conor oberst is the best songwriter ever.

• kathy with a k's song
  • love is real. it is not just in novels or the movies. it is fact, and it is standing here right in front of you. so if you open your eyes, oh what a sweet discovery. there is hope, and there is joy, and there is acceptance.
  • love is real. it is not just in long distance commercials or something that you thought you felt back in high school.
• the calendar hung itself
  • oh, does he know that place below your neck that is your favorite to be touched, and does he cry through broken sentences like i love you far too much?
• it's cool, we can still be friends
  • yeah, you even sleepover sometimes, but we stay in our clothes. i'm only there so you're not alone.
  • yeah, well maybe i hurt you sometimes, but let's contrast and compare: lift up your shirt, the wound isn't there.
• when the president talks to God
  • when the president talks to God, are the conversations brief or long? does he ask to rape our women’s rights and send poor farm kids off to die? does God suggest an oil hike, when the president talks to God?
  • when the president talks to God, do they drink near beer and go play golf while they pick which countries to invade, which Muslim souls still can be saved?
• take it easy (love nothing)
  • everything is as it's always been. this never happened. don't take it too bad it is nothing you did. it's just once something dies you can't make it live. you're a beautiful boy, you're a sweet little kid... but i am a woman.
  • now i do as i please and lie through my teeth. someone might get hurt, but it won't be me. i should probably feel cheap, but i just feel free... and a little bit empty.