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I remember when the days were long
And the nights when the living room was on the lawn
Constant quarrelling, the childish fits
And our clothes in a pile on the ottoman
All the slander and double speak
Were only foolish attempts to show you did not mean
Anything but the blatant proof
Was your lips touching mine in a photobooth
And as the summer's ending
The cold air will rush your hard heart away
You were so condescending
And this is all that's left
Scraping paper to document
I've packed a change of clothes and it's time to move on
Cup your mouth to compress the sound
Skinny-dipping with the kids from a nearby town
Everything that I said was true
As the flashes blinded us in the photobooth
I lost track and then those words were said
You took the wheel and you steered us into my bed
Soon we woke and I walked you home
And it was pretty clear that it was hardly love
And as the summer's ending
The cold air will rush your hard heart away
You were so condescending
And this is all that's left
Scraping paper to document
I've packed a change of clothes and it's time to move on
And as the summer's ending
The cold air will rush your hard heart away
You were so condescending
As the alcohol drained the days
And as the summer's ending
The cold air will rush your hard heart away
You were so condescending
And this is all that's left
The empty bottles, spent cigarettes
So pack a change of clothes, because it's time to move on
Song Info
Submitted by
jephque On Dec 04, 2001
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young love. nostalgia. the innocence and vulnerability of a first love.
I love this song. Def one of the best Death Cab songs ever. I think that this song reminds everyone of a fling or an "almost love" where things happen so fast that you don't really have time to think about it while it's happening. Even though your feelings are strong, and you mean everything you say to the person, there eventually comes a point when you both realize that things are not going to work out because the "relationship" you built has no lasting qualities. Although you know deep down that moving on is for the best because "it was pretty clear that it was hardly love," you are still left with kind of a bittersweet feeling. After things end, all of these intense memories of the time you spent together rush through your head and you begin to think about the situation and try to grow and learn from it.
GAY! what a remarkably intelligent comment from myheartbleedscold.
My favorite DCFC song. Check out Color Theory's new cover of it! It's at colortheory.com now and should be on iTunes soon.
Ben Gibbard introduced this song at Sasquatch Music Festival as being "about Bellingham, Washington." Aka, the town where Death Cab started and where he went to college. Having lived in Bellingham all my life, I can sort of see how it references it, though those references are fairly generic. There are many cities, particularly in Western Washington, where you're liable to find your lawn turning into your living room over the summer; the cold air blowing through as the summer ends is hardly a unique experience either. More accurately, I'd say that this is "about [Ben Gibbard's] experience as a college student in Bellingham, Washington." The only thing I want to know is what the hell happened to that photobooth after the mid-90's.
I LOVE this song.
this is my favorite DCFC song! (:
i've so been here before...
yeah, i think most of us have. emokid, you rock, almost all of my favorite songs and artists, you've posted their lyrics. maybe i'll IM you sometime....
god, this is my favorite song of all time.
period.