Lyric discussion by chopperj 

Cover art for Amputations lyrics by Death Cab for Cutie

"he's unresponsive cause you're irresponsible" I know they say this a lot in this song, but I think that's okay, because it's probably my favorite death cab line. It just sounds wonderful when he sings it with so much contempt. He might be talking to himself or to someone else, but either way someone did something careless and now someone else has suffered the consequence.

I take the song literally to be an accident, likely drunk driving or something of that nature.

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