| Death Cab for Cutie – Your Heart Is an Empty Room Lyrics | 13 years ago |
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This is ultimately about a person who had their heart badly broken and tried to start over new, but "with walls of the deepest blue" I believe they never were able to fully let go and find someone new. They held onto the pain for so long that love became a stranger and being alone and dating became the norm. When they finally found someone who wanted to be with them and wasn't giving chase anymore it set them into a panic because they'd forgotten how to be in a relationship. This panic made them feel smothered and they only saw all the people they were missing out on dating and having a good time with. They didn't recognize the good times that love had once brought them. Ultimately they didn't know how to handle love anymore so they burned that relationship to the ground. Two words sum this up: Commitment Issues. Burn it down Until the embers smoke on the ground And start new when your heart is an empty room With walls of the deepest blue (This is talking about trying to start out fresh after losing the love of someone and how it's a sad process that has left them "blue.") Home's face, how it ages when you're away The spring blooms Then you find the love that's true But you don't know what now to do Because the chase is all you know And she stopped running months ago (I think this is talking about love being home and how this person has been away from it too long. They've finally found love again in someone who isn't going anywhere but they don't know what to do now they have it because they've been without and chasing after it for too long.) And all you see Is where else you could be When you're at home And out on the street Are so many possibilities To not be alone (They're panicking here and all they see is the things they're missing while being "tied down." They keep seeing all the people they could be dating if they were single.) Flames and smoke Climbed out of every window And disappeared With everything that you held dear But you shed not a single tear For the things that you didn't need Because you knew you were finally free (This is still them panicking and they've ended the great love they found. They're still in the thought process of being free to have fun and date other people even though it meant losing something great.) |
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| Death Cab for Cutie – Marching Bands of Manhattan Lyrics | 13 years ago |
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This is my interpretation. If I could open my arms And span the length of the isle of Manhattan I'd bring it to where you are Making a lake of the East River and Hudson (I think this is more of a personal reference that means something to the band and who it was written for but possibly it's saying they love this person enough to move mountains for them.) And if I could open my mouth Wide enough for a marching band to march out They would make your name sing And bend through alleys and bounce off all the buildings (This is saying that they love this person so much that they want to shout it out to the world how amazing they think they are. A name is a powerful thing and always has been and he wants to glorify theirs to the world.) I wish we could open our eyes To see in all directions at the same time Oh, what a beautiful view If you were never aware of what was around you (To me this is saying we need to open ourselves to all different points of view and not wear blinders. The second part makes me think of "ignorance is bliss." They're saying the world is a beautiful place until you take a closer look.) And it is true what you say That I live like a hermit in my own head But when the sun shines again I'll pull the curtains and blinds to let the light in (I think this is talking about how he hides inside himself and he realizes that he does but when the world, his world, has sun shining on it/something good and happy happening in it he'll come back out of himself. Who doesn't want to hide from the bad in life?) Sorrow drips into your heart through a pinhole Just like a faucet that leaks and there is comfort in the sound But while you debate half empty or half full It slowly rises, your love is going to drown (I think this is saying it's inevitable for sorrow to slowly slip into all of our lives from time to time and sometimes we get lost in it and let it become a comfortable constant in our life. But if we dwell on it it will slowly consume the happiness we have.) |
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