Aphex Twin / Bright Eyes Mashup - Jack Conte

3 Jul 2008 · 3 min

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Jack Conte layers Bright Eyes' "First Day of My Life" with his own words about meeting someone who changed everything. He keeps returning to that opening line, building a meditation on transformation, certainty, and choosing to stay.

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Blankets on the beach. Yours is the first face that I saw. I swear I was blind before I met you. Now I don't know where I am, I don't know where I've been, but I know where I want to go. And so I thought I'd let you know. These things take forever. I especially am slow. But I realized that I need you, and I wondered if you could come home. Come home. Remember the time you drove all night just to meet me in the morning? I thought it was strange. You said everything changed. You felt as if you just woke up. And you said, this is the first day of my life. I'm glad I didn't die before I met you. And now I don't care. I could go anywhere with you. Would I probably be happy? Yeah. If you want to be With me, with these things, there's no talent. You just have to wait and see. But I'd rather be working for a paycheck than waiting to win the lottery. This is the first day of my life. This is the first day of my life.