yeah, we still go to dinner sometimes, but we don't sneak a kiss When the waitress turns around And we still watch movies, but we don't share the couch And we still rent movies, but we don't share the couch Yeah, we still watch movies sometimes, but you don't lay in my lap The plot is slow, take a nap And you even stay over, but now we stay in our clothes Yeah, you'll even sleep over, but now we stay in our clothes Yeah, you even sleep over sometimes, but we stay in our clothes I'm only there so that you're not alone And you say that I hurt you, in a voice like a prayer Yeah, you say that I've hurt you, and your voice is like a prayer Yeah, well maybe I hurt you sometimes, but let's contrast and compare Lift up your shirt, the wound isn't there I guess that your truth, is just the ghost of your lies I guess your kind of truth, is just the ghost of your lies Yeah, your kind of truth, darling, is just the ghost of your lies I see through them all the time So I'm pouring some whiskey, I'm gonna get drunk Yeah, I'm pouring myself some whiskey, I'm going to get really fucking drunk I'm pouring some whiskey right now, I'm going to get so, so drunk That I pass out, forget your face, by the time I wake up

[@yahstino]

Andddd 3 years later back again. I dont think i feel anything anymore

[@ericlecreateur]

Hang tight my man. One day at a time.

[@yahstino]

​@@ericlecreateurcan barely make it through one day. But hey thank you for the support brother

[@michelleallen6552]

This song hits just as hard now as it did the first time I heard it almost 20 years ago 💔

[@shortiedex]

Brings me back to being 19

[@theofficialmasteroogway889]

brings me back to being 14 listening to fevers and mirrors & PWTs

[@focampo5672]

Yeah this still brings up the feelings. This really made the pain bubble to my chest when i was 17. About 6 years ago go for me

[@MikeHawk728]

Well I never thought the lyrics would apply to my life, but here I am. Cheers.

[@ericlecreateur]

Yep, that's the place where broken hearts meet. Hope you're doing okay buddy.

[@user-kq9fd8qg6y]

This describes everything right now. Will this ever change?

[@cody8356]

Zailyn T. Everything changes with time, you'll forget about this whether you want to or not.

[@trin1464]

did it??

[@jacobmorales323]

Zailyn Todasco hey bud how are you now?

[@Adam-up2cc]

I hope so

[@user-eg5wl2nv3q]

Well? Has it?

[@teletubis]

I love this version, never known other, thank You for this!

[@dduuddeechil]

Ah shit, here we go again

[@riversmapes6736]

This is literally what is happening to me right now. My boyfriend of over a year just broke up with me and we are remaining friends. I still come over and we watch movies but we still cuddle and hug and it’s so confusing and because he says he only wants to be my friend. I know it isn’t healthy for me but I can’t stop seeing him 💔

[@emmared624]

Rivers Mapes i hope it’s better now

[@lauralaurent4063]

Hopefully you told him to kick rocks. I’ve been there and I know it’s hard but you deserve so much better than that.

[@auto144p6]

dont hate yourself for it. relationships are weird and difficult and effort. you learn as you get more. youll share great times and memories with someone again. dont worry. you got this.

[@thatONEmachine]

I know this is 4 years old but it's happening to me now. "I'm only there so you're not alone". Hope all is better for you now

[@codeknox4632]

🤦🏾‍♂️

[@chocolatemilkhotel96]

I love this song used to play it 10 yrs ago when I was a sophomore in high-school. Moral of the story do Not stay friends with someone you have unrequited love with. Instead surround yourself with people who love you!

[@chocolatemilkhotel96]

If there's no one around who loves you then surround yourself with enjoyable activities that promote self love like catch a matinee or read at the library or take a solo walk during a nice time of the day! Stay strong everyone ❤

[@officialgloomybaby]

never heard a song hurt so bad

[@yawnssss6225]

after 15 years, i finally connect. heartbreak is difficult

[@AI-hr9nq]

I keep getting older, but this song just stays the same age.

[@HjalmarFerner]

Well shit, back here again.

[@helfyah]

Hi, let’s be the more positive, productive and caring as we can (: Have a nice day!

[@sspetrou102]

I’m here on my birthday

[@Xanthopathy]

another upload of this got deleted for no reason, thanks bro

[@Xanthopathy]

such a good song to play with the guitar

[@slarbiter]

Awesome she found a date to bring to my family gatherings

[@emerysloan5542]

are..........are yall related..........

[@11raccowon]

@@emerysloan5542 LMAO

[@Sadqueerguy69]

I'm assuming divorced dad 😭😭​@@emerysloan5542

[@justanotherdump-ft5rf]

Why cant i find this in spotifyyyyyy

[@peterzotti6430]

This song always hurts the same... Since 2008 when we stopped loving and I stopped living...

[@TheMachinesWon]

Why are we all so emo?…that’s right, it’s bright eyes’ fault ❤

[@lilyl6759]

I still think of you, even after all this time. I wish to god I didn’t.

[@slug_girl9104]

every time this song ends I just gotta stop and sit in silence for awhile

[@johnmadden2191]

Been 7 months, it hasn’t gotten easier. Miss you, Addie. My cup has run dry

[@mattcaselles]

I felt this way about my ex, now she's trying to take our kid away from me and I can't stand the sight of her. Oh how time changes things.

[@dayarodriguez8271]

i hope everything worked out for you in the end

[@mattcaselles]

@@dayarodriguez8271 Thank you very much. I won in court and got primary placement, the mom moved the 1200 miles away. Now I get everyday with our daughter. I have the best life ever.

[@dayarodriguez8271]

@@mattcaselles thats amazing, im happy to hear that ❤

[@mattcaselles]

@@dayarodriguez8271 thank you very much :)

[@v.bright7123]

Virtual living my best life because by listening to music/ artists' works like this song I get to avoid the firsthand experience irl. Unfortunately irl one sided love of the one I deem most special, he never called me but will like my social media comments to his post just like he does others.

[@nerysanchez1180]

2005... I still remember you Robin....b#$@*

[@fobo3361]

What'd Robin do to ya? If you dont mind me asking

[@nerysanchez1180]

@@fobo3361 she did enough -_-

[@fobo3361]

@@nerysanchez1180 damn i feel you bro😔

[@emmared624]

I wish we could’ve had that baby, Will. I really wish you let us. I wish you knew.

[@ihaveacreeplingdepression5708]

powerful sir !

[@samonthewest]

If you came here to listen to this, I’m sorry 🫂

[@matthewhill5895]

Miss you Alyssa.

[@nicknova703]

I just want all the lonely hearts here to get responsibly shit faced one good time, and the next morning wash it off, strap your shoes on and go try again, we all have to keep trying our best

[@rock.eater.7]

life feels good until you remember this song exists.

[@sspetrou102]

I can’t find the comment, but when you’re here again F. I’m here with you.

[@yrantiquebrand]

here we go again.

[@diarmaidgorman5176]

"I'm only there so you're not alone". Christ on a bike...

[@vityaeyler]

Waiting forever.

[@pixieofpeace3398]

im going to frow up

[@donnamariet8677]

😂

[@user-rg7hk6hf7p]

This is why I had a messed up childhood

[@LittleFabrizio]

I remember being here when i wasn’t loved.

[@Holeeschiite]

It sounds like he's about to cry ;o;

[@caifabe8050]

He is in the last verse. You can tell.

[@austinlee3964]

@amanda cggang kinda the point

[@TheCerealluvr]

This is what my life would be like with a partner, if I had a love life. Depressing.

[@joshmunoz191]

Same thought for my case as well

[@HylianMerm]

Checking on the folks in the comments. We okay? Big hugs

[@karabartley]

And I still call you, but I get your machine.

[@SinistarsHunger]

I know I'm not the only person who has listened to this one ten times in a row after a bad breakup/divorce

[@alexisflores7066]

does anyone know any songs like this one...??

[@thegaytrashcan8000]

Maybe Landlock Blues? It's also by bright eyes.

[@0o0BrightEyes0o0]

Maybe I've Been Eating (For You) that's also by Bright Eyes (:

[@wanessaflowers4ever]

crywank

[@MrTobraz]

102 matt healy

[@MrTobraz]

Poison oak by bright eyes

[@tobeamongstanimals]

Teenage favorite of mine. Nehalem does a beautiful cover, do recommend.

[@carliebriane]

hey why isn’t this on spotify im forgetting some conor lore i just know it someone help

[@HorkPorkler]

4:51

[@dangerfield6855]

So I'm drinking some trulys! Gonna get real f'n drunk!

[@nicknickson3650]

Renting movies and answering machines; dang this song is old. Still, beautiful.

[@taramoschetto7086]

More beautiful.

[@harbinger6262]

Ouch.

[@imchowmei]

i’m so drunk and sad rn

[@pixieofpeace3398]

i love you

[@HorkPorkler]

Getting there

[@dominicmagallanes285]

The bitter sweet of a toxic relationship when both parties are at fault lol ohhh! ...Connor, who hurt you?

[@ramos22mech]

I heard this 10 years before knowing my wife. The moment I heard this song I knew my daughter would be named jean.. jean is 10 years old now

[@olly9685]

so many times I've been on the conor oberst side of this song. for the first time I'm now on the side of the girl he's singing to, and it still hurts just as bad

[@ahsatan8997]

This is to you Mitch, the ex that got away and moved in with an invalid girl when you told me you’d never live with a girl. Glad we’re still friends. Yup.

[@creeper1003]

So much better than Rainbow Overpass

[@laureng3889]

I hate that this describes my marriage. I WANT A DIVORCE

[@ammescarex3590]

Sending love sissy

[@darklordofkickingass]

Hope you get whatever makes you happy, and if it's divorce, go for it!

[@user-rg7hk6hf7p]

I am just seeing this 10 months later, and I hope you are in a better place

[@alcidesarnaud]

odio tener que entrar a youtube a escuchar esta canción porque no está ni spotify ni en tidal

[@MrPhantasmagorio]

yeah, I can't be friends

[@white-star-line]

Lift up your shirt.

[@TheHarrisontemple]

My girlfriend sent me the song once I never spoke to her again.

[@jaspernationn]

i forgot abt this song tjme to die

[@onean6949]

I'm in love with my best friend, but now i know that feeling will never be shared. It's all I ever wanted. I hope I'm dead tomorrow. I don't know what to do. I love her so much and it hurts.

[@onean6949]

why the fuck couldn't i have been the guy she loves

[@aidenchu4995]

You’ll be okay bud

[@mattcaselles]

Chances are youll feel this way about several people throughout your lifetime. Time passes and feelings change

[@Anthony-uy5bj]

i hope you’re still alive

[@devinhinnant8217]

Please let us know if you've moved on

[@DrJbaggins]

This video’s link is the last message I sent to my ex.

[@jolearhae1508]

fking owww

[@taborgreat]

😞

[@medapbh]

Pois é..

[@audreys4404]

:(

[@nicks_wild_life]

It was all my fault.

[@hillarywhite7476]

Uhh depressed

[@nebifromnewhope6057]

I love this song. Don’t listen to it.

[@skellvarnsen23]

never

[@skellingtonmeteoryballoon]

c’mon now. just promoting music or subliminal promoting our sadness and misery ? lol don’t answer this.

[@DisconnectedAutomaton]

Not as good as original upload

[@ZEROSTRATUS]

madre mía que horrible voz... :S