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
Imaginary friend.