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I want to live where soul meets body
And let the sun wrap its arms around me and
Bathe my skin in water cool and cleansing
And feel
Feel what its like to be new
Cause in my head there's a Greyhound station
Where I send my thoughts to far off destinations
So they may have a chance of finding a place where they're
Far more suited than here
I cannot guess what you'll discover
We turn the dirt with our palms cupped like shovels
But I know our filthy hands can wash one another's
And not one speck will remain
I do believe its true
That there are roads left in both of our shoes
But if the silence takes you
Then I hope it takes me too
So brown eyes I'll hold you near
Cause you're the only song I want to hear
A melody softly soaring through my atmosphere
Where soul meets body
I do believe its true
That there are roads left in both of our shoes
But if the silence takes you
Then I hope it takes me too
So brown eyes I'll hold you near
Cause you're the only song I want to hear
A melody softly soaring through my atmosphere
A melody softly soaring through my atmosphere
And let the sun wrap its arms around me and
Bathe my skin in water cool and cleansing
And feel
Feel what its like to be new
Cause in my head there's a Greyhound station
Where I send my thoughts to far off destinations
So they may have a chance of finding a place where they're
Far more suited than here
I cannot guess what you'll discover
We turn the dirt with our palms cupped like shovels
But I know our filthy hands can wash one another's
And not one speck will remain
I do believe its true
That there are roads left in both of our shoes
But if the silence takes you
Then I hope it takes me too
So brown eyes I'll hold you near
Cause you're the only song I want to hear
A melody softly soaring through my atmosphere
Where soul meets body
I do believe its true
That there are roads left in both of our shoes
But if the silence takes you
Then I hope it takes me too
So brown eyes I'll hold you near
Cause you're the only song I want to hear
A melody softly soaring through my atmosphere
A melody softly soaring through my atmosphere
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He wants to be able to connect his soul and body again and feel like new like before his soul and body were pulled in separate directions by the realities of life.
He has all these thoughts in his head all the time and he knows that although sometimes they seem like bad thoughts, he has the power to turn it around and send his thoughts to a positive place, where they can be something good instead.
When he says things like "we" he means both his soul and his body (referring to them separately here)
He is saying that he both spiritually and physically faces demons in his life but he knows that if he can live where soul meets body and center himself his soul can clean his body, and his body can clean his soul, and when linked together his soul and body can defeat any obstacle in his life.
[Chorus] he believes that he- both spiritually and physically- has more challenges to face but if something challenging comes he hopes that his soul and body can stay unified because together they can conquer anything.
when he says "brown eyes" he could be referring to eyes being something physical and also the windows to the soul. and he is saying he will keep his soul and body unified because being one with himself is the most important thing and he needs to fully be connected with himself and know who he is to conquer challenges and make the right decisions.
"a melody softly soaring" is a soul metaphor and "through my atmosphere" refers to his physical body/ inner environment. This is his dream, to have his soul and his body be in perfect harmony, like it should be. Like it is right when your born, before the evils of life interfere.
"I want to live where soul meets body
And let the sun wrap its arms around me and
Bathe my skin in water cool and cleansing
And feel
Feel what its like to be new"
The narrator desires to become the most pure version of themselves where who they think they are and who they actually are comes together. The image of the sun wrapping around them is them showing the world exactly who they are. They wash their mask away and go back to when they were like that. Like a newborn.
"Cause in my head there's a Greyhound station
Where I send my thoughts to far off destinations
So they may have a chance of finding a place where they're
Far more suited than here"
Because right now, they aren't a good person for any number of reasons. Their thoughts are the manifestations of that pure version, but because they don't quite measure up, they feel dishonest speaking those thoughts. So they hide who they are. I also think about people posting stuff anonymously online. Many of these thoughts are brilliant, but the person wants them out into the world without taking the credit for them. Because they are so afraid.
"I cannot guess what you'll discover
We turn the dirt with our palms cupped like shovels
But I know our filthy hands can wash one another's
And not one speck will remain"
The narrator hardly knows themselves anymore and therefore doesn't know what someone else would find if they tried to figure them out. But they are both digging for the truth anyways and if what they find is filthy, the act of their honesty is cleansing in itself.
"I do believe its true
That there are roads left in both of our shoes
But if the silence takes you
Then I hope it takes me too
So brown eyes I'll hold you near
Cause you're the only song I want to hear
A melody softly soaring through my atmosphere
Where soul meets body"
There is so much left to discover. Many people feel trapped and pigeon-holed, but this is not the end. The silence is a softer way of describing death. If this person that helped the narrator to become clean dies, they don't want to face the world alone. So they hold that person (with brown eyes) near because hearing their voice makes them know that they are still there, still alive, and they still see them in the place where they became pure.
I want to live where soul meets body
And let the sun wrap its arms around me,
And bathe my skin in water cool and cleansing
And feel... feel what it's like to be new.
I think this is a description of what it would feel like to make love to someone new.
'Cause in my head
There's a Greyhound station
Where I set my thoughts
To far-off destinations
So they may have a chance
Of finding a place where they're
Far more suited than here.
This is him talking about his fantasy, knowing that is all it is. He is saying how sometimes he goes into dreamland where he can live in the fantasy for awhile because to try and think of it as a reality is not quite as wonderful because to have an affair comes with consequences.
I cannot guess what we'll discover
When we turn the dirt
With our palms cupped like shovels,
But I know our filthy hands
Can wash one another's
And not one speck will remain.
To venture into such an affair would taint them both, but they will both be justified because their intentions are pure. After all, the affair isn't just about sex, it is a meeting of soul and body. It is a dream of a heavenly and earthly union between two souls/bodies. Apparently the object of his fantasy is someone he feels a very strong spiritual and emotional connection to.
I do believe it's true
That there are roads left in both of our shoes, (it isn't too late for us to change our minds about what we do with our lives and who we choose to be with)
But if the silence takes you
Then I hope it takes me too. (and if you happen to decide to go for me, in a gripping moment of passion, then I hope that at that moment I also decide to go for you too - rather than say "no I can't")
So brown eyes, I'll hold you near,
'Cause you're thee only song I want to hear. (I am just going to keep on daydreaming about you because it is all I really feel like doing.)
A melody softly soaring through my atmosphere. (That is just how awesome it feels to life in the fantasy)
Where soul meets body.........
The place where spiritual life and physical (daily, practical) life connect and are in harmony
"And let the sun wrap its arms around me"
To feel the natural, loving warmth of life
"And bathe my skin in water cool and cleansing
And feel, feel what it's like to be new"
To be cleansed and renewed
"Because in my head there's a Greyhound station
Where I send my thoughts to far-off destinations
So they may have a chance of finding a place
Where they're far more suited than here"
No matter what the physical reality of our life, our deeper, higher thoughts & inspirations can connect to a higher plane spiritually
"I cannot guess what we'll discover
When we turn the dirt with our palms cupped like shovels
But I know our filthy hands can wash one another's
And not one speck will remain"
Although our hearts, minds and lives are "soiled," it is through love and relationship with one another that we can be cleansed... purified through investing in and loving one another.
"I do believe it's true
That there are roads left in both of our shoes
But if the silence takes you
Then I hope it takes me too"
This is reminiscent of Death Cab's "I'll Follow You Into the Dark," from the same album, where he sings that they've seen every place to see- Bangkok to Calgary, i.e.- their travels (roads) are finished, the soles of her shoes are worn out, and "the time for sleep is now." He promises to follow her into the dark (death). Here, he says that they still have travels ahead, but if for any reason the silence (death) takes her, again he wants to go with her.
"So, brown eyes, I'll hold you near
Because you're the only song I want to hear
A melody softly soaring through my atmosphere"
Emphasizing his connection, resonance, commitment. Her "melody soaring through my atmosphere" is reminiscent of the thoughts he sends to far off destinations from the Greyhound Station in his head mentioned earlier.
Phillip
Or there's a girl that he feels like he can be himself with and he can imagine a happyworld when he's with her.
"And not one speck will remain" (Ben Gibbard means not one speck of light in her soul)
I do believe it's true
That there are roads left in both of our shoes
But if the silence takes you (enjoyed making her silent)
Then I hope it takes me too
So, brown eyes, I'll hold you near (the eyes of the one he raped)
Because you're the only song I want to hear (stop her from being heard)
A melody softly soaring through my atmosphere (he was so happy to rape her)
Where soul meets body (she has a soul, he doesn't, he wanted to rape someone with a soul)
The name Death Cab for Cutie was a message to the one he raped, Ben wanted to kill the light in her soul which is in her body by raping her so badly that she would kill herself, after he raped her he sent her away in a taxi cab. All his songs about rape, sex, and killing souls and light.
LightForever
"Soul Meets Body" along with every song of Death Cab for Cutie is dark and evil. Wake up and see the bigger picture..read between the lines. The song is about how Ben Gibbard raped someone and felt like new."I want to live where soul meets body (Ben Gibbard is souless, a rapist, he likes to rape women who are pure with soul) (your soul is already in your body, you don't meet your soul)
And let the sun wrap its arms around me (the one he raped has a lot of light in her)
And bathe my skin in water cool and cleansing (rape someone who is pure while he is not)
And feel, feel what it's like to be new (he is dirty and impure so raping someone makes him feel like new)
'Cause in my head
There's a Greyhound station
Where I set my thoughts (dirty sexual thoughts)
To far-off destinations (he pretends with his evil sexual fantasies that he's desired
So they may have a chance
Of finding a place where they're
Far more suited than here. (a place of purity where he'll never get to, the one he raped)
I cannot guess what we'll discover (we as in he had a partner that raped her too)
When we turn the dirt with our palms cupped like shovels
But I know our filthy hands can wash one another's (they are both dirty
And not one speck will remain
. . . . Not to sound too insane, but if someone feels the same way, it helps to sceam them out =]