Death cab for cutie will forever be one of my favourites. Their songs just make you feel such intense emotions, and i've never found that with any other band.
My ex probably doesn't even remember this since it was just an ordinary day about 8 years ago, but I always associate this song to the day we skipped class, went to my house when everyone else was at work, and made love while this song was playing in the background. Experiencing first love is always an exciting time period in your life. We were together for half a decade, but separated years ago and parted ways on mutual grounds. I wish nothing but the best for the both of us.
my ex, she uh...we were together for about 3 and a half or 4 years, lived together...those days are what it's about...the small days that seem like they will be forgotten
+Erick Delgado Haha, nah, it's been done and over with for years now, I wouldn't go back if I even got the opportunity. We're far too different now. I just stumbled back to this song looking at my Favorites list and decided to give a listen and it was the immediate memory that came to mind. Memories are nice and it's beautiful to reflect back on it, doesn't mean you wish it was still that way though. I simply appreciate it.
It's honestly beautiful seeing the collective memory revolving around this music video. And how people are still returning to it over a decade later. I remember loading it onto my 1st gen iPod touch way back when. "Time Traps Us" indeed.
It acts as a time capsule for me too - going through comments and seeing people still responding to this thing I did half my life ago. I’m glad you’ve been here this whole time friend.
Sounds like a good time man. Rooftop, stars out, moon shining, relaxing smoke, no one but you and your emotions. I fucking get it dude. I do the same shit.
What is so intriguing about this song and why I keep coming back to it is that even though it's about heartbreak but it feels reassuring in some sort of way. it makes me feel like "hey, it's gonna be okay". for some reason. I want to understand why I love this song so dearly, but I will not question it as some questions shouldn't need answers. Explanation leaves no room to ponder
Literally took me to an entirely different era hearing and watching this. When things felt as simple as the song and video. Makes you think about the good and everything that has torn you down along the way.
If every song means something different to every person, here's what this song means to me: So, the last time I saw my psych (which, incidentally, was before I found this song) I told her I felt like I was lying too much. About how I felt. About what I was doing. I just couldn't seem to be honest. And then I come across this and the lines 'this is fact not fiction for the first time in years' and it's like a promise. Sort of: 'one day, however many years down the track, that smile you carve onto your face every morning might not be a lie.' Funny that a breakup song can have such a hopeful interpretation. Anyway, thought I'd just leave this here and run.
I’ve been struggling with my anxiety lately and this song makes me feel like things will be ok. It’s such a heartbreaking song, but there’s comfort to be found in it too.
Without a doubt one of the best videos in TH-cam. Should be the official for the song, i've always thought that since i discovered about 10 years ago...time flies. BTW i miss Chris Walla so much
fricken love it !!!! im glad people could appreciate this music, its beautiful. especially in the Autumn time here in Northeast New Jersey. Much love ❤
My friend just passed away. And we used to listen to Death Cab together. She meant a lot to me, and we were really close in university. After university, career and life started to take over. We’d text less and less, but we still thought and cared for each other. It’s just hard to stay in touch sometimes. I always thought we’d have a chance to reconnect again later, she’s one of those people that I just knew would be a friend to me even decades down the line. When I heard that she passed away, I just felt a part of me got taken away.
Please don’t ever take this video down. It finds its way to me or vice versa every few years. And every time, its 2007 and I’m 13 and happy again, for just a couple minutes.
I'm always in and out, but my depression sounds more like Bright Eyes. Luau has lyrics that basically summarize my life: "The reasons all have gone away, but the feeling never did."
Lauren Voyles what you quoted is how it is sometimes for me. 1)relate 2)doubt relating 3) realize I do relate just conditionally 4)dwell a bit 5)almost move on maybe 6) cry a bit 7)comment
i remember listening to these songs while taking the train and going to school, every day in an endless cycle of suppressing the suffocation brewing and growing inside threatening to forcibly come upon the surface and make its presence visible and even more unbearable than it already was. i remember the countless sighs i took; i remember walking by people who know nothing of the struggle the other person beside them is going through; i remember the heaviness; i remember the stairs, the sights, the food stands, the colors, the distance i kept between myself and the rest of the world; i remember the dead weight sitting on my chest oh so perfectly it has made its home there and never wanted to get out anymore even if i don't welcome the intruding. but then again, no pain is ever truly, deeply welcomed by someone, it has made its way, it always makes its own way into your life and settles within despite being unwanted. so i enveloped it instead, enveloped it to the point i began to think and believe it is what i deserve. and it was roses and thorns, a double-edged sword. because my pain loved me but at the same time it destroyed me. still does. so many lows tied to this song and their other albums and i treasure all of them even more because of that. music really is the only thing you can ever truly hold on to - at least, in my case, it is. it's been a shoulder to lean on and a warm physical-transcending body that ceaselessly wraps me in an ever needed comfort of and for the soul; the only one that heard my cries and did not muffle them but embraced them, my pain, myself and my soul. thank the existence of songs.
i saw this live in brissy when they were in Australia, brought tears to my eyes, still does to this day. Such a fucking beautifull song, its fucked up how much emotion Ben Gibbard's brings, the whole crowd sang along with him. As long as i live I will never forget that moment.
So I was thinking, and i've decided Death Cab is my favorite band. Not only are their lyrics spot and and have an adorable hidden message, but their instruments also complement each other and the singer each time. Well done Death Cab.
El tiempo ha dado un lugar único a la animación realizada para esta tan nostálgica canción. Un vídeo inmortalizado desde el 2006. Sucedieron ya 17 años en el REC de la cabeza para que hoy 2023, quienes caminemos sobre huellas del pasado lleguemos aquí para hallarnos un momentito en la soledad y respirar como aquel momento lo hacíamos, engañados, esperanzados, alegres, turbios, quien sabe, pero viviendooo
in the very beginning of the school year I made a death cab playlist and listened to it every morning for a few weeks. I haven't listened to it since, until now. Brings back some great memories, oh how I missed you death cab
We used to listen to this all the time. Now he is gone, in another world, and I can't seem to understand why I didn't give him a reason to stay. After so many years and attempts, this is fact not fiction....
I used to listen to this song every night when I first started high school, it helped me so much with my anxiety. I've graduated a few years ago and I heard this song for the first time in forever and it is the most comforting song I know of.
"Overview Lyrics Videos Listen Analysis Main Results And when I see you I really see you upside down But my brain knows better It picks you up and turns you around Turns you around, turns you around If you feel discouraged When there's a lack of color here Please don't worry lover It's really bursting at the seams From absorbing everything, the spectrum's A to Z This is fact not fiction For the first time in years All the girls in every gillie magazine Can't make me feel any less alone I'm reaching for the phone To call at 7:03 and on your machine I slur a plea for you to come home But I know it's too late And I should have given you a reason to stay Given you a reason to stay Given you a reason to stay Given you a reason to stay This is fact, not fiction For the first time in years"
When I see you, i really see you upside down. But my brain knows better, it picks you up and turns you around... I love death cab because I feel like only they can write lyrics about human sensory and perception, and turn it into poetry. I never hear intellectual lyrics like this anymore. Maybe I'm just listening to the wrong artists.
Tenía como 13 años sin escuchar esta canción, realmente ni siquiera recordaba que existía, son las 2:00 AM y estaba viendo un video que mencionaba la palabra "Lack" derrepente me vino un flash de la nada que del recuerdo que existía esta canción y me encantaba escucharla a mis 12 años, hasta que un día recibí la noticia que murió una de mis mejores amigas de la primaria mientras escuchaba esta canción, la repetí un montón de veces mientras lloraba su partida, después de eso no tengo ningún recuerdo de haberla vuelto a escuchar, es curioso que eso estaba oculto en mi memoria y olvidado, me dió mucha nostalgia volver a escucharla y más leer los comentarios que justo son otras personas hablando lo que significó está canción para ellos e historias similares a la mía
I remember this rom The OC and tbh I have a playlist that i play from time to time that lets me reflect on life the past and things that happen. How much I’ve grown along with the hurt but most importantly the Great things I’m thankful for. On that note if you’re reading this I wish you the best on your journey! Blessings ✨
When this comes up on your shuffle after 4 years, and it used to be one of your favorite songs... My heart dropped so hard. Still know every single word.
After 13 years of knowing this song, I think I finally understand what it really means. The song is about someone who wasn't exactly attractive by modern standards, but he saw something in her (I really see you upside down, but my brain turns you around) and that made the feeling "fact," not fiction. He actually feels love for this woman, not just something physical, but everything. She was insecure, but he reassures her that he truly loves her; the "lack of color" is her insecurity (or trust issues because of past relationships) when his love is really "bursting at the seams, spectrums a to z," i.e. it's as good as love can get. The problem is, the narrator just didn't convey his love properly. So, she left, maybe out of fear that she'll have her heart broken, or perhaps he didn't feel "serious" enough to commit to something long-term. He thought about calling a prostitute (girlie magazine) thinking it would make him get over her, but he instead got drunk by himself and probably thought hard about calling her until he ultimately did at 7:03 am. In the end, the narrator regrets not making his love feel more visible, more felt, because he forgot what it means to show you love someone. He would hint why in the line "fact, not fiction for the first time in years," which tells us he also went through a similar relationship, where he felt insecure and "ugly." tl;dr the narrator was in his "player" era, felt love for the first time in a long time, but fucked it up because he acted like a player.
Used to listen to this with a buddy of mine when we first started smoking weed in High School. He recently shot himself in the head with a shotgun. Listening to this song makes me feel like those times weren't so far away. Love ya, Jonah.
Not me just now realizing, as a whole-ass 33-year-old who has loved this video for 15 years, that there is an entire vulva on my screen that I never saw before. 🤯
This is so beautiful. The song, the video, the comments. The song means something different to everyone. The song is so calming and it just reached into the soul, seeds creativity while uprooting the wonderous thoughts from our heads. I love Death Cab for Cutie, their music brings back memories of when I lived with my dad. It brings peace.
I really like this music video. I have been listening to Death Cab for Cutie a while and never ran across this video until now. Thank you for taking time to make this. I really enjoyed it. Love this song so much too. One of my favorites by them.
I've been watching this video when I'm sad for the whole 9 years its been up since I was 13. I'm 22 now. Thank you SO much for this video
Same here
+Hebrew Hammer listen to Sedona - Houndmouth. Similar?
+Hebrew Hammer Are you okay ?
+Shalu Mishra I dont think he meant he's sad all the time, just that he watches this whenever he is sad
That's pretty awesome. You're welcome.
This song makes me realize that I get caught up in other people's lives simply because I'm terrified of living my own.
You just blew my mind!😨
Profound!
I hope you wound up finding a beautiful reason to live and enjoy your own life to the very last drop of it.
Gay
Wow interesting. How is that ?
This song helped me get through university. This band did actually. Wanted to quit so many times. Now I'm 5 years into my career.
I hope you're well luv
Happy anniversary
I’m still here. And I’m still fighting on. This song has carried me through the darkest of the dark. Thank you for always being here.
i almost forget that this isnt the official music video, it fits so perfectly
2006? This must be one of the earliest music videos on TH-cam. This video is precious.
You have no idea
Ahead of their times
“16 years ago”
18 years now
This has gotta be the most perfect song for blanket forts
hey i realize you commented this 5 years ago and likely wont see this-
but i just heard this song and thought the exact same thing. I wonder why.
Death cab for cutie will forever be one of my favourites. Their songs just make you feel such intense emotions, and i've never found that with any other band.
I feel the same way with My Chemical Romance and Death Cab For Cutie
+brooke wilson I've got the same thing with this band and Twenty One Pilots
+brooke wilson exactly. exactly.
+brooke wilson And the same thing for Interpol
I feel the same about Radiohead and The Smiths.
My ex probably doesn't even remember this since it was just an ordinary day about 8 years ago, but I always associate this song to the day we skipped class, went to my house when everyone else was at work, and made love while this song was playing in the background. Experiencing first love is always an exciting time period in your life. We were together for half a decade, but separated years ago and parted ways on mutual grounds. I wish nothing but the best for the both of us.
hmm sounds like u still want that..
my ex, she uh...we were together for about 3 and a half or 4 years, lived together...those days are what it's about...the small days that seem like they will be forgotten
+Erick Delgado Haha, nah, it's been done and over with for years now, I wouldn't go back if I even got the opportunity. We're far too different now. I just stumbled back to this song looking at my Favorites list and decided to give a listen and it was the immediate memory that came to mind. Memories are nice and it's beautiful to reflect back on it, doesn't mean you wish it was still that way though. I simply appreciate it.
+Teresa Benites you are absolutely gorgeous. Just in case no one told you today
***** hahah true kinda late but memories is all we have sometimes good song though
"I should've given you a reason to stay..."
+lucyguzy When he says these words... it feels like a throb in my heart! I love it!
She left😑
It's honestly beautiful seeing the collective memory revolving around this music video. And how people are still returning to it over a decade later. I remember loading it onto my 1st gen iPod touch way back when. "Time Traps Us" indeed.
It acts as a time capsule for me too - going through comments and seeing people still responding to this thing I did half my life ago. I’m glad you’ve been here this whole time friend.
“I’m reaching for the phone, to call at 7:03, and on your machine I slur a plea for you to come home. But I know it’s too late.”
*hug*
Favorite part. cx
i should have given you a reason to stay :)
Did it before when i was 13. i'm goin on 20 now ad that part still hurts my heart
Kills me every time!
Death Cab for Cutie- Seth Cohen's favourite band!!!
Very minimalistic, just like the song. Looks like someone was practicing their animation skills. I'm diggin it
Also, do you like Built to Spill? I'm simply asking because of the username
Sometimes I just light up a cigarette, sit on the roof at 3am, and jam out to this lol.
Why are you awake at 3am in the morning on a roof top? Get a job. And, if I may be so bold, get laid.
Michael pro tips LOL
Because being awake at night and having a cigarette means you don't have a job or get laid lol. Makes sense. Hopefully I can get laid soon.
Sounds like a good time man. Rooftop, stars out, moon shining, relaxing smoke, no one but you and your emotions. I fucking get it dude. I do the same shit.
WonderBro I feel you
12 seconds into this song and I knew I needed it.
4 years ago and it's still true
vollyballgirl25 aww
vollyballgirl25 Same
6 now
What is so intriguing about this song and why I keep coming back to it is that even though it's about heartbreak but it feels reassuring in some sort of way. it makes me feel like "hey, it's gonna be okay". for some reason. I want to understand why I love this song so dearly, but I will not question it as some questions shouldn't need answers. Explanation leaves no room to ponder
Yesss that's the way to describe it!!!
I'm seeing Death Cab tonight. I really hope they play this song. It means so much to me.
Alex Moore did they play it?
Shut up
Raven D no you shut up
Freak
Literally took me to an entirely different era hearing and watching this. When things felt as simple as the song and video. Makes you think about the good and everything that has torn you down along the way.
If every song means something different to every person, here's what this song means to me:
So, the last time I saw my psych (which, incidentally, was before I found this song) I told her I felt like I was lying too much. About how I felt. About what I was doing. I just couldn't seem to be honest. And then I come across this and the lines 'this is fact not fiction for the first time in years' and it's like a promise. Sort of: 'one day, however many years down the track, that smile you carve onto your face every morning might not be a lie.' Funny that a breakup song can have such a hopeful interpretation.
Anyway, thought I'd just leave this here and run.
hope that smile isn't a lie anymore
I’ve been struggling with my anxiety lately and this song makes me feel like things will be ok. It’s such a heartbreaking song, but there’s comfort to be found in it too.
how u doin?
Ben Gibbard is a musical genius combines soft with serious like no one else ever has
I just want to comment to say I was here. Alive and youthful when this video came out, as one of the earliest and first video I ever saw on TH-cam.
Loved this song when I heard it 7 yrs. ago. its so Beatlesish. Hope their new album will be a big hit for them.
Without a doubt one of the best videos in TH-cam. Should be the official for the song, i've always thought that since i discovered about 10 years ago...time flies. BTW i miss Chris Walla so much
Just saw them lives, this hits way different 20 years later (age 35 vs age 15).
fricken love it !!!! im glad people could appreciate this music, its beautiful. especially in the Autumn time here in Northeast New Jersey. Much love ❤
Still just as good huh? I used to listen to this growing up and in college and I'm also 35 so I get you lol 😂
10 years ago. Woah. Time flies.
+Marja1992 Woah that's crazy. I didn't even realize it'd been a decade. I feel like I should give a speech or something.
I don't even want to talk about it
12 years...
isnt this album from '03
14.
My friend just passed away. And we used to listen to Death Cab together. She meant a lot to me, and we were really close in university. After university, career and life started to take over. We’d text less and less, but we still thought and cared for each other. It’s just hard to stay in touch sometimes. I always thought we’d have a chance to reconnect again later, she’s one of those people that I just knew would be a friend to me even decades down the line. When I heard that she passed away, I just felt a part of me got taken away.
Please don’t ever take this video down. It finds its way to me or vice versa every few years. And every time, its 2007 and I’m 13 and happy again, for just a couple minutes.
Llevo años viendo esto cada vez que me encuentro triste, una de mis bandas favoritas y la conoci por este video. Gracias
This song makes me want to cry. Death Cab For Cutie songs have always made me feel melancholic and nostalgic. But they're beautiful.
I fully understand this. I once cried through an entire Death Cab Concert. Lol, it felt good too.
This is what my depression sounds like.
ccKyuubi Bruh same
I'm always in and out, but my depression sounds more like Bright Eyes. Luau has lyrics that basically summarize my life: "The reasons all have gone away, but the feeling never did."
Your depression sounds fuckin lit
Lauren Voyles what you quoted is how it is sometimes for me. 1)relate 2)doubt relating 3) realize I do relate just conditionally 4)dwell a bit 5)almost move on maybe 6) cry a bit 7)comment
Your depression sounds pleasant. I can compare mine to the worst sound i could here. Or sometimes the complete silence..
i remember listening to these songs while taking the train and going to school, every day in an endless cycle of suppressing the suffocation brewing and growing inside threatening to forcibly come upon the surface and make its presence visible and even more unbearable than it already was. i remember the countless sighs i took; i remember walking by people who know nothing of the struggle the other person beside them is going through; i remember the heaviness; i remember the stairs, the sights, the food stands, the colors, the distance i kept between myself and the rest of the world; i remember the dead weight sitting on my chest oh so perfectly it has made its home there and never wanted to get out anymore even if i don't welcome the intruding. but then again, no pain is ever truly, deeply welcomed by someone, it has made its way, it always makes its own way into your life and settles within despite being unwanted. so i enveloped it instead, enveloped it to the point i began to think and believe it is what i deserve. and it was roses and thorns, a double-edged sword. because my pain loved me but at the same time it destroyed me. still does.
so many lows tied to this song and their other albums and i treasure all of them even more because of that. music really is the only thing you can ever truly hold on to - at least, in my case, it is. it's been a shoulder to lean on and a warm physical-transcending body that ceaselessly wraps me in an ever needed comfort of and for the soul; the only one that heard my cries and did not muffle them but embraced them, my pain, myself and my soul. thank the existence of songs.
i saw this live in brissy when they were in Australia, brought tears to my eyes, still does to this day. Such a fucking beautifull song, its fucked up how much emotion Ben Gibbard's brings, the whole crowd sang along with him. As long as i live I will never forget that moment.
So I was thinking, and i've decided Death Cab is my favorite band. Not only are their lyrics spot and and have an adorable hidden message, but their instruments also complement each other and the singer each time. Well done Death Cab.
This video has a lack of color.... and it's AWESOME!
Whenever i am sad i find myself coming back to this song. Year after year and it always helps. Thank you.
I think you should come back and listen again :)
El tiempo ha dado un lugar único a la animación realizada para esta tan nostálgica canción. Un vídeo inmortalizado desde el 2006. Sucedieron ya 17 años en el REC de la cabeza para que hoy 2023, quienes caminemos sobre huellas del pasado lleguemos aquí para hallarnos un momentito en la soledad y respirar como aquel momento lo hacíamos, engañados, esperanzados, alegres, turbios, quien sabe, pero viviendooo
in the very beginning of the school year I made a death cab playlist and listened to it every morning for a few weeks. I haven't listened to it since, until now. Brings back some great memories, oh how I missed you death cab
great tune.. So glad I stumbled down memory road with this one.
After so long, I still love this song :)
I love Death Cab For Cutie... I really really do.
Best fan made video I swear. It is too perfect for this song
This song help me get along with the heaviest year ever for me 2019
Better?
We used to listen to this all the time. Now he is gone, in another world, and I can't seem to understand why I didn't give him a reason to stay.
After so many years and attempts, this is fact not fiction....
You should come and listen to this song again, i think you deserve it :)
The song and the animation entwine in a beautiful way.... Congrats!
Death Cab’s songs always make me cry
The type of song to make you feel a roller coaster of emotions.
I used to listen to this song every night when I first started high school, it helped me so much with my anxiety. I've graduated a few years ago and I heard this song for the first time in forever and it is the most comforting song I know of.
"It's really bursting at the seems, absorbing everything, the spectrum's A-Z."
Went over this in BIO today and all I could think about is this song!
Right in the feels...
Ive loved this song since it came out. I only understand it now.
awesome, simply awesome. Death For Cutie has a way of making me feel melancholy and happiness at the same time. not many bands do that to me.
Listened to this is highschool and this is still such a banger
"Overview
Lyrics
Videos
Listen
Analysis
Main Results
And when I see you
I really see you upside down
But my brain knows better
It picks you up and turns you around
Turns you around, turns you around
If you feel discouraged
When there's a lack of color here
Please don't worry lover
It's really bursting at the seams
From absorbing everything, the spectrum's A to Z
This is fact not fiction
For the first time in years
All the girls in every gillie magazine
Can't make me feel any less alone
I'm reaching for the phone
To call at 7:03 and on your machine
I slur a plea for you to come home
But I know it's too late
And I should have given you a reason to stay
Given you a reason to stay
Given you a reason to stay
Given you a reason to stay
This is fact, not fiction
For the first time in years"
its amazing to think of how little production went into this song. just a beautiful voice and a beautiful guitar melody.
When I see you, i really see you upside down. But my brain knows better, it picks you up and turns you around... I love death cab because I feel like only they can write lyrics about human sensory and perception, and turn it into poetry. I never hear intellectual lyrics like this anymore. Maybe I'm just listening to the wrong artists.
this song puts me in such a depressing trance, but it's just so beautiful, i could listen forever
This is like a wedding ring : unique, precious, full of love, and once you put it on, you can never get rid of it.
you don't have to be high to understand that this is very beautiful
Tenía como 13 años sin escuchar esta canción, realmente ni siquiera recordaba que existía, son las 2:00 AM y estaba viendo un video que mencionaba la palabra "Lack" derrepente me vino un flash de la nada que del recuerdo que existía esta canción y me encantaba escucharla a mis 12 años, hasta que un día recibí la noticia que murió una de mis mejores amigas de la primaria mientras escuchaba esta canción, la repetí un montón de veces mientras lloraba su partida, después de eso no tengo ningún recuerdo de haberla vuelto a escuchar, es curioso que eso estaba oculto en mi memoria y olvidado, me dió mucha nostalgia volver a escucharla y más leer los comentarios que justo son otras personas hablando lo que significó está canción para ellos e historias similares a la mía
sounds like something that might be in life is strange
***** exactly
Joshua Sullins Haha i thought that too!
woh 6 year old comment be upon ye
I'm on my way to rehab as we speak. hope to have death cab stuck in my head from better times...
Wow
Crazy I wrote this a year ago
Wow
Good job past drew
You made it.
You're alive
You have a home
A job. A life. Just hang in there buddy
DoobieDrew oh my god i cried a little from that. thank you
How are we doing drew remember if you are ever even a little down that..
m.th-cam.com/video/8F_-JIa8FUs/w-d-xo.html
@@Weird_but_neat Hope my man drew is still killing it
Hell yeah this is awesome ❤️
I've been feeling pretty crappy all day, but this song just made me feel a lot better. Where would I be without good music like this?
I remember this rom The OC and tbh I have a playlist that i play from time to time that lets me reflect on life the past and things that happen. How much I’ve grown along with the hurt but most importantly the Great things I’m thankful for. On that note if you’re reading this I wish you the best on your journey! Blessings ✨
This sounds like it has a lot of influence from Elliot smith
I believe I found Elliott Smith through them. I would agree though. Beautiful stuff.
Elliot Smith #1 all time, but for this generation Death Cab pretty damn close
@@finnkyourface8958 Agree Elliott Smith #1....but this is good stuff
Best band right now....hands down
seeing them in Canandaigua for the first time in may...super excited
Billy Murphy Where is that?
One of the saddest songs ever... the O.C
When this comes up on your shuffle after 4 years, and it used to be one of your favorite songs... My heart dropped so hard. Still know every single word.
You're a very creative animator. I love how it's constantly moving.
Plus, you have a great taste in msuic ;)
Regardless of how everything turns out for each of us, I love you Morgan and I always will. I wish we knew each other better.
I used to love this song but never understood it. But one day, while listening.... I just understood. I knew.
I love DCFC. They are amazing.
After 13 years of knowing this song, I think I finally understand what it really means.
The song is about someone who wasn't exactly attractive by modern standards, but he saw something in her (I really see you upside down, but my brain turns you around) and that made the feeling "fact," not fiction. He actually feels love for this woman, not just something physical, but everything.
She was insecure, but he reassures her that he truly loves her; the "lack of color" is her insecurity (or trust issues because of past relationships) when his love is really "bursting at the seams, spectrums a to z," i.e. it's as good as love can get.
The problem is, the narrator just didn't convey his love properly. So, she left, maybe out of fear that she'll have her heart broken, or perhaps he didn't feel "serious" enough to commit to something long-term. He thought about calling a prostitute (girlie magazine) thinking it would make him get over her, but he instead got drunk by himself and probably thought hard about calling her until he ultimately did at 7:03 am.
In the end, the narrator regrets not making his love feel more visible, more felt, because he forgot what it means to show you love someone. He would hint why in the line "fact, not fiction for the first time in years," which tells us he also went through a similar relationship, where he felt insecure and "ugly."
tl;dr the narrator was in his "player" era, felt love for the first time in a long time, but fucked it up because he acted like a player.
This, this is the reason why music is still around (:
Death Cab For Cutie ALWAYS touches my soul
It's been years and I'm still here
Another night. Thinking about her
Another night I'm thinking about him..
one of my faves
Used to listen to this with a buddy of mine when we first started smoking weed in High School. He recently shot himself in the head with a shotgun. Listening to this song makes me feel like those times weren't so far away. Love ya, Jonah.
Not me just now realizing, as a whole-ass 33-year-old who has loved this video for 15 years, that there is an entire vulva on my screen that I never saw before. 🤯
This song is absolutely stunning
I think i might feel something.........
its a boner
so beautiful..
How time flies
This is so beautiful. The song, the video, the comments. The song means something different to everyone. The song is so calming and it just reached into the soul, seeds creativity while uprooting the wonderous thoughts from our heads. I love Death Cab for Cutie, their music brings back memories of when I lived with my dad. It brings peace.
luv this video. the pictures make the song and the video beast!
so, like 2003? how come i never heard this awesome song until now ._.
I should've given you a reason to stay
It’s going to be okay ❤
this band and m83 have seriously helped me so much over the past 5-7 years.
This is beautiful, thanks for the upload.
god I would do anything to have her back.
same dude. same
Everytime i hear this song i realise how sad i really am... but it helps
My heart hurts
Same.
dude i absolutely love this. seriously great work.
I really like this music video. I have been listening to Death Cab for Cutie a while and never ran across this video until now. Thank you for taking time to make this. I really enjoyed it. Love this song so much too. One of my favorites by them.
LOVE THIS
This video is such a cutie.
First heard this when I was 17. I'm 34 now.
Just found this song, incredible
awesome video man. good job. this was my first time hearing this song too, it was a nice way to start off my day :)