re: Great first sentence in song lyrics

I'm a big fan of Conor Oberst as a song writer

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

Your class, your caste, your country, sect, your name or your tribe
There's people always dying trying to keep them alive

If you hate the taste of wine
Why do you drink it 'til you're blind?