Lyrics for Neighborhood #1 (Tunnels) as interpreted by drinkmilk

Neighborhood #1 (Tunnels) Lyrics
And if the snow buries my
My neighborhood
And if my parents are crying
Then I'll dig a tunnel
From my window to yours
Yeah, a tunnel from my window to yours

You climb out the chimney
And meet me in the middle
The middle of the town
And since there's no one else around
We let our hair grow long
And forget all we used to know
Then our skin gets thicker
From living out in the snow

You change all the lead
Sleeping in my head
As the day grows dim
I hear you sing a golden hymn

Then we tried to name our babies
But we forgot all the names that
The names we used to know
But sometimes, we remember our bedrooms
And our parent's bedrooms
And the bedrooms of our friends
Then we think of our parents
Well, what ever happened to them

You change all the lead
Sleeping in my head to gold
As the day grows dim
I hear you sing a golden hymn
The song I've been trying to sing

Purify the colors, purify my mind
Purify the colors, purify my mind
And spread the ashes of the colors
Over this heart of mine!

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tackledspoon
10-11-2004

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"How did I get here?"
This band is so reminiscent of the talking heads in message, very similar to 'Nothing But Flowers'
They run away in love and forget the world. They sometimes remember civilization, but he then follows up with the trite question "what ever happened to them?!" much like someone from your highschool class who had faded from your mind.
They can't event hink of names for babies, they're so removed. But they have love.
Hooray!

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freejoe76
11-02-2004

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I think the last paragraph *is* the "song I've been trying to say" ... man it gives me chills just reading it on the screen.

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CountMyCrows
11-20-2004

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this song is fucking incredible.

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atombombjohn
11-23-2004

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I agree with tackledspoon on the meaning completely...god...this is the most romantic song (in a weird way) I wanna cry when I hear it. in the best possible way.

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_aeronautical
11-24-2004

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i think the line is:
"the song i've been trying to sing"

but maybe i'm wrong.

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man on tv
11-26-2004

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defenitly

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elurker
11-27-2004

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best album of the year

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phantompenguin
12-01-2004

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simply amazing stuff

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bamvolstone
12-13-2004

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its really a childish kind of view on love at first, ie they want to escape their parents to see each other first. How? by tunnels. As for the trying to name our babies part, that seems like they are so into each other that they have become detached, just like tackledspoon said.

that was pretty repetetive, and the next song is on right now so I'll get back to this one later

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warmGun
12-14-2004

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this song is sooo incredible. Will sings with emotion!! hearing him sing makes you feel the song. the line "then we tried to name our babies, but we forgot all the names that, the names we used to know" is sung so perfectly! love this song

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chschmid
12-21-2004

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Okay, so in the literal sense I think this song is about the end of the world. The ones that remain love eachother, because eachother is all they have, and they begin to rebuild the world in a whole new way.

It's an amazing song ... Amazing and haunting.

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Gama
12-24-2004

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I can't add much to the lyrical discussion, but is this not one of the great rock songs of the last decade...

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nitsirhc
01-01-2005

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This song reminds me of Cat's Cradle by Kurt Vonnegut. Except without Ice-9, and, regretably, Bokonon.

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Rasputin007
01-03-2005

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I think this song is really beautiful. Maybe the snow is just a metaphor but I like to think it isn't. It makes the song all the more magical for me.

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ieatseeds
01-04-2005

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its actually sick how awesomely great this song is

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chef
01-11-2005

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put this in the context of a brother and sister. deal.

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hellobonjour
01-16-2005

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this song KILLS me.
its too effing gorgeous.

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erolsabadosh
01-23-2005

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To me this song is about finding comfort in someone special during a particularly traumatic event. I think there's stuff here about loss, sadness, survival and mourning. I think it's about having someone close to you who can help you in a time of need.

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paytbidd
01-24-2005

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Rasputin007 I agree with you. I love to think of it as a big snowstorm and two people meeting in the middle all by themselves. No one else around. Very magical indeed.

I also enjoy the metaphor and agree with erolsabadosh

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warmGun
01-26-2005

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this song is perfectly on key with the dial tone on my phone. I wonder if they did that on purpose..

incra-edible

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Rockin-Robin
01-30-2005

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Oh my god. Amazing. I don't know how else to put it.

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tiki_12
02-04-2005

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"But when we tried to name our babies, we forgot all the names, the names we used to know." I always love the way Win's voice howls at this point. Does TAF remind anyone else of Cursive?

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themunkel
02-05-2005

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I like, particularly, the alchemist-reference...

"You change all the lead
sleepin' in my head,
as the day grows dim
I hear you sing a golden hymn."

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absolutelyamazing
02-18-2005

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when i saw them perform this in concert this kid next to me screamed out "this is the song of our fuckin generation!"
it kind of is, though.
you gotta see them live! even though their equipment was breaking down and they were all wet and cold from a snowstorm and they only played for about 45 minutes, it was the best show i've ever seen.

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Giacks
02-23-2005

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Sweet!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

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