Discover the story of the song > At the Bottom of Everything – Bright Eyes

The song starts with a woman on a plane next to a man who doesn't talk much. Suddenly, there's a mechanical failure and they start to fall out of the sky. The man tells her they are going to a birthday party, and starts humming a tune. The rest of the song talks about how we must take action and do things like tearing out book endings and staring at criminals to make a change. The chorus talks about the inevitability of death and returning to God. The bridge talks about going to the very bottom of everything, and the song ends on a happy note of the protagonist realizing they are no one.