We Looked Like Giants Lyrics

Lyric discussion by dancehallhips 

Cover art for We Looked Like Giants lyrics by Death Cab for Cutie

"braved those mountain passes" is the correct lyric this song is about him travelling over the snoqualmie pass to get to his girlfriend's college probably WSU or EWU She skipped her early classes to meet up with him

the song as a whole is about hanging out with an ex girlfriend and ending up having sex with her and how he tries to hide it from everyone else but you can literally smell her on him

and yes JAMC is jesus and mary chain

And i think that that secret that he tries to hide from everyone made him feel like he looked like a giant also besides the literal meaning where "We looked like giants In the back of my gray sub-compact." For example, if you feel scared you feel small, and if you're trying to hide a secret you feel like a giant attracting too much attention.