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The Meaning of Unrequited Love? On “Transatlanticism,” by Death Cab for Cutie

for Constance Turner Transatlanticism Death Cab for Cutie (song available here; lyrics from here) The Atlantic was born today and I’ll tell you how The clouds above opened up and let it out I was standing on the surface of a perforated sphere When the water filled every hole And thousands upon thousands made an …

December 5, 2008 – 11:52 pm | By ashok | Posted in music | Tagged , | Comments (3)

Beyond Love: On The Weakerthans’ “Night Windows”

Night Windows The Weakerthans (song lyrics from here and here; song available here) In the stick-count for the song of knowing you’re gone Glancing up at where you lived when you lived here I see you suddenly alive and nearly smiling Stop and hold my breath and watch the way you used to be The …

November 3, 2008 – 3:43 pm | By ashok | Posted in music, weakerthans | Tagged | Comments (3)

Beyond Adultery: On The Good Life’s “You Don’t Feel Like Home To Me”

“You Don’t Feel Like Home To Me” The Good Life (lyrics from songmeanings.net; song available at same link) He sees her face the highway signs the traffic lights and she’s turning red at a motel on a double bed He swears he feels her lying there And she whispers in his ear “You can’t run …

October 7, 2008 – 1:18 pm | By ashok | Posted in music | Tagged | Comments (0)

Resolved: On Death Cab for Cutie’s “The New Year”

for Nancy The New Year Death Cab for Cutie (lyrics and song available at songmeanings.net/jango) So this is the new year And I don’t feel any different The clanking of crystal Explosions off in the distance in the distance So this is the new year And I have no resolutions For self-assigned penance For problems …

August 30, 2008 – 5:43 pm | By ashok | Posted in music | Tagged , | Comments (0)

I Don’t Get This Song: Regarding Why?’s "Sanddollars"

Lyrics below quoted directly from songmeanings.net (another copy of this commentary is on last.fm where it was originally published): Your illegal name in watercolor On a piss stained Frisco truck Hoping some camera’d catch your face And the rain came down And the fat worms show up like seared shut Half clotted blood vein sections …

February 3, 2008 – 3:28 am | By ashok | Posted in music | Tagged | Comments (3)

The New World: On "Virtute the Cat Explains Her Departure" by The Weakerthans

Virtute the Cat Explains Her Departure The Weakerthans (lyrics confirmed here, alternate discussion, lyrics and the song itself at songmeanings, The Weakerthans’ Myspace) It had something to do with the rain leaching loamy dirt And the way the back lane came alive half moon whispered “go” For a while I heard you missing steps in …

December 8, 2007 – 4:48 am | By ashok | Posted in music, weakerthans | Tagged , | Comments (1)

Love and Perfection: "Don’t Think Twice, It’s All Right" (Bob Dylan)

Don’t Think Twice, It’s All Right Bob Dylan (version below is covered by Elliott Smith – I’ve changed the lyrics to reflect Smith’s version) Well, it ain’t no use to sit and wonder why, babe If you don’t know by now An’ it ain’t no use to sit and wonder why, babe It won’t matter, …

April 1, 2007 – 11:50 pm | By ashok | Posted in love, music | Tagged , | Comments (1)

Teaching Rationality: On Death Cab for Cutie’s "Lightness"

Lightness Death Cab for Cutie There’s a tear in the fabric of your favorite dress And I’m sneaking glances. Looking for the patterns in static They start to make sense the longer I’m at it. Ivory lines lead oo wha-ho, oo wha-ho Your heart is a river that flows from your chest through every organ. …

March 28, 2007 – 3:25 am | By ashok | Posted in music | Tagged , | Comments (1)

"Aside," Weakerthans

Aside Weakerthans (song available from theweakerthans.org) Measure me in metered lines, in one decisive stare, the time it takes to get from here to there. My ribs that show through t-shirts and these shoes I got for free; I’m unconsoled I’m lonely I am so much better than I used to be. Terrified of telephones …

March 8, 2007 – 9:28 am | By ashok | Posted in music, weakerthans | Tagged | Comments (3)