OberstsYellowBird August 15th, 2009 05:22PM  
I believe this song is about love. Pretty simple, but it's not just that. THe entire song is giving examples of how situations change between the evening and the morning. "Supplies are endless in the evening by the morning they'll be gone.", or, "What seems polished in the evening by the morning looks like shit". Oberst regrets things he has done in the past, not necessarily the night before, but some time in his past. He is trying to pass the message that everyone has done things rash, stupid, or even the right thing to do. But later on in life, we regret what has been done, or if not regret, we simply wish what we have done could have been easier. "what's so simple in the moonlight by the mornings so complicated".