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Photographs of the best time you had
Windows smudged by the speed
Leaving home with our bags from Iron Street
As morning turned into California
And smoke trailed from the butt of my cigarette
Our glass house, it threw rocks at all those it passed
Waking up to the sound of 5 AM to take my turn at the wheel
Climbed up Shasta, oh, how the engine ached
As the sun tortured California
And old alleys turned deep at the heart of me
Murals of heroes defacing the blank concrete
Vision tunneled, Mission Street, hunger beat
Lodged out as the engine wheezed
Still moving regardless of stable ground
And this stable ground
Photographs of the best time you had
Windows smugded by the speed
Leaving home with our bags from Iron Street
As morning turned into California
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Submitted by
jephque On Dec 04, 2001
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i can't believe no one's commented on this song. needless to say, it's one of my favorite dcfc songs. obviously it has something to do with a road trip...but other than i have no idea what it's about. it's just a beautiful song.
Yea, it's a very beautiful song... My cousin introduced me to this band, and I instantly fell in love with em...
To me, I think it is definitely about some kind of road trip. But just him and a girl he was in love with. Maybe "Kelly Huckaby" was her name.
i am in love with this song. i want to marry it.
oh amazing song i dont think much has to be said
Ha, well, too bad the_magic_toaster, 'cos me and this song are already hitched. But, huh, I don't think there are any rules on threesome marriages with songs.
This song, along with Company Calls Epilogue are my 2 favourites of my favourite band.
hahaha....song bigamy...
I LOVE this song! the lyrics..the music..ben's voice is great. I especially like the line "our glass house, it threw rocks at all those it passed". It's just got such a careless tone to it.
thank you. nothing gets said half the time. we wouldn't be commenting if they weren't good songs.
this song is about taking a road trip from bellingham to california i thought the lyrics was "waking up to the sound at 5 am" which would mean the Puget Sound Mt. Shasta i believe is in Oregon. and then they talk about california. It obviously talks about taking pictures in the car and how the outside blurs because the speed of the car and how you get used to staring at the road all day giving you tunnel vision
dancehall sounds correct, except shasta is in california. "mission street..." probably refers to san francisco.
strightedge eifel needs to start commenting on the songs and stop yelling at other people for discussing them, i happen to think thats exactly what the site if for, music fans talking about music.
no to the song, roadtrip? yes thats what the lyrics are spelling out. meaning? im not sure, it feels like there is more to this song then just the trip, the way its sang, and the music that accompanies it just give off this tone. i can defently see a car motive with Death Cab, and anyone that has spent most of his or her life in a car going somewhere knows that it can affect your thinking, its all the alone with your thoughts time, its dangerous. esp when most of your trips are long and there is love involved.
so yes the song is about a roadtrip, but only ben knows what else he was thinking about when he wrote it.