After listening to this song a few times, but trying to reserve myself to hold onto the nostalgia, I've found some similarities between this song and another by Nate Ruess, Great Big Storm.
The concept that I see crosses over is, rather grimly, the theme of death.
In Great Big Storm, we hear the following words:
"I watch my mother cry
Father Time is catching up
I keep the phone by my side
Afraid she’ll wake me up to catch the next flight
In time to say goodbye"
Aside from being very emotional, it details a charachter's father, supposedly in a critical condition, where they could be lost at any moment.
In this song, however, we hear:
"And I got the call soon as the day hit night
As soon as the headlights lit up the Westside
I stopped the car and came outside
Cause I know that tone
I remember the first time
we wished upon parallel lines
Waiting for a friend to call
and say they’re still alive"
This details a similar feeling.
The character is shown to have received a call, and clearly some bad news, because he had to stop the car and exit. Additionally, the "tone" suggests that the first time they "wished upon parallel lines," or to make a lucky wish at 11:11 on the clock, it was to hear news that someone had survived.
This also suggests that the same situation is happening again, with less hopeful overtones.
I just thought it was interesting, because I can relate to the feeling of waiting anxiously to hear whether or not a loved one is still alive or not. There really is no other feeling quite comparable.
After listening to this song a few times, but trying to reserve myself to hold onto the nostalgia, I've found some similarities between this song and another by Nate Ruess, Great Big Storm.
The concept that I see crosses over is, rather grimly, the theme of death.
In Great Big Storm, we hear the following words: "I watch my mother cry Father Time is catching up I keep the phone by my side Afraid she’ll wake me up to catch the next flight In time to say goodbye"
Aside from being very emotional, it details a charachter's father, supposedly in a critical condition, where they could be lost at any moment.
In this song, however, we hear: "And I got the call soon as the day hit night As soon as the headlights lit up the Westside I stopped the car and came outside Cause I know that tone I remember the first time we wished upon parallel lines Waiting for a friend to call and say they’re still alive"
This details a similar feeling. The character is shown to have received a call, and clearly some bad news, because he had to stop the car and exit. Additionally, the "tone" suggests that the first time they "wished upon parallel lines," or to make a lucky wish at 11:11 on the clock, it was to hear news that someone had survived. This also suggests that the same situation is happening again, with less hopeful overtones.
I just thought it was interesting, because I can relate to the feeling of waiting anxiously to hear whether or not a loved one is still alive or not. There really is no other feeling quite comparable.