Listen to this when
At the Bottom of Everything
Searching for meaning at 30,000 feet ✈️
Who it's for
It opens with a spoken story of a plane going down and turns into a bright, singalong folk song about searching for meaning and connection.
Adrift and uncertain→Connected and alive
Feelings it meets
What it is
"At the Bottom of Everything" opens Bright Eyes' album I'm Wide Awake, It's Morning, released by Saddle Creek in January 2005. Written by Conor Oberst, with Jim James of My Morning Jacket on vocals, it begins with Oberst's unaccompanied spoken story of a passenger plane falling toward the ocean.
Where to find it
All major streaming services.
Before you start
Heads up: Mentions of death.
Age: Suggested 13+
Your hearts know in silence the secrets of the days and the nights.Kahlil Gibran, The Prophet, “On Self-Knowledge”
