If the Brakeman Turns My Way by Bright Eyes
If the Brakeman Turns My Way by Bright Eyes

If the Brakeman Turns My Way

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If the Brakeman Turns My Way by Bright Eyes

Release Date
Tue Apr 10 2007
Performed by
Bright Eyes
Produced by
Mike Mogis
Writed by
Jason Boesel & Conor Oberst
About

“If the Brakeman Turns My Way” discusses the lack of control we have over our lives, comparing the journey of a passenger on a train to that of a person through life. Oberst uses the brakeman, who controls the direction of the train, as a metaphor for a higher power, possibly God.

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If the Brakeman Turns My Way Lyrics

When panic grips your body and your heart's 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

Got a cricket for a conscience, always looks the other way
A cocaine soul starts seeming like an empty cabaret
Hey where have all the dancers gone now that music doesn't play?
Tried to listen to the river but you couldn't shut your mouth
Better take a little time to level out

I never thought of running
My feet just led the way

Mixed up signals, bullet trains
Cars are switched out in the crazy rain
I could meet you any place
If the brakeman turns my way

All this automatic writing, I have tried to understand
From a psychedelic angel who was tugging on my hand
It's an infinite coincidence but it doesn't form a plan
So I'm headed for New England or the Paris of the south
Gonna find myself somewhere to level out

Are your brothels full, Oh Babylon, with merry middlemen?
Never peer out of their periscopes from those deep opium dens
All this death must need a counterweight, always someone born again
First a mother bathes her child, then the other way around
The scales always find a way to level out

I tried to pass for nothing
But my dreams gave me away

Mixed up signals, bullet trains
People snuffed out in the brutal rain
I could live to any age
If the brakeman turns my way

It's an old world it's hard to remember
Like a dime store mystery
I'm a repeat first time offender
Who has rewritten history

Mixed up tea leaves, phantom pain
Fuzzy logic in the crazy rain
Getting better every day
If the brakeman turns my way

Mixed up signals, bullet trains
Cars are switched out in the blinding rain
He'll be smiling as he seals my fate
When the brakeman turns my way

If the Brakeman Turns My Way Q&A

Who wrote If the Brakeman Turns My Way's ?

If the Brakeman Turns My Way was written by Jason Boesel & Conor Oberst.

Who produced If the Brakeman Turns My Way's ?

If the Brakeman Turns My Way was produced by Mike Mogis.

When did Bright Eyes release If the Brakeman Turns My Way?

Bright Eyes released If the Brakeman Turns My Way on Tue Apr 10 2007.

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