A gardener told me some plants move, but I could not believe it
Til me and Hannah Hunt saw crawling vines and weeping willows
As we made our way from Providence to Phoenix

A man of faith said hidden eyes could see what I was thinking
I just smiled and told him that was only true of Hannah
And we glided on through Waverly and Lincoln

Our days were long, our nights no longer
Count the seconds, watching the hours
Though we live on the US dollar
You and me, we got our own sense of time

In Santa Barbara, Hannah cried amidst those freezing beaches
I walked into town to buy some kindling for the fire
Hannah tore the New York Times up into pieces

If I can't trust you, then damn it, Hannah
There's no future, there's no answer
Though we live on the US dollar
You and me, we got our own sense of time


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    My Interpretation

    I don't think this is necessarily about a break-up.

    It's obviously about a couple or two friends who live outside the society. They travel across the country, possibly on the run from something, and sleep next to a campfire.

    Hannah seems to be faltering, and conforming to her old life, wishing she could just forget their life philosophy and live a normal life with a job and a house and everything. Hence:

    "Damn it Hannah if I can't trust you.."

    Ezra Koenig has apparently stated that the narrator in this song could be the same narrator as in their song "Run", which depicts the pains of living with a dull job and an average life. The narrator in that songs dreams about "running away", so this could be the story of that escape from society.

    A lot of room for interpretation here though, and I think it's cool how everyone can find their own way of seeing it. Great song.

    Rutuboion April 14, 2014   Link

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