This is a conceptual music video consisting of a single shot of a room. Conor Oberst (Bright Eyes' singer) walks in and writes the lyrics to the song on a transparent wall or board in front of the camera. Towards the end of the song (after the singing finishes) he walks out of the room. There is no apparent narrative or conventional performance of the song. There also no close-ups or star image motifs - as Bright Eyes is on an independent label, there would be less demand for 'selling' the artist as a brand.
The relationship between the music and the visuals is fairly contradictory as the light-coloured room contrasts with the darker music, and also at one point, while there is a pained cry in the background of the song, he draws a happy stick figure.
The video could be loosely compared to Radiohead's 'No Surprises' in which the singer is in a glass tank upon which the lyrics are projected.
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