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Train Under Water

**Train Under Water** is the fifth song on the Bright Eyes album I’m Wide Awake, It’s Morning.

## Lyrics

You were born inside of a raindrop

I watched you falling to your death

And the sun, well, she could not save you

She'd fallen down too, now the streets are wet

Body of water, toxic and timeless

Atlantic Ocean, New York skyline

I always get lost when I leave the village

So I couldn't come meet you in Brooklyn last night

But I sing glory from my lowest

And I will say peace to the people I meet

While the world waits for an explosion

That instant of life that wipes the slate clean

So don't be fooled, no, don't get lied to

Love was always cruel

And don't act strange, don't be a stranger

It happened to me, now it's happening to you

But if you take that train under water then we could talk it through

Well, if I could tame all of my desires

Wait out the weather that howls in my brain

Because it seems that it's always changing

The wind's indecision, the sorrowful rain

Yeah, I was a postcard, I was a record

I was a camera until I went blind

And now I'm riding all over this island

Looking for something to open my eyes

But I still sing glory from my high rise

And I will say thanks if you're pouring my drinks

While the world waits for an explosion

That moment in time when we'll be set free

So don't stay mad, just let some time pass

And in the morning you'll wake feeling new

And if I don't come back, I mean, if I get side tracked

It's only cause I wanted to

I'm keeping up with the moon on an all-night avenue

## Sources

**B-sides:** "Well Whiskey" • "I Woke Up with This Song in My Head This Morning" • "True Blue" • "When the President Talks to God"
First Day of My Life

**First Day of My Life** is the sixth song on the Bright Eyes album I’m Wide Awake, It’s Morning. It was released as the second single from the album on February 7, 2005. A music video was made for this song.

## First Day of My Life

### Album

I’m Wide Awake, It’s Morning, First Day of My Life (single)

## Lyrics

This is the first day of my life

I swear I was born right in the doorway

I went out in the rain, suddenly everything'd changed

They're spreading blankets on the beach

Yours is the first face that I saw

I swear I was blind before I met you

I don't know where I am, I don't know where I've been

But I know where I want to go

So I just want to let you know

That these things take forever, I especially am slow

But I realized that I need you, and I wondered if I could come home

Remember the time you drove all night

Just to meet me in the morning?

And 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

And I'd probably be happy"

So if you want to be with me

With these things there's no telling, we just have to wait and see

But I'd rather be working for a paycheck than waiting to win the lottery

Besides, maybe this time is different

I mean, I really think you like me

## Sources

**B-sides:** "Well Whiskey" • "I Woke Up with This Song in My Head This Morning" • "True Blue" • "When the President Talks to God"
Hot Knives (single)

The **Hot Knives single** was released on July 9, 2007 as the second single from the Bright Eyes album Cassadaga. The double A-side record contains live versions of the album tracks Hot Knives and If the Brakeman Turns My Way.

## Tracklist

 2

**B-sides:** "Reinvent the Wheel" • "Smoke Without Fire" • "Stray Dog Freedom" • "Cartoon Blues" • "Tourist Trap" • "Endless Entertainment" • "Susan Miller Rag"
Lonely at the Top

## Comments by Conor Oberst on this song

* Another love song. But also about the human condition. “I am a rock. I am an island” kinda thing. But mixed with the opposite of “Freedom is just another word for nothing left to lose”. When you love someone or something you have everything to lose. You are scared of your own shadow. (Q Magazine guest column, 2014)
Cassadaga

**Cassadaga** is the eighth album by Bright Eyes. It was released on April 10, 2007 (April 9 in the UK) under Saddle Creek. The  Four Winds EP, featuring one album track (Four Winds) and five bonus tracks, was released a month prior as a companion to the album.

## Comments from Bright Eyes

* "Yeah, I find non-mainstream religions very interesting. I’m not saying I believe them. But I still find them interesting. I think there is mystery in the world. I definitely think there is no way to understand where we are, period. So it’s all going to be a guessing game. I’m not someone who says science doesn’t matter, but I also think there are so many things in scientific history that we’ve obviously refuted, that were once indisputable facts." (The Quietus interview, 2011)

## Album artwork

**B-sides:** "Reinvent the Wheel" • "Smoke Without Fire" • "Stray Dog Freedom" • "Cartoon Blues" • "Tourist Trap" • "Endless Entertainment" • "Susan Miller Rag"
Four Winds (EP)

**Four Winds** is a Bright Eyes EP released in 2007. It is a companion EP to the album Cassadaga. Its title track, Four Winds, was the first single from Cassadaga.

## Sources

**B-sides:** "Reinvent the Wheel" • "Smoke Without Fire" • "Stray Dog Freedom" • "Cartoon Blues" • "Tourist Trap" • "Endless Entertainment" • "Susan Miller Rag"
Endless Entertainment

**Endless Entertainment** is a Bright Eyes song. It was released on the official Bright Eyes website just before the release of Cassadaga.

## Sources

**B-sides:** "Reinvent the Wheel" • "Smoke Without Fire" • "Stray Dog Freedom" • "Cartoon Blues" • "Tourist Trap" • "**Endless Entertainment**" • "Susan Miller Rag"
Coat Check Dream Song

**Coat Check Dream Song** is the eleventh song on the Bright Eyes album Cassadaga.

## Lyrics

Shrill as a choir of children

Urgent like the first day of May

False and inflatable feeling

Tugs at my senses, big as the Macy's Parade

One brick on top of another

Such is the measure of man

Planets are inset like diamonds

On a gravity halo, eternity's wedding band

I slept with that dealer all summer

The ecstasy's still in my spine

Coat check I couldn't remember

Walked into the winter, came out on the other side

And in the South the sun is shining

Back in the East the lights went out

Stuck on a ladder to heaven

On trial way back in The Hague

Lullaby sounds from the engine

In my Styrofoam coffin, asleep on the interstate

Black globes, old symbols of freedom

A murderer still on the lam

Cities encircled in iron

On a great silver beltway, democracy's shackled hands

Séance that brought us together

Objects we move with our minds

Coat check and I lost the number

Short sleeves in the winter, fell back through the other side

Out in the West the cars are crashing

Up in the North the ice gave out

Saada Tekmel B'Lhouria

Houria

## Credits

* Conor Oberst - voice
* Mike Mogis - guitar, vibraphone, voice, pedal steel
* Nate Walcott - electric piano
* Stefanie Drootin - bass
* Jason Boesel - drums
* Shane Aspergren - drums
* John McEntire - percussion, electronics
* Jonathan Crawford - percussion
* Hassan Lemtouni - voice
* Stacey DuPree - voice
* Z Berg - voice
* Sherri DuPree - voice
* Rachael Yamagata - voice

## Comments from Bright Eyes on this song

* "What am I singing about?" he muses, "a children's choir. Have you ever heard a children's choir? It sounds very sweet, but it also hurts your ears. All those little squeaky voices. 'The first day of May' - it's like 'Mayday, mayday, the plane is crashing.' 'Inflatable feeling tugs at my senses, big as the Macy's Parade' - I think it's a feeling like an adrenaline rush or a panic attack when you're high. Anything that's artificial and stimulates your brain. It's like flying away in a balloon. 'One brick on top of another' - that's what people measure themselves by. That's obvious. 'Planets are inset like diamonds' - like on a ring, like a halo. The corsage of eternity. That's about it." (Interviewer: and this is all dreamed?) "No, but it sounds like a dream, doesn't it? Or like being in a mother's womb or underwater. I think it's more associative and only makes sense in the song - like in a dream. When you wake up, it doesn't make much sense anymore. I also tried to implement that musically by interlacing the voices. I wanted it to be hypnotic." (translated from a Gaesteliste.de interview)
* "Coat Check Dream Song... I think that's the most natural song on the record... just makes sense to me and it sort of sounds like being underwater or in a womb or... a very comfortable bed somewhere." (Track by track Cassadaga)

## Sources

* https://www.gaesteliste.de/texte/show.html?id=99006298&\_nr=1155

**B-sides:** "Reinvent the Wheel" • "Smoke Without Fire" • "Stray Dog Freedom" • "Cartoon Blues" • "Tourist Trap" • "Endless Entertainment" • "Susan Miller Rag"
Desert Island Questionnaire

## Comments by Conor Oberst on this song

* This is a song about modernity and the good vs evil tug o’ war of the universe. It asks some age old questions and doesn’t answer them, which I hate. I think despite all our technological advances in communication humans are the loneliest they have ever been. I fear for the future. I fear for you. I fear for myself. (Q Magazine guest column, 2014)
Tourist Trap

**Tourist Trap** is the sixth and final song on the Bright Eyes EP  Four Winds.

## Lyrics

It's not the road we used to know

They tore some buildings down

The traffic's like a pack of dogs

There's fewer trees, windows, fleas

There's concrete on the lawn

There's people here but you are gone

And I'm fine, still swimming through time

Afraid some days I've reached the shore

"Make yourself free"

A man said that to me

Now my heart is like an open door

And the road finally gave me back

But I don't think I'll unpack

'Cause I'm not sure if I live here any more

It's not my weight that makes me faint

Or the sugar in my blood

But the way these strangers stand so close

They say my name like a guessing game

"Hey, is that really you?"

No, I don't think it ever was

In the spring, when the world's turning green

I only think about the fall

And the frets on the board

My progression of chords

Oh, how I want this to resolve

And the road finally gave me back

But I don't think I'll unpack

'Cause I'm not sure if I live here anymore

Now the road finally gave me back

But I don't think I'll unpack

'Cause I'm not sure if I live here

No, I'm not sure if I live here anymore

No, I'm not sure if I live here anymore

## Sources

**B-sides:** "Reinvent the Wheel" • "Smoke Without Fire" • "Stray Dog Freedom" • "Cartoon Blues" • "**Tourist Trap**" • "Endless Entertainment" • "Susan Miller Rag"
Hot Knives

**Hot Knives** is the fourth song on the Bright Eyes album Cassadaga. A live version of the song was released as the  second single from the album. A music video was created for the song.

## Lyrics

The Wife forgave the Mistress, for she only entertained

The pain was gone the instant she cleared her throat to speak her name

Said, "Both of us must suffer from the same unending ache"

The world was not of interest, though her days were never dull

Her bed beneath a crucifix, on guests performing miracles

With the Son of God just hanging like a common criminal

When I do wrong, I am with God, she thought

When I feel lost, I am not at all

So give me black light (Give, give me)

So give me hot knives (Deep clean sleep)

On a dance floor no one tells time (There is no time)

Oh, I've made love, yeah, I've been fucked, so what?

I'm a cartoon, you're a full moon, let's stay up

She went to see a mystic who made medicine from rain

And gave up her existence to feel everything, dream others' dreams

Bid farewell to her family with one ecstatic wave (Please take care I love you all)

Out the window, as the car rolled away

She just vanished into a thick mist of change

So let us rejoice (Let's rejoice)

In all this pink noise (Our pink noise)

An oscillation that we can pinpoint (We're right here)

## Credits

* Conor Oberst - voice, guitar
* Mike Mogis - bass, dobro, guitar
* Nate Walcott - piano
* M. Ward - guitar
* Janet Weiss - drums
* Stacy DuPree - voice
* Sherri DuPree - voice
* Z Berg - voice
* Rachael Yamagata - voice

Strings arranged by Nate Walcott

Conducted by Bill Meyers

## Comments from Bright Eyes on this song

* "That song is about an average wife, a mother character who realized that her husband has been unfaithful to her, She goes through this metamorphosis where she has sex with a lot of people, does drugs, lives the nightlife, and eventually realizes she has to let go of her ego or what was hurting her and start a new life and shed her old existence." The "I've been fucked" line speaks from her perspective, Oberst said, not his. "But I think it's a line that applies to a lot of us. It's a different thing, sex and love. Sex without love is one kind of experience, and sex when you're in love with someone is a different experience." (The Omaha Reader interview)
* "Hot Knives is a song, um, sort of about a woman that kind of discovers that her life is a sham and can't really exist in her reality any longer and has to transform completely into a new species... and it's, you know, it sounds crazy but it's not that crazy. It could happen to you too." (Track by track Cassadaga)

## Sources

* LP liner notes

**B-sides:** "Reinvent the Wheel" • "Smoke Without Fire" • "Stray Dog Freedom" • "Cartoon Blues" • "Tourist Trap" • "Endless Entertainment" • "Susan Miller Rag"
Reinvent the Wheel

**Reinvent the Wheel** is the second song on the Bright Eyes EP  Four Winds and the first track not from Cassadaga.

## Lyrics

My friend, you were the model

A priceless work of art

Boys would fashion their emotions

To the pattern of your heart

And I heard you wrote that record

For a girl you loved but died

I'm here sewing mine together

Just hoping you're alive

And I know you'll never come back now

To the world where people are

'Cause you never understood

What they loved you for

Now ghosts, they have their secrets

And they'll tell them to a few

So you could never pay attention

When they're whispering to you

There were many talents you possessed

That I wished myself to have

But the way your eyes would gloss over

Well, I never envied that

And I doubt you'll ever come back now

From wherever it is you are

'Cause you never understood

What we loved you for

I'm sure the TV sets will tell us

When someone reinvents the wheel

'Til then I'll have a million conversations

About shit that isn't real

But I've tried to breathe in meaning

Dig deep to every gasp of air

'Cause I know you did the same thing

For as long as you could bear

I guess everything just circles round

To where it was before

So I hope I see you soon

In some other form

## Sources

**B-sides:** "**Reinvent the Wheel**" • "Smoke Without Fire" • "Stray Dog Freedom" • "Cartoon Blues" • "Tourist Trap" • "Endless Entertainment" • "Susan Miller Rag"
Lua

**Lua** is the fourth song on the Bright Eyes album I’m Wide Awake, It’s Morning. It was released as the  first single from the album on October 26, 2004. The song appears on the 2009 Dark Was the Night compilation as a duet with Gillian Welch.

## Lua

### Album

I’m Wide Awake, It’s Morning, Lua (single)

## Lyrics

I know that it is freezing but I think we have to walk

I keep waving at the taxis, they keep turning their lights off

But Julie knows a party at some actor's West Side loft

Supplies are endless in the evening, by the morning they'll be gone

When everything is lonely, I can be my own best friend

I get a coffee and the paper, have my own conversations

With the sidewalk and the pigeons and my window reflection

The mask I polish in the evening by the morning looks like shit

And I know you have a heavy heart, I can feel it when we kiss

So many men stronger than me have thrown their backs out trying to lift it

But me, I'm not a gamble, you can count on me to split

The love I sell you in the evening by the morning won't exist

You're looking skinny like a model with your eyes all painted black

You just keep going to the bathroom, always say you'll be right back

Well, it takes one to know one, kid, I think you've got it bad

But what's so easy in the evening by the morning's such a drag

I've got a flask inside my pocket, we can share it on the train

And if you promise to stay conscious, I'll try and do the same

We might die from medication, but we sure killed all the pain

But what was normal in the evening by the morning seems insane

And I'm not sure what the trouble was that started all of this

The reasons all have run away, but the feeling never did

It's not something I would recommend, but it is one way to live

'Cause what is simple in the moonlight by the morning never is

It was so simple in the moonlight, now it's so complicated

It was so simple in the moonlight

So simple in the moonlight

So simple in the moonlight

## Sources

**B-sides:** "Well Whiskey" • "I Woke Up with This Song in My Head This Morning" • "True Blue" • "When the President Talks to God"
Middleman

**Middleman** is the eighth song on the Bright Eyes album Cassadaga.

## Lyrics

I traveled though the atmosphere

As a wall of feedback climbed

The pegs were gold, the band was old

They played in half time

Now every dream gets whittled down

Just like every fool gets wise

You will never read of any seed

Deprived of sunlight

So I've become the middleman

The gray areas are mine

The in-between, the absentee

Is a beautiful disguise

So I keep my footlights shining bright

Just like I keep my exits wide

'Cause I never know when it's time to go

It's too crowded now inside

The dead can hide beneath the ground

And the birds can always fly

But the rest of us do what we must

In constant compromise

So I've become the middleman

The gray areas are fine

The "I don't know," the "maybe so"

Is the only true

Is the only real

Is the only real reply

## Credits

* Conor Oberst - voice, guitar
* Mike Mogis - baritone, lap steel, percussion
* Jason Boesel - voice
* Ted Stevens - voice
* Sean Foley - voice
* John McEntire - percussion
* Michael Zerang - percussion
* Jonathan Crawford - percussion
* Dan Bitney - percussion
* Dan Fliegel - percussion
* David Moyer - bass clarinet
* Brian Walsh - bass clarinet

Woodwinds arranged by Nate Walcott

## Comments from Bright Eyes

* "Middlemen are amazing because they, uh, they convinced the world that they're necessary when they're really not, and I think that that's an amazing ability to have in this world... it's mixed pretty low but there's a long list of different things... you might end up being in the world... but I think, you know, a middleman is the most sophisticated." (Track by track Cassadaga)

## Sources

**B-sides:** "Reinvent the Wheel" • "Smoke Without Fire" • "Stray Dog Freedom" • "Cartoon Blues" • "Tourist Trap" • "Endless Entertainment" • "Susan Miller Rag"
Zigzagging Toward the Light

## Comments by Conor Oberst on this song

* It’s a song about the ground shifting underneath you in unexpected/expected ways. Or maybe waking up with a new face. I love Jonathan Wilson’s guitar on the track. It bubbles and sparkles like the best shroom experience. It’s like riding that gondola with Farmer Dave in Telluride. It feels strange but right. All the way to the top of the mountain in the dark. (Q Magazine guest column, 2014)
Enola Gay

## Comments by Conor Oberst on this song

* It’s a character sketch. Can you imagine the kind of person whose nickname would be Enola Gay? Scary. I knew there was that famous 80s song called the same but I figured it was okay. Lambchop named a record of theirs Thriller after all. So I figure now anything is up for grabs. (Q Magazine guest column, 2014)
Double Life

## Comments by Conor Oberst on this song

* This is the first song I wrote after I got married. It is a about transitions and fear. Everything worth doing in life involves some kind of leap of faith. No one can guarantee anything in this world. You have to take your best guess and trust your instincts and just get on with it. Follow your nose all the way home if you can. (Q Magazine guest column, 2014)
Soul Singer in a Session Band

**Soul Singer in a Session Band** is the sixth song on the Bright Eyes album Cassadaga.

## Lyrics

See the soul singer in the session band

Shredded to ribbons beneath a microphone stand

Felt the quickness of pity like a flash in a pan

For the soul singer in the session band

Now a red carpet-bagger makes a Blackberry call

To the plastic piranhas in the city of salt

Wasted wheat paste campaign, post no bills on the wall

You mean nothing to no one but that's nobody's fault

See the soul singer in the session band

Shredded to ribbons beneath a microphone stand

Felt the quickness of pity like a flash in a pan

For the soul singer in the session band

I had a lengthy discussion about The Power of Myth

With a post-modern author who didn't exist

In this fictitious world all reality twists

I was a hopeless romantic, now I'm just turning tricks

Just like that soul singer in the session band

Shredded confetti beneath a microphone stand

Saw the conflict of interest slipping cash in the hand

Of the soul singer in the session band

His room is on fire since he painted it red

There are a stranger's silk sequins at the foot of the bed

He has been to weddings and funerals but he still never wept

Now sorrow is pleasure when you want it instead

Just like the soul singer in the session band

Wailed like an infant atop a white baby grand

We'll need every sandbag and every man

To save the soul singer in the session band

Headlights or taillights, it's a flip of a coin

I've been coming and going since the day I was born

And I followed the breadcrumbs but I never got home

I grew old in an instant, now I'm all on my own

See that soul singer in the session band

Shredded to nothing beneath the microphone stand

Saw the wave of the future through the crack of the dam

Drowned the soul singer in the session band

## Credits

* Conor Oberst - voice, guitar
* Mike Mogis - bass, lap steel
* Nate Walcott - piano, organ
* M. Ward - voice, guitar
* Janet Weiss - drums
* Anton Patzner - violin

## Comments from Bright Eyes on this song

* (When asked if he had anyone in particular in mind:) "No, it's also more about the basic idea of all people who are constrained in their situation by circumstances. If they were in a different position, they could probably flourish. The song is about frustrations, compromise and survival in the face of not living." (translated from a Gaesteliste.de interview)
* "Soul Singer in a Session Band is just that, just what it says, but I guess it can apply to anyone, you know, anyone that's confined by their situation, that perhaps could... be something greater or more fully realized but because of their lot in life, their... circumstance, you know they're not able to get there." (Track by track Cassadaga)

## Notes and references

* *The Power of Myth* is a book based on the PBS documentary *Joseph Campbell and the Power of Myth*, in which Campbell presents ideas about comparative mythology.

## Sources

**B-sides:** "Reinvent the Wheel" • "Smoke Without Fire" • "Stray Dog Freedom" • "Cartoon Blues" • "Tourist Trap" • "Endless Entertainment" • "Susan Miller Rag"
Night at Lake Unknown

## Comments by Conor Oberst on this song

* I still don’t have an iPhone, but my wife gave me her old one. It doesn’t do anything except hold some music and has a nature sound sleep app called Naturespace. Since I am a terrible insomniac and I am scared of silence I rely on that almost every night. My favorite preset is called Night At Lake Unknown hence the title. Maybe it’s about C-list fame and staring at ceiling fans, I don’t know. (Q Magazine guest column, 2014)
Volunteer Hussars

Austrian Volunteer hussars in game unit card, equipped

**Volunteer Hussars** were a cavalry unit available to the Austro-Hungarian Empire. They were removed from game, thus, they are no longer playable.

## Description

> *"Many upper-class members of the Austrian nobility during this time fielded their own cavalry brigades which would cooperate with the larger Austrian military during times of war. This light cavalry was made up of hussars, a fairly standard cavalry unit of the age. The training given to these private squadrons varied from what was usual in the military, making them ideal for cavalry unit of the age. The training given to these private squadrons varied from what was usual in the military, making them ideal for skirmishing, although their civilian origins make them disorganized."* - In-game description.
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### Stats

Volunteer Hussars had 3 Cohesion and 6 Hit Points. They had skirmishing, and disorganized as traits.

## History

Historically, any upper-class members of the Austrian nobility during this time fielded their own cavalry brigades which would cooperate with the larger Austrian military during times of war.
United States of America

### Intermediate, balanced, incohesive

The Union Army is a flexible and affordable faction featuring a variety of specialized troops to draw from all corners of their young nation, ranging from Custer's rabid-firing cavalry brigade to the lethal U.S. Sharpshooters... but beware the difficulties of coordinating such a large, incohesive body of troops.
Second French Empire

### Easy, defensive, well-rounded

France is a well-balanced and versatile force with a bevy of units to choose from including the highly durable Foreign Legion... but beware your foes' superior numbers and quality of artillery.

The nation animal of France is the rooster, which is depicted on the right, as France was often depicted in the Victorian era and in the middle ages, the gallic rooster was wildly used as a religious symbol, the sign of hope and faith It was during the Renaissance that the rooster began to be associated with the emerging French nation.
Armory

The Armory is a mechanic in F&M that allows players to change what weapons a unit is equipped with. Said weapons vary in abilities reflective in their real-life quality. Weapons with greater capabilities are always more expensive than those with lesser capabilities. The historic armaments of each Nation are categorized into 6 types. For Intantry, these are: Smoothbore Muskets, Rifle-Muskets, Inferior Breechloaders, and Superior Breechloaders. For Cavalry,

## Smoothbore Muskets

Commonly referred to as simply "Smoothbores", these are the cheapest ranged weapons for any infantry unit.
Chasseurs-a-Cheval

Chasseurs-a-Cheval

Chasseurs-a-Cheval (in English: Hunters on horse) is a Light Cavalry unit used by the Second French Empire.

## In-game Unit

### Description

These light cavalry were descended from the chasseurs a pied, the chasseurs on foot who were effective skirmishers. These chasseurs were on horseback, making them ideal for skirmishing with their combined maneuverability and firepower. However, this unit was also low in cohesion and size, making them weak in drawn-out fights.

### Stats

Chasseurs-a-Cheval has 3 Cohesion and 4 Hit Points, they have the traits, Skirmishing, for any encounter that needs to avoid , and Efficiency, to rush right in and change formation, or, retreat quickly in much needed times.
Bright Eyes Wiki

**Welcome to the Bright Eyes Wiki!**

The Bright Eyes wiki is a database for the music of the indie band Bright Eyes and the various projects of its frontman, Conor Oberst. Here, you'll be able to find information on the band members, collaborators, songs, shows, interviews, tours, merchandise, and much more.

Please feel free to contribute in any way you can, whether that be uploading new photos, editing lyrics, updating setlists, or adding new interview links!

## Important pages

Links • Music videos • Merchandise • Interviews

## Band members

PlaceholderConor OberstPlaceholderMike MogisPlaceholderNate Walcott
## Bright Eyes studio albums

Letting Off the HappinessFevers and MirrorsLifted, or the Story is in the SoilI'm Wide Awake, It's MorningDigital Ash in a Digital UrnCassadagaThe People's KeyDown in the Weeds, Where the World Once Was
## Conor Oberst solo studio albums

PlaceholderConor OberstPlaceholderUpside Down MountainPlaceholderRuminationsPlaceholderSalutations
## Wiki links

 Administrators •  Recent Changes •  New Files •  New Pages

### ***Contribute to the Bright Eyes wiki!***

* Rules of this wiki
* Getting Started
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Francs-Tireurs

Franc-Tireurs unit card, equipped Chassepot rifles

The Franc-Tireurs (*Free Shooters*, Eng.) are a light infantry used by the Second French Empire and is only available in Age of Rifles.

## In-game Unit

### Description

These skirmishers were recruited from shooting clubs across France. Excellent marksmen, the Franc-Tireurs can harass the enemy from an impressive distance, although their origins in civilian clubs meant that they would break easily when pressed. This makes the Franc-Tireurs a cheap and effective unit if they are used well, but be careful not to let them come under too much fire.

### Stats

These light infantry have 4 Hit Points. Just like any light infantry they have Skirmishing, but due too there origins being in civilian shooting clubs. they have a abysmal 2 Cohesion and Breakable. Although with their origins being in shooting clubs, they are excellent marksmen. Granting the Franc-Tireurs Range Drill.
Line Infantry (French)

Line Infantry unit card, equipped Chassepot rifles

Line Infantry (Infanterie de Ligne, fr.) is the standard line infantry of the Second French Empire.

## In-game Unit

### Description

The French standard line infantry were a very professional force, with most soldiers serving in the military for multiple decades a time. This unit will hold its own on the battlefield, especially when equipped with the trusty chassepot in the late era.

### Stats

These Line Infantry are the standard Line Infantry and they have 6 Hit Points and 4 Cohesion, they are the few units that have no Traits at all. They form the backbone of many French compositions.
Infantry

Infantry is the first and foundational unit type in Fire & Maneuver, with the secondary and tertiary types being and Artillery. They have the

Cavalry is the second major unit type in Fire & Maneuver, alongside Infantry and Artillery. They have the highest maneuverability of any unit type, but with the downside of limited range and a focus in melee combat. These men of the horse will sow paranoia among your foes and quickly finish off weakened enemies, but beware, inopportune charges will yield devastating results.

## Subtypes

There exist 4 subtypes of Cavalry: Line Infantry, Light Infantry, Heavy Infantry, and Militia.

### Line Infantry

Line Infantry are the most "standard" type of unit, and generally will generally be the most numerous in any battlefield. They mostly have 4 Cohesion and 6 Hit Points.

A common derivative of Line Infantry are Zouaves, which all have the Melee Drill trait.

In multi-ethnic factions, such as the Austrian Empire or Ottoman Empire, denotations of the origins of the Line Infantry unit may separate the units from one another. Line Infantry of the dominant ethnic group would be the most "vanilla" of the infantry, having only nation-wide traits or none at all. Line Infantry of minor ethnicities would have more traits reflective of their origins. For example, Egyptian Infantry have Rugged and Disorganized while lacking Breakable, which Ottoman units often have.

## Formations

[Succinct tutorial on how to click to formations and use shortcut keys]

### Close Order

Can move diagonally, increases speed by 1 if at least one tile of the unit's path is a road tile.

Suffers range and charge vulnerability

### Open Order Formation

All front and side tiles, move orthogonally unless skirmishing.
French Foreign Legion

French Foreign Legion unit card, equipped Chassepot rifles

The French Foreign Legion (*Légion Étrangère*, fr.) is a heavy infantry unit used by the Second French Empire available for all ages. They are the only rugged unit in France's Possession.

## History

The Foreign Legion was created by Louis Philippe on March, 10, 1831 to allow the incorporation of foreign nationals into the French Army from the foreign regiments of the Kingdom of France.

## In-game Unit

### Description

This elite heavy infantry unit was made up of volunteers from across the world who wanted to fight for France. These soldiers have excellent morale, high maneuverability, and exceptional ability in melee combat. This makes them very powerful elite units in battle, although they are expensive.
Grenadiers Of The Guard

Grenadiers Of The Guard unit card, equipped Chassepot rifles

The Grenadiers Of The Guard (*Grenadiers de la Garde*, fr.) is a heavy infantry unit used by the Second French Empire available for all ages. It is the most expensive Infantry option in France's roster and rightfully so.

## History

The Grenadiers Of The Guard were a elite unit formed by Napoleon III as a re-establishment of his uncle, Napoleon I's Imperial Guard.

## In-game Unit

### Description

These heavy infantry were recruited from the best, most disciplined troops of the entire French army. The Guard Grenadiers were renowned for their mobility and firepower on the field. Their ability to withstand the worst the enemy can throw at them was unrivaled in the army, and they are an inspiration to other troops on the field. This does however make them a rarity and very expensive.

### Stats

Just like any heavy infantry, it has 5 Cohesion and 6 Hit Points, they have the traits, Shock, for any encounter that needs to be close and personal, Range Drill, which is helpful for any firefight that involves range, and Efficiency, to rush right in and change formation, or, retreat quickly in much needed times. All and all this makes them be a force to be reckoned with. (wip add more info pls)

### Changes

DD/MM/YY

On 12/13/22(?), The Grenadiers Of The Guard received Shock, while the British Foot Guards lost Shock, the reason was to reduce Range Drill spam with France. The Player Base saw this change as a nerf as its cost increased Preventing player from taking 4 Francs-Tireurs and 2 Voltigeur's of the Guard in the Late Period.
North German Confederation

### Intermediate, efficient, balanced

Formerly the Kingdom of Prussia, this new nation boasts strong commanders who lead a patchwork of well-armed units from across the German States, from Bavarian and Würtenmberg infantry to the dreaded Krupp artillery... but beware the short range of your fast-firing rifles and the danger this poses to your men.
If the Brakeman Turns My Way

**If the Brakeman Turns My Way** is the third track on the album Cassadaga. It was first released in the July 2007  Hot Knives single, the second single from the album.

## 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 the 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

## Credits

* Conor Oberst - voice, piano
* Mike Mogis - bass, pedal steel, voice
* Nate Walcott - organ
* Jason Boesel - voice, drums

## Comments from Bright Eyes on this song

* "Track three is called If the Brakeman Turns My Way, which is a reference to hobos riding the trains in America, jumping in the boxcars and... they know they want to go somewhere away from where they are, but they're not really in control of it. The brakeman is the person who moves the switches on the tracks and decides which direction the train travels, so I guess... for the purposes of this song, it would be fate, brother fate deciding which way you go." (Track by track Cassadaga)

## Sources

* Genius.com
* LP liner notes

**B-sides:** "Reinvent the Wheel" • "Smoke Without Fire" • "Stray Dog Freedom" • "Cartoon Blues" • "Tourist Trap" • "Endless Entertainment" • "Susan Miller Rag"
Mobile Guard

Mobile Guard unit card, equipped Chassepot rifles

The Mobile Guard (*Garde Mobile*, fr.) is a militia unit for the Second French Empire available in the Age of Rifles. In exchange for being cheapest unit in France's roster, they suffer from the trait of being Breakable and lower-than-standard cohesion.

## History

The Mobile Guard was a conscripted force formed in the leadup to the Franco-Prussian War under French Emperor Napoleon III in 18##.

## In-game Unit

### Description

The Garde-Mobile were emergency militia the French used to replenish casualties taken by the professional army. The Mobile Guards were generally disorganized due to how quickly they were sent to the front lines, which caused morale issues. This makes the Mobile Guard a cheap unit that can be employed in large numbers, although they are not particularly effective on their own.

### Stats

Being a Militia unit, Mobile Guard units have 1 less Cohesion than the standard of 4. It also has the negative unit trait of being Breakable. These 3 (or 2) factors severely handicap their combat performance.

Firstly, they have less cohesion than most units, which means the effects of Breakable are activated whilst undertaking little amount of fire. Secondly, as a Militia, Mobile Guard units cannot use Open Order Formation to reduce the range damage they receive, which is doubly disadvantages when they can only fight in the Age of Rifles, which sees widespread usage of Breechloaders.

### Tactics

Given their fragility, Mobile Guards should not be put into sustained engagements, or even in a position to receive fire at all. They may be used to supplement the firepower of other units. For example, a Mobile Guard Unit may stand atop a hill firing over a friendly unit.

Most players use the mobile guard to perform suicide charges into the enemy line as the unit is seen as low cost/low risk.
United Kingdom

> "*Rigorously drilled infantry lay down punishing volleys and the famed Highlander infantry from Scotland can repel a foolish enough to charge their lines... but beware the cost of your units, the highest in the game.*"- in-game description
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The **United Kingdom** is a faction in Fire and Maneuver. Equipped with range drill on most infantry units and with mobile artillery, they are primarily a defensive faction.
J

J did not show up as a lowercase letter until after F pulled a fart prank on L, and L and O retaliated by making F spell "frick". J then shot F using his cannonball-shooting ability, damaging F's teeth and showing why F's teeth are so sharp the whole time.

Somewhere before F's attack, J turned into an adult.

Right after debuting in J, he got annihilated by F from a cannonball from I.

K came for J's corpse and gets picked up from F.

J

* Normal
* Original
* Original (Poisoned)
* Original (Lowercase)
Fire & Maneuver Wiki

From the team that brought you The Armchair Historian comes a new strategy game set in the Victorian Era. As muskets become rifles and infantry is confronted by modernizing artillery, it is imperative to adapt to a rapidly changing battlefield. This is a new age, not of courage and chivalry, but of blood and iron.

Fire & Maneuver is a unique strategy game made by history buffs for history buffs, wargame enthusiasts, and casual players alike. Striking the perfect balance between history and playability, Fire & Maneuver combines true-to-life units created through extensive historical research with clever but engaging mechanics developed by a passionate team to create a strategy title that has a little something for everyone.

Find yourself plunged into Victorian warfare, where every moment seems to bring some new tactical or technological innovation. Forget about such matters as politics and economic affairs, as your sole purpose in Fire & Maneuver is military victory. Fight against your friends in recreations of historical battles, or forge a new path for Europe as you veer off the tracks of history. Consider carefully whether to push your campaign offensively or cede the initiative to your opponent, as constant offense will drain your precious resources. With new countries and units always in development, discover new ways to write your name on the pages of history.

## Game

UnitsPlaceholderMapsPlaceholderMechanicsPlaceholderTraitsDLC
Yet another ohio cyrillic alphabet lore? (what have i done)

## episodes/more memes (where ʘ is the actual villain lol)

A: A (Female Voice)

Б: Б (BonziBuddy)

B: B (Male Voice) until ʘ came and hit him and B flew into the sky making ʘ confused

Γ: Γ (Gay) then he got kidnapped by ʘ

Д: Д (Derp) until he saw ʘ with Γ and then Д went to tell it to E

E: E (Bouncy Voice Thingy) then Д came and told E the news so E followed him

TBC i guess
Number-bet Lore

Number-bet Lore, or as fans call it Number Lore, is an Alphabet Lore spin-off created and uploaded by Leyjammer. Made in Scratch as well.

## Number-bet Lore

### Based on

Alphabet Lore
Numberblocks

### Language

English

4:3 versions of the episodes that can be changed are uploaded to Scratch by diepatato. Other Lore projects are upcoming, like Shape-bet Lore and Colour-bet Lore.

## Characters (so far)

* 0
* 1
* 2
* 3
* 4
* 5
* 6

## Episodes

1. 1
2. 2
3. 3
4. 4
5. 5a
6. 5b
7. 6a
8. 6b

## Trivia

* The kidnapping cliffhanger starts during the second half of 2, where only 2 and 7 appeared.
* Most elements are borrowed by other Number Lores.
* Number-bet Lore 5-9 are found as halves for each of dude.'s videos.
	+ These are considered teasers and leaks.
	+ It also can be found on many FANDOM posts from other Lore wikis.
	+ It straitly confirms that 10 and ∞ are going to be planets.
	+ Also, 11-20 are confirmed as well.
You Are Your Mother's Child

## Comments by Conor Oberst on this song

* I almost didn’t put this one on the record cause it was so much more sentimental and down the middle than the other songs but eventually I came around to it. I think it fits in its own way. It is a little darker than it sounds though. It is a father singing to his son but he hasn’t been the best dad. He is saying his son is good because of his mother’s influence not his. (Q Magazine guest column, 2014)
A (Spanish)

Unlike F (Original), **A (Spanish)** is a female and dark reddish villain.

In **A (Spanish)**'s own episode, doesn't include her introduction nor her hovel where she kidnapped her first of friends. Instead it included **A (Spanish)** sobbing. In the second half of **A (Spanish)** she grew mad and at the last second, ran to attack and kidnap.

A

F
Beth Rivia

**Beth Rivia** is an old lady who lives in the small town of Orimac. She spends her old age painting magnificent frescoes on the town walls.

## Abilities

Beth is no ordinary painter. The frescoes she draws carry a dormant magic within them, and each brushstroke represents a fraction of a gigantic formation that stretches across the whole city.
Jamie dee bunny

jamie is the secondary protagonist of the jack the cat series with addition to the other characters that came with her appearence

   due to many characters replacing her she was abandoned for some time before leaving her son (jake) a phone call

telling him not to forget her as her real name is lisa when she was alive
Artillery

>
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Artillery is the third major unit type in Fire & Maneuver, alongside Infantry and Cavalry. Though possessing the highest range of all unit types and potential for devastating damage, they are generally the slowest and most expensive units on any battlefield, nor can they charge an enemy unit.
O

As a lowercase letter, O teamed up with L to bully N. After L scared away R, I, E, D and S, L then slingshotted **O** into N and then mocked him. Then, L and **O** laughed about bullying N. After F spelled “fart”, L and **O** beat up F. When L and O pushed F into R, I, C, and K, O said his catchphrase, drawing the attention of all the letters to betray F. (Including A, S and Y.)

Sometime before F's attack, O grew into an adult.

In O, O introduces himself, in front of an exhausted F. He then does a **Sailor Moon** ESC. transformation. After his transformation he smacks F, even though he doesn't care. In Q, O along with M seem mad about N losing his gem, thinking he's an intruder. In R, O fies away with L after pushing N for losing his gem. In S, O along with L freeze F after slurping down S. Unfortunately, F uses N's gem to conjoin them and steal their gems. In Y, O along with L witness the ray shot by N through F.

In Now I Know My ABCs, O along with l try to block N, but L and O, along with m, are surprised that n chose to side with f. Angered, l pushed f, and o pushes n.

O
Templates

Below are the list of templates for this wiki

The links to these templates can be reached by inserting the name of said template after this text with spaces( ) replaced by Underscores (\_), ***THIS IS CASE-SENSITIVE***:

**https://fire-maneuver.fandom.com/wiki/Template:**

## Traits

To insert a traits template via source, type the name of the trait icon within double braces: {{name}}. This is case-sensitive. For example, typing {{Range Drill Icon}} in source would make .

## Unit Infobox

Below is an example of the Unit Infobox, using the Mobile Guard. The source text template is as follows. The values assigned to the variables are underlined while the variable names are bolded.

Mobile Guard unit card, equipped Chassepot rifles
RATTENMENSCH

Rattenmensch in game unit card, equipped dreyse rifle

Rattenmensch (*Rat Man*, Ger.) is a heavy infantry unit used by the North German Confederation, it has the lowest cohesion out of all heavy infantry at 4, it is a unplayable unit in multiplayer. Available in Austro-Prussian war campaign as of 4/10/23

## History

Rattenmensch is a elite unit used by the North German Confederation to sabotage enemy supply lines implied by their Rodentia origin. Their are skill is unmatchable in battle which is why nobody has heard of them These elite soldiers are a carefully guarded secret, whispered about in hushed tones among the troops. Rumors abound about their origins and abilities, but little is known for certain. It is believed that after WW1 the third Reich tried replicate these soldiers but where never successful.

## In-game Unit

### Stats

it has 4 Cohesion and 6 Hit Points, they have the traits, Skirmishing , With them being Rodentia they can out-maneuver and out-pace their mammal adversaries. They also have Efficiency, Also with a other added effect of them being a Rodent, they are swift with their movements, to rush right in and change formation, or, retreat quickly in much needed times.