Lyrics for Army Corps of Architects as interpreted by raydeeyohed

Army Corps of Architects Lyrics
Leaving the central state from shallow ground
Home in the valley, but the rent's paid south
You said the urn was half full when I said it was half empty
With what was left of our fair city

Call in the army corps of architects
To flatten the skyline and begin again
I knew the years would move quickly
But never quite as fast as this
So bring the discrepancies, I'll pour the drinks

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an ocean of doubt
03-08-2003

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this is probably my favorite dcfc song. Same as ben too. i love how it fades out. but I was very upset that they didn't play it when i saw them last.

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strykerchick
06-11-2003

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I like this song...makes me feel really mellow.

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onlyCASTLESburning
04-12-2004

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endings, but with the razing of everything old, perhaps the hope of something new?

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EmoRulesMyLife
12-11-2004

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Who else votes that 'x awful eifel x' is an ass? Cause I do. But props to you, cause it's true...

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balalín
01-29-2005

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I feel like this is a song about the need for renewal...going back home and, realizing how much it has changed, suddenly having to come to terms with how much you've changed as well.

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Deliberate
06-03-2005

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I agree that the song is about renewal, but it doesn't seem to be about the kind that anyone really desires. The part about the urn being half full vs. half empty seems to indicate a pretty sharp difference in thinking between the speaker in the song and the subject. The line about discrepancies also supports this. I think that perhaps the city and the skyline is a metaphor for the landscape of the relationship. I would guess, in the end that the song is about a relationship that, despite the best of intentions, just wasn't working out because of fundamental differences in beliefs. So now, the relationship must change (likely to being friends, indicated by the pouring of the drinks). It seems sad, but friendly.

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trisweb
06-05-2005

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Very cryptic song. Hard to say what it's saying exactly...

Something like, life is so crazy. You can just pick up and leave and tear down your former life and change everything, and time's moving so fast that when you try to look at it optimistically or pesimistically, it's all just an urn in the end, and all the little details, the discrepancies, mean nothing. So what can you do but pour the drinks? Amen.

Just discovered this song, and it's become one of my favorites of theirs. It's got a beautiful haunting yet optimistic tune which matches the lyrics perfectly. Great song.

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got_lyrics13
01-30-2008

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I love this song. I think as far as the music goes, it's one of DCFC's best. Lyrics wise, I love that it's to the point but still open to interpretation. I think it's really about building a new life. But I think the narrator chooses to focus on the fact that his old world is being torn down rather than looking at the new world being built for him.

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poortvliett
03-23-2008

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chilling and warm at the same time. that same view out of the car window.

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victorialucas
05-14-2008

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"You said the urn was half full and I said it was half empty."


I see that as someone viewing death in more of a positive way because they believe in the after life and half empty is looking at death as a complete end.

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victorialucas
05-14-2008

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"You said the urn was half full and I said it was half empty."


I see that as someone viewing death in more of a positive way because they believe in the after life and half empty is looking at death as a complete end.

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TheFoot
09-08-2008

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Deliberate nailed the metaphor about the city but I think there is a key typo in the lyrics above... It should be "Leaving the central STATES FOR shallow ground"... And that the urn represents more directly the end/death of the relationship.

I believe one lover is leaving to pursue her dreams of fame and fortune (Shallow Ground) after years of a seemingly stagnant relationship - which she believes is for the better (Half-Full) while the other, our speaker, is left broken-hearted and helpless to conced the fact his lover is leaving.

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sunshine_umbrella
09-28-2008

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The singer is the one breaking it off. he thinks the urn is half empty, she thinks it's half full. 'Leaving the central state from shallow ground' seems to indicate the need to leave because the relationship is lacking depth.
'Home in the valley, but the rent's paid south' means he cares about this person but it's become to emotionally taxing to stay. (back rent= old issues that they can't clear up?) anyhow, just wanted to comment on the first few lines cause nobody did yet.

This song means allot to me personally. DCFC played a big part in a serious relationship i was in once, and this song is the only song of theirs I've ever cried too. it was at sunset in summer at edmonds WA watching the ferry boat land. I wasn't depressed or anything it was just an incredibly beautiful moment. I came to find out she had had that exact same experience totally separate from knowing me once too. same place, same time, same song. so it was just sortof a really cool thing we shared together . I Don't listen to death cab much anymore. love them though.

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