| Death Cab for Cutie – Bend to Squares Lyrics | 17 years ago |
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Adding onto what Atolmazel said: Interviewer: people have been talking about what the song "Bend To Squares" is about, and there have been so many different interpretations. What does it really mean? Ben: I kind of piece-mealed the song together when I was writing lyrics. I was reading a review of what, at the time, was the new Frank Sinatra biography, and it was talking about how much alcohol he drank. I haven't read the book, but that's what the review was saying. How he was always drunk all the time, like, "yeah I was hanging out with this guy and I drank a fifth." So I was reading the review, and doing laundry at the laundromat. So while reading this review I just started making a character based off of what that review was saying. It's not a very focused song, really. Nick: There was a time when we were trying out new drummers and we had this guy come in and he sat down and went, "There's that song "Bend To Squares" I'm really curious about it.You mention every number except the number four in it. I'm wondering if that was a conscious effort?" And we're just looking at him like, "What the fuck is wrong with you? You've listened to the song that many times and figured that little pattern out?" It was just kind of funny that he had actually tried to figure out that Ben had written out this super secret thing. It's just a really random thing, the song (http://www.zumonline.com/zine/?x=22) |
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| Death Cab for Cutie – Bixby Canyon Bridge Lyrics | 17 years ago |
| Well, it is about Big Sur... but Ben has said that he wasn't able to write much of Narrow Stairs while he was there. It's more about he couldn't get the inspiration from Kerouac/Big Sur that he thought he would to help him write new songs. It's all about disillusionment, both with the trip, and with life in general. | |
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