"When panic grips your body and your heart is a hummingbird, / Raven thoughts blacken your mind until you're breathing in reverse, / All your friends and sedatives mean well, but make it worse, / Every reassurance just magnifies the doubt, / Better find yourself a place to level out."
— Oberst, Conor Mullen (b. 1980)
Work Title
Date
2007
Metaphor
"When panic grips your body and your heart is a hummingbird, / Raven thoughts blacken your mind until you're breathing in reverse, / All your friends and sedatives mean well, but make it worse, / Every reassurance just magnifies the doubt, / Better find yourself a place to level out."
Metaphor in Context
When panic grips your body and your heart is a hummingbird,
Raven thoughts blacken your mind until you're breathing in reverse,
All your friends and sedatives mean well, but make it worse,
Every reassurance just magnifies the doubt,
Better find yourself a place to level out.
Raven thoughts blacken your mind until you're breathing in reverse,
All your friends and sedatives mean well, but make it worse,
Every reassurance just magnifies the doubt,
Better find yourself a place to level out.
Provenance
Listening
Citation
Conor Oberst and Jason Boesel, "If the Brakeman Turns My Way," from Bright Eyes, Cassadaga (Saddle Creek, 2007)
Date of Entry
03/10/2017
