 Genius Meanings
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Chance the Rapper (Ft. Death Cab for Cutie) – Do You Remember
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“Do You Remember” is a laid-back groove, in which Chance reminisces over past summers and simpler times. Chance evokes a state of nostalgia that he has displayed in past songs
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Death Cab for Cutie – We Looked Like Giants
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A sentimental song about first love in high school and the excitement of the early days of exploring one’s sexuality.
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The Postal Service (Ft. Jen Wood) – Nothing Better
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“Nothing Better” is a poignant and touching song describing the conversations and/or arguments that occur during a typical breakup. One party may be unwilling to end the
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Noah Cyrus (Ft. Benjamin Gibbard) – Every Beginning Ends
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[Verse 1: Noah Cyrus, Benjamin Gibbard, Both] / You went to sleep without saying you love me / I guess I thought you already knew / You've been so cold and far from me, darling
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The Postal Service – Nothing Better (Live)
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[Intro: Ben Gibbard] / Who here has had their heart taken out of their chest and stomped on? / This guy right here? / You right there? / Alright, well, this song is for you / [
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Jay Farrar and Benjamin Gibbard – San Francisco
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The church is blowing a sad windblown “Kathleen” / On the bells of the skid row slums / I wake up goopy and woebegone / At the Mars Hotel on 4th and Howard / Do you remember
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Car Seat Headrest – We Looked Like Giants
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[Verse 1] / God bless the daylight, those shimmering hours of sunshine / Remembering when you were mine in a still suburban town / When every Thursday I'd brave those mountain
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Death Cab for Cutie – I Miss Strangers
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[Verse 1] / You were by my side on the frontline / Do you remember? Do you remember? / Due casualties of the punk wars / Buried in leather, in leather / [Chorus] / These days I
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Death Cab for Cutie – 60 & Punk
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A song where the narrator (Ben Gibbard, most likely) reminisces about his former hero and his downfall to alcoholism, “60 & Punk” is heavily speculated to be about R.E.M. guitarist
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Benjamin Gibbard – December
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[Verse 1] / I'll take this chance to tell my friends / What I'm thinking of / On second thought / I'll think some more and tell you later on / [Chorus] / She don't even care / That
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Death Cab for Cutie – No Room in Frame
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“No Room in Frame” is the opening track to Death Cab’s eighth album, Kintsugi. Of the song, lead singer Ben Gibbard explained:
It’s kind of a traveling song, and I’ve always
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Lala Lala (Ft. Benjamin Gibbard) – Plates
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[Lala Lala] / There’s a movie scene on Conner's face / I can see you throwing plastic plates / Watch a picture show of every place / It’ll make you sick yeah shame’s a wicked game
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Death Cab for Cutie (Ft. Abi Hall) – Line of Best Fit
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Track #8 from Death Cab For Cutie’s debut demo album You Can Play These Songs with Chords, “Line of Best Fit” also appears as the 10th track on their follow-up album, Something
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Death Cab for Cutie – We Looked Like Giants (Demo)
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God bless the daylight / The sugary smell of springtime / Remembering when you were mine / In 1994 / When every Thursday / I'd brave those mountain passes / And you'd skip your
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The Monkees – Me & Magdalena
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[Verse 1] / Me and Magdalena / We're driving south through Monterey / As the sun is slowly sinking / Into a distant ocean wave / [Chorus] / And I don't know if I've ever loved any
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Death Cab for Cutie – Good Help (Is So Hard to Find)
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“Good Help (Is So Hard to Find)” is a pointed celebrity critique inspired by Ben Gibbard’s time living in Los Angeles, while married to Zooey Deschanel (he returned to Seattle
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Benjamin Gibbard – Proxima B
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[Verse 1] / Oh, this world's starting to bring me down / The ocean's rising and we're all gonna drown / There's a place where you and I can go / We can start this whole mess all
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Death Cab for Cutie – Northern Lights
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[Verse 1: Benjamin Gibbard] / I remember your silhouette on Dyes Inlet / Against the silver sheen of a moon like painted glass / Under stars out on a pier; a celestial sphere / We
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Death Cab for Cutie – Steadier Footing
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First song on The Photo Album, dealing with a simple anecdote of being young and awkward at some party.
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Death Cab for Cutie – Gold Rush
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“Gold Rush” finds Death Cab’s frontman Benjamin Gibbard lamenting on the changing face of his adopted hometown city of Seattle, Washington, which has experienced extraordinary
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Julien Baker – Photobooth
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I remember when the days were long / And the nights when the living room was on the lawn / Constant quarreling, our childish fits / And your clothes in a pile on the ottoman / All
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Death Cab for Cutie – Pepper
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[Verse 1] / Take a picture to remember this by / You'll never hold all the details in your mind / Fillin' your head with superfluous facts / Pushin' out what you're never gettin
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Death Cab for Cutie – Photobooth
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First song on The Death Cab For Cutie Forbidden Love EP.
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Death Cab for Cutie – I Dreamt We Spoke Again
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On “I Dreamt We Spoke Again” Ben Gibbard revisits the idea of a ghost, a theme that has been a common thread throughout past Death Cab albums. However, in this song the ghost is a
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