Lyrics for Coney Island as interpreted by jephque

Coney Island Lyrics
Sitting on a carousel ride without any music or light
Everything was closed at Coney 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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goodbyeskyharbor
05-13-2002

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um...these lyrics are incomplete. nonetheless, my favorite death cab song. very peaceful. lyrics are pretty straightforward and paint a great mental picture.

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kris xxx
06-11-2002

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i agree with the above, this song makes me want to go back to brooklyn..

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Fallsemester
06-15-2002

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This song is so amazing and I just discovered this band. What other cd do recomend by Death Cab For Cutie?

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Action and Action
07-03-2002

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this song is pretty cool. its great how the song is written about something original like coney island. which was an amusement park island that got shut down cause it was too dangerous i think. just in case you didnt know.

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is_sad_is
03-03-2003

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true to all of the above^ this song is so soothing and ironic...he's singing about broken down rides and how perfect it all was...life is what you make it i suppose.

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rufio212
03-03-2003

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when ben gibbard sings the line, "everything was closed on coney island,..." i can picture him smiling. because he and i both know this is a damn good song.

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slinkstersars
03-16-2003

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ahh, i love this song and so does everyone who isnt insane!

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boomerstyle
04-09-2003

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well, coney island isn't exactly shut down... it might be run down and maybe two rides have been closed for many years because of hazards, but you can still go to coney island as you wish. great song none the less. makes me very homesick. great job in capturing the serene, tranquil atmosphere of the beach. to me it's a song about home.

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boomerstyle
04-09-2003

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well, coney island isn't exactly shut down... it might be run down and maybe two rides have been closed for many years because of hazards, but you can still go to coney island as you wish. great song none the less. makes me very homesick. great job in capturing the serene, tranquil atmosphere of the beach. to me it's a song about home.

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SSn0wBaLL
05-06-2003

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Coney Island is not shut down. The Thunderbolt (the precursor to the Cyclone) is closed, the Parachute ride is closed, and the Hell Hole haunted house is closed. Coney Island is still kickin' - take it from someone from there.
There's a rich history there - the story of the Parachute ride closing is pretty good. Look it up.
So, to me, this song really is about home...and reminds me how much I want to go back.

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endstream
05-11-2003

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um, yea. i'm lookin at astroland right now through my window and it's far from shut down. some rides have been removed but it's still operating. this song is cool.

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victoriaxcore
06-17-2003

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i have loved dcfc for a long time now. they never cease to amaze me. this song makes me miss the summer.

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TheEverythingFalls
05-22-2004

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Coney Island is closed in the winter I believe.. yes?

I picture him being all excited about being in new york city. Everyone he went with has different plans for this day.. he really wants to go to coney island. He gets there and whoops, it's closed. So he sits around and enjoys being there anyway.

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StarRanger5100
05-29-2004

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This is one of my favorite songs from DCFC and one of my favorite songs of all time. All your guys' lyrics are right, but to me, it seems like he is alone. Like something happened that left him alone, and everything he had had dissapeared. Hence, the Brooklyn part. But he is enjoying the moment, spending time with the things he used to do, even though all he has left is memories. I just heard this song today (even though I ahve been listenign to DCFC for about a month) and what a time to hear it, my girlfriend breaks up with me, and everything has changed for me. And all I have now is memories. It is nuts how much DCFC songs relate to me

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lowell,ma
10-12-2004

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i think this song is written purely about coney island and what it was and what it has become. he's at coney island and he realizes it's nothing like it used to be back in its day. he knows it's not the same as it used to be, but he's ok with that because he has his memories of what it was like. he knows that it'll be built up once again ... "brooklyn will fill in the beach eventually" ... but he has his memories of what it meant to him and that's good enough for ben ... "everyone will go except me."

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keyz48
10-19-2004

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This song is one of my favorite Death Cab songs. I think that it's just about someone who is revisiting a place from his childhood memory, but of course one's memory of a place is much different than the way you see it when you return. The idea that "everyone will go except me" shows that because he can stay in his memory as long as he likes. And he "could not help from smiling" because remembering and seeing things from a different/more experienced perspective, being the outsider looking in, enables him to put a memory into the context of reality.

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paintsyourmirror
12-18-2004

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This song is so great.

It feels like the very end of summer when you're sitting on a beach or in a backyard with some really good friends and the air is orange and yellow and pink because the sun is going down and it's your last night to make things last.

I know that's not really what it's about.

But that's still what it feels like. Because this is the perfect CD for a night like that. And this is the song that everyone would sit silent through.

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TBRK98
02-10-2005

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Sitting on a carousel ride without any music or light.
Everything was closed at coney 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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BlockedHisOwnShot
02-12-2005

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This makes me think about carnivals, and how things can be great without being pretty (without any music or lights), all I mean is that things don't have to be shiny and new to be beautiful. This song always makes me think about how he lost everything, and went back to Coney Island, to be where he once had everything, and to see people that do have everything. People will leave the beach, but he will stay, because it's all he has... He can imagine the yells of happy people, letting such simple things please them, and he remembers being a child and how it felt. Yet he doesn't wish to be back, though he kind of does at the same time. It's those he's just very stuck, and is just enjoying the beauty of Coney Island and being alone.

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thetaste_ofink
02-20-2005

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there's really nothing to interpret. it's pretty straight forward, and you take what you want from this song.

it fucking rocks. a very "my life has a soundtrack" song. you listen to it on long drives, and you're in your own movie.

hell yes.

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JewellyBug
03-13-2005

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Fallsemester, I recommend Transatlanticism and We fave the facts and we're voting yes, 2 awesome albums. Also the Forbidden love EP, and Something about Airplanes. Basically, all of their stuff. DCFC are amazing.

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MrGarrison
04-02-2005

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lol @ JewellyBug, you're recommending him like 3 years later!

Anyways one of the best DCFC songs...

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J0NAS
05-08-2005

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I actually would not recommend transatlantacism for your first album, I would say it is Death Cab's weakest album, albeit good, I recommend We Have The Facts and We're Voting Yes or Photo Album

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RuthLess
05-21-2005

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i knew Coney Island sounded familiar while i was watching the news today..and small plane crashed there..liek yesterday or something.
anywho. great song.

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Bigfootrivia
12-23-2005

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I can imagine him smiling. It remindes me of the cornfest. PARATROPPERS. NOW THAT IS A FUN RIDE. At first, it surprises me.. but then I get used to it. Then when you go backwards! WHOA THERE, thats the best part. I always look forward to the cornfest for just that ride.

I DO have a life soundtrack. I add to it once and a while. But its private so I lock it up in my cupboard. YUPP.

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