Death Cab for Cutie – Coney Island

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Sitting on a carousel ride without any music or light. everything was closed at
Conney Island, and I could not help from smiling.
I can hear the atlantic echo back roller coaster screams from summers past.
And everything was closed at coney island, and I could not help from smiling.
Brooklyn will fill in the beach eventually and everyone will go except me.

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Track duration: 02:40

"Coney Island" as written by Benjamin Gibbard

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    General Comment:he says "lines" not "lights"
    Flag laserbeakon December 13, 2009   Link
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    General Comment:I love listening to this song. ^.^
    It's really peaceful. Simple but complicated.
    Flag Imzombiemeaton October 21, 2009   Link
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    General Comment:this song fills me with desolate hope, if that makes sense.
    it creates a picture in my head. i'm not sure if it's a real place, since i've never actually been there before, but it's a very nice place.
    Flag peacestriveron February 02, 2009   Link
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    General Comment:plus I think its a nice way to end the movie cloverfield =)
    Flag Blackmofasa9on January 02, 2009   Link
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    General Comment:I really don't care wht this song is about but it makes me want teh secks sumthin' terrible. As DC often does.
    Flag Blackmofasa9on November 16, 2008   Link
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    General Comment:i like this song because it has prompted my and my gf to plan a future trip to coney island. we love death cab and will scream all their music (climaxing with this song as we pull into the parking lot) all the way there.
    this song just sounds so depressing and hopeful at the same time.
    Flag humbleopinionon August 21, 2008   Link
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    General Comment:i think its a song against modernization..he can still enjoy the atlantic and the breeze without all the lights and attractions of the modern world...he doesnt need them to be happy
    Flag tommyboyon July 16, 2007   Link
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    General Comment:this song i think has little to do with coney island.

    this song is about being stuck in a place you loved but nobody else is there with you. The thought of the place makes you "smile" but "everything is closed". You remain in the past in an enjoyable point of your life but everybody else has moved on and you will never leave.
    Flag lovemakeluston December 24, 2006   Link
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    General Comment:DCFC's fav song!
    (for now)
    Flag Narayanon December 23, 2006   Link
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    General Comment:Coney Island is depressing because it used to be such a popular destination for everyone and now it really is run-down. Despite some of the original rides being open (and all independently run), most of them are closed and some are still sitting there rotting. I heard that some company just bought astroland though...
    By the way, the thunderbolt was not a "precursor" to the cyclone. When Coney Island was at its prime (when my dad was growing up in Brooklyn) there were three main rollercoasters. The Cyclone(still open), the Thunderbolt (the one that was sitting there rotting for a very long time until they finally got rid of it), and the Tornado (which hasnt been ther for a very long time).
    Flag lilmissSSon December 02, 2006   Link

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