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The District Sleeps Alone Tonight (Postal Service cover) Lyrics
Smeared black ink
Your face is ashen and I'm barely listening
To last demands
I'm staring at the asphalt wondering
What's buried underneath
Where I am
Where I am
I'll wear my badge
A vinyl sticker with big block letters adherent to my chest
That tells your new friends
I am a visitor here
I am not permanent
And the only thing
Keeping me dry is
Where I am (In this gaudy apartment complex)
Where I am (Explaining that I am just visiting)
Where I am (I was the one worth leaving)
(Why I was the one worth leaving)
D.C. sleeps alone tonight
D.C. sleeps alone tonight
Where I am (In this gaudy apartment complex)
Where I am (Explaining that I am just visiting)
Where I am (I was the one worth leaving)
(Why I was the one worth leaving)
The district sleeps alone tonight after the bars turn out their lights
And leave the autos swerving into the loneliest evening
And I am finally seeing why I was the one worth leaving
Why I was the one worth leaving
Why I was the one worth leaving
Why I was the one worth leaving
Your face is ashen and I'm barely listening
To last demands
I'm staring at the asphalt wondering
What's buried underneath
Where I am
Where I am
A vinyl sticker with big block letters adherent to my chest
That tells your new friends
I am a visitor here
I am not permanent
And the only thing
Keeping me dry is
Where I am (In this gaudy apartment complex)
Where I am (Explaining that I am just visiting)
Where I am (I was the one worth leaving)
(Why I was the one worth leaving)
D.C. sleeps alone tonight
Where I am (In this gaudy apartment complex)
Where I am (Explaining that I am just visiting)
Where I am (I was the one worth leaving)
(Why I was the one worth leaving)
And leave the autos swerving into the loneliest evening
And I am finally seeing why I was the one worth leaving
Why I was the one worth leaving
Why I was the one worth leaving
Why I was the one worth leaving
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I think the line 'Why I was the one worth leaving' means he's seeing why he was the one people always left behind and now in the line 'And I am finally seeing why I was the one worth leaving' He realizes why people always left him for someone else. I think a big theme in this song is loneliness, as this line is repeated and the title The district sleeps alone tonight also has direct references to loneliness. The 'Into the loneliest evening' also references loneliness.
I'll wear my badge A vinyl sticker with big block letters adherent to my chest That tells your new friends I am a visitor here I am not permanent.. That means she is at an event with a badge that shows that shes only there for a while and she wont be staying for long. And the only thing Keeping me dry is Where I am (In this gaudy apartment complex) Where I am (Explaining that I am just visiting) Where I am (I was the one worth leaving) (Why I was the one worth leaving)... means if she wasnt in the apartment complex with the flashy buildings and lights telling people that she was a visitor trying to see her ex that she would be happier not knowing why she didnt fit in with him and why he left her.
@ladasha Um your sub singing parts during Where she saying Where I am is missing the first half
@ladasha Um your sub singing parts during Where she saying Where I am is missing the first half