I think much like another song “Anti-Matter” (that's also on the same album as this song), this one is also is inspired by a horrifying van crash the band experienced on Nov 3, 2022. This, much like the other track, sounds like it's an extension what they shared while huddled in the wreckage, as they helped frontman Garrett Russell stem the bleeding from his head wound while he was under the temporary effects of a concussion. The track speaks of where the mind goes at the most desperate & desolate of times, when it just about slips away to all but disconnect itself, and the aftermath.
It was familiar to me, the smoke too thick to breathe.
The tile floors glistened; I slowly stirred my drink.
And when you started to sing, you spoke with broken speech
That I could not understand, and then you grabbed me tightly.
I won't let go, I won't let go. Even if you say so, oh no.
I've tried and tried with no results. I won't let go, I won't let go.
He then played every song from nineteen ninety three.
The crowd applauded as he curtsied bashfully.
Your eyelashes tickled my neck with every nervous blink,
And it was perfect until the telephone started
Ringing ringing ringing ringing ringing off...
The tile floors glistened; I slowly stirred my drink.
And when you started to sing, you spoke with broken speech
That I could not understand, and then you grabbed me tightly.
I won't let go, I won't let go. Even if you say so, oh no.
I've tried and tried with no results. I won't let go, I won't let go.
He then played every song from nineteen ninety three.
The crowd applauded as he curtsied bashfully.
Your eyelashes tickled my neck with every nervous blink,
And it was perfect until the telephone started
Ringing ringing ringing ringing ringing off...
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this isn't a postal service song.
@a town like paris Yeah this is actually a collaboration by Dntel and Ben Gibbard
oh, how i love this song.
Yeah, this song was just sort of a creative jam session between the two, but apparently they liked the result so much that they decided to work together more, and thus the band was born as a side project.
great song.
such a good song, the lyrics are sweet and the wong is righteous. anyoen who disagrees is a LIAR!
such a good song, the lyrics are sweet and the song is righteous. anyoen who disagrees is a LIAR!
Apparently, Chan is pronounced "ch-yawn" not "ch-an." I discovered this upon watching Ben in a webcast the other day. (In case you're curious, he also pronounced Barsuk as "bar-sook.")
lala
Well, its on a Dntel album, but it is Jimmy and Ben.
Its a pre-Postal Service, and not even a traditional Postal Service song because of the way they recorded it.
its not technically a postal service song, but ben gibbard did do this song acoustically on the radio.