33,127 words. 169,425 characters. 131 pages. This is nearly all of the collected lyrical work of Bright Eyes.
It's not exactly timely. It's not exactly scientific. But by golly, is it fun to predict that the man who penned these words, Conor Oberst, would more likely "go" than he would "come" (by the small margin of 17).
This analysis uses lyrics from the following albums, EPs and collections: A Collection of Songs Written and Recorded 1995–1997, Cassadaga, Every Day and Every Night, Fevers and Mirrors, Four Winds, I'm Wide Awake, It's Morning, Letting Off the Happiness, Lifted, or the Story Is in the Soil, Keep Your Ear to the Ground, Noise Floor (Rarities: 1998–2005), One Jug of Wine, Two Vessels, The People's Key, There Is No Beginning to the Story and Wichita.
Hover over each word below to see how many times it appears in Bright Eyes lyrics.
Michael Todd is Hear Nebraska's managing editor. He used Wordcounter and infogr.am to make this. Reach him at michaeltodd@hearnebraska.org.