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it stopped raining against the windows
in the late days before july
we used our bodies against our reason
as we threw ourselves from in to outside
through the glass we’d pass the graveyards
the speed was part of killing our time
our mouths were moving suggesting promise
smartly promise can change into lies
caught in a car you weren’t driving
wondered where they’d let you off
before the impact you smiled
before the impact you said what a great summer night
you were looking at your fingers
you were counting for control
i’d never heard so much quiet
i’d never heard so little breath
or so few of your words
ahead of safety we’d gone much farther
faster the trees blurred the lines
the last few moments the seconds slowed up
as the tires pointed at the sky
caught in a car you weren’t driving
wondered where they’d let you off
before the impact you smiled
before the impact you said what a great summer night
extras get on the set
in the late days before july
we used our bodies against our reason
as we threw ourselves from in to outside
the speed was part of killing our time
our mouths were moving suggesting promise
smartly promise can change into lies
wondered where they’d let you off
before the impact you smiled
before the impact you said what a great summer night
you were counting for control
i’d never heard so much quiet
i’d never heard so little breath
or so few of your words
faster the trees blurred the lines
the last few moments the seconds slowed up
as the tires pointed at the sky
wondered where they’d let you off
before the impact you smiled
before the impact you said what a great summer night
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Submitted by
toadtws On Jun 04, 2004
More Matt Pond PA
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yes is about a car accident...but hear the song Everything Until The East Coast Ends from the last light album i think is the continue....
I love this song. Is it about someone dying in a car accident?
yeah- car accident was certainly my first impression, seems pretty reasonable. gorgeous song, fits the album really well..."East Coast E" and "Last Song" are amazing back-to-back
just saw MPPA in concert two nights ago...would highly recommend it :)
Anyone know what the "extras get on the set" alludes to? For some reason I was thinking of the death of James Dean.
Possibly the best album I own.
Maybe Matt is using the car crash as a metaphor for a failed summer relationship? In that case, "extras get on the set" might refer to the characters looking for new lovers after the crash (end of their relationship with each other) as a way to move on.
It seems to me he's singing about a car accident. I've always thought that the line "extras get on the set" was referring to police, fire, ambulance arriving after the accident.
I agree... every time I hear "extras get on the set" I think of all of the ambulance, police & fire guys cleaning up the crash...
I agree... every time I hear "extras get on the set" I think of all of the ambulance, police & fire guys cleaning up the crash...
Just the other day I got into a debate about this song's meaning. Although I don't agree, this person had an interesting take on the song: the subject intended on dying in a car crash. Definitely an interesting perspective...