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Death Cab for Cutie — Long Division
Album: Narrow Stairs
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Released: 2008
Length: 3:47
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His head was a city
Of paper buildings
And the echoes that remain
Of old friends and lovers
Their features bleeding
Together in his brain, oh
And once it started it was harder to tell them apart, oh

He was always distracted
By the very mention of an open door, oh
Because he had sworn
Not to be what he'd been before

To be a remain, remain, remain, remainder
To be a remain, remain, remain, remainder

The television
It was snowing softly
As she hunted for her keys
She said she never envisioned
Him the type of person
Capable of such deceit, oh, oh

And then they carried on like
Long division
'Cause it was clear with every page
Oh, that they were further away
From a solution that would play

Without a remain, remain, remain, remainder
Without a remain, remain, remain, remainder
Without a remain, remain, remain, remainder
Without a remain, remain, remain, remainder

He had sworn
Not to be what he'd been before

To be a remain, remain, remain, remainder
To be a remain, remain, remain, remainder
To be a remain, remain, remain, remainder
To be a remain, remain, remain, remainder
To be a remain, remain, remain, remainder
To be a remain, remain, remain, remainder
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from my fav DC4C album.

love it.
Posted 9 months ago by lily34    [ Reply ]
Neil Tennant?
Posted 13 years ago by motorichi    [ Reply ]
 fredriley wrote:

It's one thing to loathe a group, another to wish death on it. I'd advise hitting the mute and lightening up.

 

Hmmm. . . when I was growing up we had a mouthy Hitler Youth group up-state that I often wished would take a bus off of a cliff. . . s'pose I ought to have been more charitable. . .

{#Rolleyes}


Posted 14 years ago by vandal    [ Reply ]
TERRIBLE (says a fan)!
Posted 14 years ago by Stingray    [ Reply ]
I really want to like this band...but everything they do has a milktoast energy about it. 
Posted 14 years ago by ziakut    [ Reply ]
 Papernapkin wrote:
When's Death going to live up to its name and die.
 
 Perhaps you should consider getting laid, and laid, and laid, and laid...............{#Chillpill}
Posted 14 years ago by That_SOB    [ Reply ]
{#Frustrated}
Posted 14 years ago by MsJudi    [ Reply ]
 Papernapkin wrote:
When's Death going to live up to its name and die.
 

You seem more like a wet napkin ...
Posted 14 years ago by coffee-eyes    [ Reply ]
 Papernapkin wrote:
When's Death going to live up to its name and die.
 
When are you going to live up to your name and crumple yourself up into a ball and toss yourself into the recycling.

Posted 15 years ago by peter_james_bond    [ Reply ]
 RadioDoc wrote:
I need to upload some Judybats so everyone can hear just how blatantly these guys rip them off.
 
You know, now that you mention it, they are very Judybatsish.  Crap.  Now I've got to go dig my old Judybats CDs out of storage and rip them to the iPod.  

Still love Death Cab, however not a huge fan of this particular track. 

Posted 15 years ago by TampaPurple    [ Reply ]
 Papernapkin wrote:
When's Death going to live up to its name and die.
 
It's one thing to loathe a group, another to wish death on it. I'd advise hitting the mute and lightening up.

Posted 15 years ago by fredriley    [ Reply ]
When's Death going to live up to its name and die.
Posted 16 years ago by Papernapkin    [ Reply ]
I need to upload some Judybats so everyone can hear just how blatantly these guys rip them off.
Posted 16 years ago by RadioDoc    [ Reply ]

I heard this band was playing at a strip club the Beatles went to recently.


Posted 16 years ago by gjeeg    [ Reply ]
Sound like Placebo on a very off day
Posted 16 years ago by drews    [ Reply ]
I really like this station but...........my gawd......enough with Death Cab already   {#Frustrated}
Posted 16 years ago by brewmonkey    [ Reply ]
gandalfbmg wrote:
again with the mixed reaction from me on DCFC... good music (kinda rare IMO) but horrible lyrics... I like that "Academia" song much better if they're gonna use this kind of metaphor...

His head was a city
Of paper buildings
And the echoes that remained
Of old friends and lovers
Their features bleeding
Together in his brain And once it started was harder to
Tell them apart He was always distracted
By the very mention
Of an open door
'Cause he had sworn not to be what he'd been before To be a remain remain remain remainder The television was snowing softly
As she hunted for her keys
She said she never envisioned him the type of person capable of such deceit And they carried on like long division
And it was clear with every page
That they were further away from a solution that would play Without a remain remain remain remainder He had sworn not to be what he'd been before To be the remain remain remain remainder

Posted 16 years ago by jbtidwell    [ Reply ]
again with the mixed reaction from me on DCFC... good music (kinda rare IMO) but horrible lyrics... I like that "Academia" song much better if they're gonna use this kind of metaphor...


Posted 16 years ago by gandalfbmg    [ Reply ]
 Alpine wrote:

I like the other tunes on this album, but this one stinks.




 
I don't own the album so the only other song I'm familiar with is... well you know what song it is.  I was just thinking that I like this song a lot more.  I didn't listen to the lyrics, but the tune was catchy

Posted 16 years ago by Bat    [ Reply ]

I like the other tunes on this album, but this one stinks.


Posted 16 years ago by Alpine    [ Reply ]
Cool! hippiechick wrote:
Gibbard took the band name from the title of the song written by Neil Innes and Vivian Stanshall and performed by their group the Bonzo Dog Doo-Dah Band in the Beatles' 1967 film Magical Mystery Tour.
Posted 16 years ago by ezzyme    [ Reply ]
Gibbard took the band name from the title of the song written by Neil Innes and Vivian Stanshall and performed by their group the Bonzo Dog Doo-Dah Band in the Beatles' 1967 film Magical Mystery Tour.
Posted 16 years ago by hippiechick    [ Reply ]
skdenfeld wrote:
Very cool Sonic Youth-y guitar work. Love it!
I thought it was reminiscent of The Wedding Present.
Posted 16 years ago by fredriley    [ Reply ]
More_Cowbell wrote:
I hope you find some on your shoe.
DCFC is what you scrape off your shoe.
Posted 16 years ago by RadioDoc    [ Reply ]
adroc wrote:
I'm surprised at RP's chosen cuts from this album. "I Will Possess Your Heart" is a given, but "No Sunlight" and "Long Division" are weak compared tracks like "Cath", "Grapevine Fires", and "Twin Sized Bed" IMO.
The band played "Morning Becomes Eclectic" and the stand-out song was the Neil Young-ish "Talking Bird," which was great...better than the recorded version, at first listen. Gibbon talked about how much they liked actually recording together. Maybe this band is growing up.
Posted 16 years ago by softjeans    [ Reply ]
skdenfeld wrote:
Wow! You serious?
i am sure that they are serious....that is what makes rp, rp.
Posted 16 years ago by Glockman45    [ Reply ]
The intro made me think "Johnny and Mary" by Robert Palmer
Posted 16 years ago by lewie221    [ Reply ]
Hmm... I like DCFC but this is a bit too uninspired and generic sounding.
Posted 16 years ago by pherthyl    [ Reply ]
Ericac wrote:
Fist time hearing this band.
Wow! You serious?
Posted 16 years ago by skdenfeld    [ Reply ]
Papernapkin wrote:
The guy's voice is bubblegum.
I hope you find some on your shoe.
Posted 16 years ago by More_Cowbell    [ Reply ]
Very cool Sonic Youth-y guitar work. Love it!
Posted 16 years ago by skdenfeld    [ Reply ]
Not my favorite. Like a heaping bowl of granulated sugar.
Posted 16 years ago by Odyzzeuz    [ Reply ]
Fist time hearing this band. More please!
Posted 16 years ago by Ericac    [ Reply ]
gotta luv 'em
Posted 16 years ago by Mari    [ Reply ]
The guy's voice is bubblegum.
Posted 16 years ago by Papernapkin    [ Reply ]
Sounds Sonic Youth-y
Posted 16 years ago by FlamingLotus    [ Reply ]
Welcome back DCFC!!!
Posted 16 years ago by snowcat    [ Reply ]
I'm surprised at RP's chosen cuts from this album. "I Will Possess Your Heart" is a given, but "No Sunlight" and "Long Division" are weak compared tracks like "Cath", "Grapevine Fires", and "Twin Sized Bed" IMO.
Posted 16 years ago by adroc    [ Reply ]
SUCKY
Posted 16 years ago by Alpine    [ Reply ]
Their hit, I Wil Possess Your Heart, so good, it seems to overshadow the rest of the album. The other songs are good too, but they don't seem to live up to the one big song, imo.
Posted 16 years ago by hippiechick    [ Reply ]
I really like "Narrow Stairs" - DCFC's always an interesting band.
Posted 16 years ago by winter    [ Reply ]