Lyric discussion by leahper 

Cover art for The Living North lyrics by Cymbals Eat Guitars

"A woman, walking dog, pulled in, never heard from again...

...I found a dog's leash on the shores of the Pacific, it means nothing to me"

(That's what he posted on their site, although it's: "Your dog's leash on the shores of the Pacific, nothing to me!" in the actual song)

I love how the first part of this, it makes you feel sad/sympathetic because you know the story, but then when he finds this dog's leash out of the blue, he doesn't care... it could be saying that we see all these remnants of really tragic stories all the time and don't know/connect them, or that when it doesn't directly affect us, we don't care anyway.