Lover I Don't Have to Love
2002 single by Bright Eyes / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
"Lover I Don't Have to Love" is a song by Bright Eyes released as a single in 2002 and released on the album Lifted or The Story Is in the Soil, Keep Your Ear to the Ground.
Quick Facts Single by Bright Eyes, from the album Lifted or The Story Is in the Soil, Keep Your Ear to the Ground ...
"Lover I Don't Have to Love" | ||||
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Single by Bright Eyes | ||||
from the album Lifted or The Story Is in the Soil, Keep Your Ear to the Ground | ||||
Released | 2002 | |||
Recorded | 2002 | |||
Genre | Indie rock, emo | |||
Length | 4:00 | |||
Label | Saddle Creek | |||
Songwriter(s) | Conor Oberst | |||
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The music video is karaoke with sing-along lyrics and different ambiences in the background.
It was covered by Bettie Serveert[1] on their 2004 album Attagirl, and this cover was played extensively during the episode "The Undertow" of The O.C.
The line "I asked your name, you asked the time" is a reference to the novel The Catcher in the Rye by J.D. Salinger.[citation needed] The single's cover photograph by Casey Scott.