Alone on a train aimless in wander
An outdated map crumpled in my pocket
But I didn't care where I was going
'Cause they're all different names for the same place

The coast disappeared when the sea drowned the sun
I knew no words to share it with anyone
The boundaries of language I quietly cursed
And all the different names for the same thing


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Different Names for the Same Thing [DVD] Lyrics as written by Benjamin Gibbard

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    This song ruined me when I was living overseas for a year.

    "And I knew no words to share it with anyone..." There is no loneliness like the kind created by the language barrier.

    crystalynn84on March 30, 2010   Link

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