Lua (song)

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“Lua”
“Lua” cover
Single by Bright Eyes
from the album I'm Wide Awake, It's Morning
Released October 26, 2004
Format CD
Recorded February 2004
Genre Folk music
Length 16:05
Label Saddle Creek LBJ-68
Producer Mike Mogis
Bright Eyes singles chronology
"Lover I Don't Have to Love"
(2002)		 "Lua"
(2004)		 "Take It Easy (Love Nothing)"
(2004)

"Lua" is a single by Bright Eyes released in October, 2004. Originally appearing on the I'm Wide Awake, It's Morning album, the song deals with two people as they struggle through depression, addiction, and an interminable night.[1] The song's theme is how what feels right during the night often turns out wrong in the morning. Conor Oberst appears alone on the track, on vocals and acoustic guitar.

The title "Lua" may refer to the Portuguese word for "moon" (in the end of the song, Oberst repeats the line "It was so simple in the moonlight" a number of times). Lua is also the Hawaiian ritual of bone breaking.

This single is the 68th release of Saddle Creek Records.

"True Blue", the last song on the single, is the only one that wasn't recorded at Presto! but at Conor Oberst's home in New York. It is a song Oberst wrote for his nephew.

Contents

[edit] Track listing

All songs by Conor Oberst, except where noted.

  1. "Lua"
  2. "Well Whiskey"
  3. "I Woke Up with This Song in My Head This Morning" (Alex McManus)
  4. "True Blue"

[edit] Credits

[edit] References

  1. ^ Rob Sheffield. "Album Reviews: I'm Wide Awake, It's Morning", Rolling Stone, 2005-01-27. Retrieved on 2008-02-03. 

[edit] External links

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