Milk Thistle By Conor Oberst

Milk thistle, milk thistle
Let me down slow
Help me go slow
I've been carrying on
I'm not scared of nothing
I'll go pound for pound
I keep death on my mind
Like a heavy crown
If I go to heaven
I'll be bored as hell
Like a little baby
At the bottom of a well

Fair child, fair child
How are you man?
Did you fix that storefront?
Did you start that band?
Don't be scared of nothing
You go pound for pound
You bring peace to midnight
Like a spotted owl
I'll be rooting for you
Like my favorite team
If somebody sweats you
You just point them out to me

All the sights and sounds
This little world's too crowded now
And there's only one way out
An elevator ride
Through the tunnel towards the light
And I'm nowhere bound
Keep going up and down
Up and down

Newspaper, newspaper
Can't take no more
You're here every morning
Waiting at my door
I'm just trying to kiss you
And you stab my eyes
Make me blue forever
Like an island sky
And I'm not pretending
That it's all okay
Just let me have my coffee
Before you take away the day

Lazarus, Lazarus
Why all the tears?
Did your faithful chauffeur just disappear?
What a lonesome feeling
To be waiting around
Like some washed up actress
In a Tinseltown
But for the record
I'd come pick you up
We'll head for the ocean
Just say when you've had enough

All the light and sound
This little world's too fragile now
And there's only one way out
But if you let me slide
I'll do my best to make things right
And I'm nowhere bound
Just going up and down
Up and down

Milk thistle, milk thistle
Let me down slow
Just help me go slow
I've been hurrying on
I was poised for greatness
I was down and out
I keep death at my heels
Like a basset hound
If i go to heaven
I'll be bored as hell
Like a crying baby
At the bottom of a well


Milk thistle is used for liver health. Such as in to fix the problems caused by the excessive use of alcohol on your liver. "Milk thistle, let me down slow, help me go slow" Knows they have caused great harm to their body and now hope to slow the effects of this. "If I go to heaven I'll be bored as hell Like a little baby At the bottom of a well" Heaven is gives the image of a perfect place where you will always be happy and good, But without bad how does one know what good is? Wheres the challenge in it. We enjoy our lives now and don't want to die but expect for their to be this utopia afterward. "And there's only one way out An elevator ride
Through the tunnel towards the light And I'm nowhere bound Keep going up and down" Only one way out of this crowded world and that's to die, but they don't believe that it will take them anywhere but out. "Newspaper, newspaper Can't take no more
You're here every morning" Then comes this verse. It refers to the negative message that the media always presents. They state that they read it every day despite the fact they know it will just make their day that less enjoyable. "Lazarus, Lazarus
Why all the tears? Did your faithful chauffeur just disappear?" Lazarus was the brother of Martha and Mary. They sent word to Jesus that Lazarus was sick. Jesus waited intentionally 2 days before he left to go see Lazarus. When he arrived Lazarus had been dead for 4 days already. And then said "I am the resurrection, and the life: he that believeth in me, though he were dead, yet shall he live: And whosoever liveth and believeth in me shall never die" Therefore ending Lazarus life when he could have healed him. "I'll do my best to make things right And I'm nowhere bound Just going up and down" Now they will do what they see needed to help fix this world. But in the end they will still end up going nowhere. Add to this one please!!!!