"Boomboxes and Dictionaries" as written by and Brian Fallon....
I took a drive today
I thought about you
I thought about a friend who passed
And how much we just went through
I saw the sun shine off the hood of a Cadillac
I thought about some things I said
And some I would take back
I thought about how fortunate I feel to be alive
And if you're scared of the future tonight
We'll just take it each hour one at a time
It's a pretty good night for a drive
So dry up those eyes, dry up those eyes
Because the radio will still play loud
Songs that we heard as our guards came down
Like in the summertime when we first met
I'll never forget, and don't you forget
These nights are still ours
I still love the way you smile
I still love the ocean
We should remember to slow down more often
And maybe we will
Now here's a lot of good things coming our way right now
A lot of bad has passed
But we survived the breakdowns
All is forgiven, water under bridges now
And if you're scared of the future tonight
We'll just take it each hour one at a time
It's a pretty good night for a drive
So dry up those eyes, dry up those eyes
Because the radio will still play loud
Songs that we heard as our guards came down
Like in the summertime when we first met
I'll never forget, and don't you forget
These nights are still ours
I thought about you
I thought about a friend who passed
And how much we just went through
I saw the sun shine off the hood of a Cadillac
I thought about some things I said
And some I would take back
I thought about how fortunate I feel to be alive
And if you're scared of the future tonight
We'll just take it each hour one at a time
It's a pretty good night for a drive
So dry up those eyes, dry up those eyes
Because the radio will still play loud
Songs that we heard as our guards came down
Like in the summertime when we first met
I'll never forget, and don't you forget
These nights are still ours
I still love the way you smile
I still love the ocean
We should remember to slow down more often
And maybe we will
Now here's a lot of good things coming our way right now
A lot of bad has passed
But we survived the breakdowns
All is forgiven, water under bridges now
And if you're scared of the future tonight
We'll just take it each hour one at a time
It's a pretty good night for a drive
So dry up those eyes, dry up those eyes
Because the radio will still play loud
Songs that we heard as our guards came down
Like in the summertime when we first met
I'll never forget, and don't you forget
These nights are still ours
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I'm thinking this song is about a death, a crumbling relationship, just a huge shit storm in general going on for the narrator. But he's just trying to see everything through with some optimism; trying to save his relationship, not letting that death of a friend be the end of him and/or his girl, just standing his ground through the hard times.
My apologies if I focused too much on the movie rather than the song.
Maybe it's an homage? I mean, these guys salute their idols many times on the record. And you can tell that they've taken lots of inspiration from Against Me! (as well as the clash, bob dylan, bruce springsteen and others)
but also the chorus sounds like ramones' "Poison Heart".
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"And if you're scared of the future tonight,
We'll just take it each ALBUM one at a time."
Given the references to letting the radio play loud, and also the general music-centricness of the album.
That said, I like "album" a lot more :)