Conor Oberst: Thought

Conor Oberst is American musician. Explore interesting quotes on thought.

Conor Oberst: 210 quotes0 likes

“Well, I stood dropping a coin into the pit of a well.
And I would throw my whole billfold if I thought it would help.”

Lifted or The Story Is in the Soil, Keep Your Ear to the Ground (2002)

“And I never thought this life was possible, You're the yellow bird that I've been waiting for.”

I'm Wide Awake, It's Morning (2005)

“we made love on the living room floor
with the noise in the background of a televised war
and in that defeaning pleasure i thought i heard someone say
if we walk away they'll walk away”

landlocked blues
I'm Wide Awake, It's Morning (2005)

“I never thought of running
My feet just led the way”

If The Brakeman turns my way
Cassadaga (2007)

“He once cut one of my nightmares out of paper.
I thought it was beautiful, I put it on a record cover.”

Lifted or The Story Is in the Soil, Keep Your Ear to the Ground (2002)

“Sometimes I worry that I've lost the plot
My twitching muscles tease my flippant thoughts
I never really dreamed of heaven much
Until we put him in the ground.”

Digital Ash in a Digital Urn (2005)

“So I go back and forth forever
All my thoughts they come in pairs
Oh I will, I won't, I doubt, I don't,
I'm not surprised but I never feel quite prepared”

I'm Wide Awake, It's Morning (2005)

“It's exploding bags, aerosol cans
Southbound buses, Peter Pan
They left it up to us again
I thought you knew the drill
It's kill or be killed.”

Clairaudients(Kill or Be Killed)
Cassadaga (2007)

“so immagine what you want and hold onto that thought
cause thats as close as it will ever come
and believe you're were you're are
keep acting out the part
but at the end of the day
the trees all get wheeled away
and you'll be standing alone in a blank, blank space”

Noise Floor (Rarities: 1998-2005) (2006)