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Northeast Lyrics
The northeast
well it's all i really know
with dust and bricks and some cars
in the snow
it's like new york in the late summer time
can breathe again even through this lovely grime
as i said
the skyline's brighter tonight
but this time i turned on five more lights
it's like new york in the late summer time
can breathe again ad your bones, they feel alive
i've got the northeast on my side
well it's all i really know
with dust and bricks and some cars
in the snow
can breathe again even through this lovely grime
the skyline's brighter tonight
but this time i turned on five more lights
can breathe again ad your bones, they feel alive
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"I've got the Northeast on my side".... I moved down to North Carolina from Massachustts a few years ago and I have never missed anywhere more than I miss Massachusetts. Listening to this song just makes me think of the winter seasons and the snow and houses everywhere. New England is such a beautiful place. I am from the Northeast and that's all I truly will ever know. It's my home.
I love this song.
This song provokes strong feelings about my small Massachusetts hometown. First time I heard this I was driving down one of the scenic roads in my town after a snow storm. New England looks beautiful in 3 conditions. Middle of the summer, The entire fall, and with fresh snow on the ground. It makes you feel like you're in an Emerson poem. There is nothing more beautiful than a colonial house covered in snow. Matt and Kim are from New England so I can tell they were thinking about these images when they wrote the song. It may be tough for someone who isn't from the northeast to understand but we New Englanders get it!
I like how this song mirrors "Good Ol' Fashioned Nightmare," in which M says "the skyline looks brighter tonight/lets go smash out every light." Here, he says the same "but this time I turned on five more lights." Kind of seems like they're growing up, but a little unsure whether or not they like it.