| Death Cab for Cutie – Expo '86 Lyrics | 13 years ago |
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I had to make an account just for this comment. The first verse is pretty simple, its describing a repeating process that the character in the song cant escape. But these two lines give more meaning to the situation: "But if I move my place in line, I'll lose And I have waited, the anticipation's got me glued" The character has been waiting for something, for a long time, and the anticipation has kept him waiting, mindlessly. But the song isnt about a failing relationship, as many people have claimed, it details the character who's out of a relationship, but still loves or cares about the other person, who has moved on. The character is waiting for the other person's present relationship to go wrong, for it to end and for the person to be single, with a warped and fantasy-esque scenario of the person fleeing the scene after killing their current lover. The warped fantasy is a perfect model of the thoughts of someone with unrequited love, and it seems to have been missed by most people. "I am waiting for something to wrong I am waiting for familiar resolve I am waiting for another repeat Another diet fed by crippling defeat And I am waiting for that sense of relief I am waiting for you to flee the scene As if you held in your hand the smoking gun And on the floor lay the one you said you loved" And it's strange They are basically the same So I don't ask names anymore" To the character in the song, all of the person's lovers are the same to them; another problem they have to wait for to disappear. But maybe I'm just warped enough myself to interpret it this way. |
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