Two 19 year old girls walk by the railroad tracks late at night in Endicott City.
They sit on the city bridge where the tracks corss the road into town, with their feet hanging out, their backs to the tracks.
One takes a picture of their legs with bare feet hanging over the road. They tweet the picture out. "Levitating." they write.
The train arrives in the distance. It's a slow moving freight, carrying coal. The Conductor sees the girls as he passes. But then something goes wrong. The big train hits a patch of bad rail. There's a loud sound. The coal cars start to tip. It's just at the wrong place. The girls are directly hit and crushed by the coal and cars.
This is their story, as told by Beach House.
During the last three minutes of the song, the droning synths which have been there all along, become louder and louder until they overwhelm... the vocals go into reverb and become more and more distant...
And in the last minute the choral synths have finally taken over as the rhythm becomes fainter and fainter...
It is a musical metaphor for their death, the unknown surrounding them.
Did you know Rose and Liz (two 19 year old girls who died in the Ellicott City train derailment in 2012). This song always reminded me of their death and it’s crazy to see your comment now.
Did you know Rose and Liz (two 19 year old girls who died in the Ellicott City train derailment in 2012). This song always reminded me of their death and it’s crazy to see your comment now.
Did you know Rose and Liz (two 19 year old girls who died in the Ellicott City train derailment in 2012)? This song always reminded me so much of their death and it’s crazy to see your comment now.
Did you know Rose and Liz (two 19 year old girls who died in the Ellicott City train derailment in 2012)? This song always reminded me so much of their death and it’s crazy to see your comment now.
Two 19 year old girls walk by the railroad tracks late at night in Endicott City.
They sit on the city bridge where the tracks corss the road into town, with their feet hanging out, their backs to the tracks.
One takes a picture of their legs with bare feet hanging over the road. They tweet the picture out. "Levitating." they write.
The train arrives in the distance. It's a slow moving freight, carrying coal. The Conductor sees the girls as he passes. But then something goes wrong. The big train hits a patch of bad rail. There's a loud sound. The coal cars start to tip. It's just at the wrong place. The girls are directly hit and crushed by the coal and cars.
This is their story, as told by Beach House.
During the last three minutes of the song, the droning synths which have been there all along, become louder and louder until they overwhelm... the vocals go into reverb and become more and more distant...
And in the last minute the choral synths have finally taken over as the rhythm becomes fainter and fainter...
It is a musical metaphor for their death, the unknown surrounding them.
There is no right time to die.
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Did you know Rose and Liz (two 19 year old girls who died in the Ellicott City train derailment in 2012). This song always reminded me of their death and it’s crazy to see your comment now.
Did you know Rose and Liz (two 19 year old girls who died in the Ellicott City train derailment in 2012). This song always reminded me of their death and it’s crazy to see your comment now.
@Undert0ad
@Undert0ad
Did you know Rose and Liz (two 19 year old girls who died in the Ellicott City train derailment in 2012)? This song always reminded me so much of their death and it’s crazy to see your comment now.
Did you know Rose and Liz (two 19 year old girls who died in the Ellicott City train derailment in 2012)? This song always reminded me so much of their death and it’s crazy to see your comment now.