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Whenever I come back
The air on Railroad is making the same sounds
And the shop fronts on Holly are dirty words
Asterisks in for the vowels
We peered through the windows
New bottoms on barstools, but the people remain the same
With prices inflating
Inflating
As if saved from the gallows
There's a bellow of buzzers
And people stop working
And they're all so excited, excited
Passing through unconscious states
When I awoke, I was on
The highway, highway
Highway, highway
With your hands on my shoulders
A meaningless movement, a movie script ending
And the patrons are leaving
Leaving
Passing through unconscious states
When I awoke, I was on
The highway, highway
Highway, highway
Highway, highway
Highway, highway
And now, we all know the words were true
In the sappiest songs, yes, yes
I'll put them to bed, but they won't sleep
Just shuffling the sheets to toss and turn
You can't begin to get it back
Passing through unconscious states
When I awoke, I was on
The onset of a later stage
The headlights are beacons on
The highway, highway
Highway, highway
Highway, highway
Highway, highway
The air on Railroad is making the same sounds
And the shop fronts on Holly are dirty words
Asterisks in for the vowels
We peered through the windows
New bottoms on barstools, but the people remain the same
With prices inflating
Inflating
As if saved from the gallows
There's a bellow of buzzers
And people stop working
And they're all so excited, excited
Passing through unconscious states
When I awoke, I was on
The highway, highway
Highway, highway
With your hands on my shoulders
A meaningless movement, a movie script ending
And the patrons are leaving
Leaving
Passing through unconscious states
When I awoke, I was on
The highway, highway
Highway, highway
Highway, highway
Highway, highway
And now, we all know the words were true
In the sappiest songs, yes, yes
I'll put them to bed, but they won't sleep
Just shuffling the sheets to toss and turn
You can't begin to get it back
Passing through unconscious states
When I awoke, I was on
The onset of a later stage
The headlights are beacons on
The highway, highway
Highway, highway
Highway, highway
Highway, highway
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Whilst I agree that this song is about a journey back home I also think it is a hidden reference to the thought processes that the singer has when he is stoned. By saying whenever I come back, the singer is not only referring to the return to his hometown but also to the state of mind he feels when stoned. The lyrics are a perfect description of how everything seems when one is high, such as the reflective lyrics about the people on the bar-stools. The passing through unconscious states can be seen as a metaphor of how when he gets high he becomes a different person to when he is sober or 'unconscious' because when high he is given the opportunity for his brain to slow down and view everything in a more, detached, rational way. Of course I am not suggesting that this song is merely about Marijuana, but I do believe that Death Cab wrote this song as a homage to it and the feeling of coming home is akin to the feeling getting high can give to someone who uses it regularly. The examples aforementioned, as well as the incessant singing of 'high-way' are the reasons I feel this way.
lol i can agree with that bellingham has some wonderful bud and having gotten pretty high there the main highway would be I-5, lol this song reminds me about the time i got fucked up at western washington university and then driving down I-5 south driving 45mph in a 70 because a slow song came on the radio. oh how i love bellingham!