Makes sense that Conor Oberst was named the year's best songwriter by Rolling Stone in 2008. Dude can just straight up put together a song. The most impressive thing about him is the fact he's able to communicate his unique perspective on the world around him and do it in a way that I don't think anyone else could put it. Very few artist can actually do that (Bob Dylan anyone?). "Let's Not Shit Ourselves (To Love and To Be Loved)", the closing track on Bright Eye's 2002 record Lifted Or The Story Is In The Soil, Keep Your Ear To The Ground is a perfect example of his ability. Check it out and nag every and anything Conor Oberst has been associated with, you won't be disappointed.
Lets Not Shit Ourselves (To Love and To Be Loved) - Bright Eyes
"Now a mother takes loans out, sends her kids off to colleges.
Her family's reduced to names on a shopping list.
While, a coroner kneels beneath a great, wooden crucifix.
He knows there's worse things than being alone.
And so I've learned to retreat at the first sign of danger.
I mean, why wait around, if it's just to surrender?
An ambition, I've found, can lead only to failure.
I do not read the reviews.
No, I am not singing for you."
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