From Fevers and Mir­rors (2000)

Any self-respecting (or should it be self-loathing?) Bright Eyes fan knows the name Arienette. But who is she? She seems to fea­ture in a num­ber of Bright Eyes song, and rarely as a pos­i­tive fig­ure. We get the sense from his lyri­cal imagery that she’s bro­ken his heart at least once. Is she an altar ego? Is she an oasis? Is she a jackal? Did she make him escape to New York? Is she even real or is she a sim­ple, but effec­tive, dra­matic device?

Notable lyric: And the moon, it leaves sil­ver but never sleeps / And then the sil­ver turns to gray / Oh stay with me, Arienette / Until the wolves are away