This song has many meanings, but I would say it's straight up a love song. The way that Gibbard approaches love in this one is interesting, because he wants to become all these metaphysical things (the bottle of wine, the staircase, the fleece jacket) and they all, in turn, make sense because of what they serve purpose for. I think that the way the tempo in the song increases after he describes all these things is crucial and AMAZING. Who wouldn't think that wanting to "be your winter coat buttoned and zipped/ straight to the throat with the collar up so/ you won't catch cold" is not a love line? Wanting to take care of someone like that, that's true love. Although, my favorite lines in the song are:
i want to take you far away/ from the cynics in this
town/ and kiss you on the mouth/ we'll cut our bodies free/ from the tethers of this scene,/ start a brand new colony/ where everything will change,/ we'll give ourselves new names /(identities erased)"
I feel like that sometimes. I feel like we need to be sincere and straight up about our feelings, and this is what the song is about: in the first part, he talks about all these complicated things, and then he goes into what he really wants to do: just kiss her on the mouth, and take her away from the cynics of their town...
This song has many meanings, but I would say it's straight up a love song. The way that Gibbard approaches love in this one is interesting, because he wants to become all these metaphysical things (the bottle of wine, the staircase, the fleece jacket) and they all, in turn, make sense because of what they serve purpose for. I think that the way the tempo in the song increases after he describes all these things is crucial and AMAZING. Who wouldn't think that wanting to "be your winter coat buttoned and zipped/ straight to the throat with the collar up so/ you won't catch cold" is not a love line? Wanting to take care of someone like that, that's true love. Although, my favorite lines in the song are: i want to take you far away/ from the cynics in this town/ and kiss you on the mouth/ we'll cut our bodies free/ from the tethers of this scene,/ start a brand new colony/ where everything will change,/ we'll give ourselves new names /(identities erased)" I feel like that sometimes. I feel like we need to be sincere and straight up about our feelings, and this is what the song is about: in the first part, he talks about all these complicated things, and then he goes into what he really wants to do: just kiss her on the mouth, and take her away from the cynics of their town...
SO BEAUTIFUL!