And it came to me then that every plan,
Is a tiny prayer to father time,
As I stared at my shoes in the ICU,
That reeked of piss and 409.
And I rationed my breaths as I said to myself,
That I’d already taken too much today.
As each descending peak on the LCD,
Took you a little farther away from me.
Away from me.
Amongst the vending machines,
And year old magazines,
In a place where we only say goodbye.
It stung like a violent wind,
That our memories depend,
On a faulty camera in our minds.
And I knew that you were a truth,
I would rather lose,
Than to have never lain beside at all.
Then I looked around at all the eyes on the ground,
As the TV entertained itself.
'Cause there’s no comfort in the waiting room,
Just nervous paces bracing for bad news.
Then the nurse comes round,
And everyone lifts their heads.
And I’m thinking of what Sarah said,
That love is watching someone die.
So who’s going to watch you die?
So who's going to watch you die?
So who's going to watch you die?
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vocal hey guys! this is my first post, I was just looking @ lyrics and then I saw this site and had to join. Anways, YEAH! It definitely must be about the speaker watching someone he loves pass away. the ICU he talks about stands for Intensive Care Unit, it's usually where people stay who have experienced a lot of trauma, usually ppl out of the emergency room, trying to recover or at least be comfortable, you know? I have to say, I LOVE THE IMAGERY IN THE WAITING ROOM! When he puts you in his p.o.v. and talks about sitting in the waiting room and looking up at all the people looking at the floor, the TV kind of doing it's own thing in the background, no one really cares about anything else going on in the world at that moment. and then you see the nurse walk in and all the heads turn up. it's clear as day! that's so cool, I wish I could write just for that reason. such mastery. I think in the end the person does die. I was thinking about that; like it could have just been a realization he had while his loved one was in the hospital, but no, the way the music goes after he talks about death, it really seems like that person is fading away, but it's ok, you know? cuz during the time spent in the waiting room he's kinda reconciled his emotions with the reality of the situation. LOVE IT LOVE IT! this is such a good song, and my favorite part is that you can SEE every line happen. SO GOOD!!!
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vocal this question is kind of hard to explain what i mean...but when its like "love is watching someone die" what exactly do you think it means? i always thought it was like love...the actual thing is like watching you die. like if love's name was thomas it would be tomas is watching somone die. but now that i think about it more...is like like love...the actual definition of love...is being able to watch someone die. like you care for them so much you can see that happen. thats kind of confusing what i mean but yea. this is an amazing song and the lyrics are incredible.
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vocal The first line is what gets me.
And it came to me then, that every plan is a tiny prayer to father time.
I can't stop listening to this song. And it did make me cry. Having lost someone, I don't think that there is anything hidden in the lyrics here. To write something so profound and so powerful, he had to have lost someone. Just my thought.
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vocal absolutely a great song... so much like poetry, and it really got me to think about the lyrics instead of just listening to the music...
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vocal The beauty of music is that you're supposed to draw your own conclusions. Find out what the song means to you . It's a beautiful song regardless of what you get from it tho.
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vocal Man this song is nuts. I work in an ER where we see a lot of serious accidents and whatnot who end up going to the ICU with a poor prognosis. I've got no doubt he's experienced this with someone he lost. These lyrics brilliantly capture the atmosphere. Sad, but brilliant writing.
I think I know what you mean elsweeno, if you really love someone you'll be with them through the good and bad (death seems pretty bad).
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vocal What is 409? From the line "reeked of piss and 409"...i feel like an idiot becuase i'm sure its obvious but i jsut can't put my finger on it.
brilliant song. i love it to bits. i actually read an interview about this song, and ben said it was inspired by this friend of his, a girl who was walking one day with her husband and burst into tears because she realized that one day one of them would have to watch the other die. how said is that.
you were right by the way, it is about ben being trapped in the emergency room waiting for news on somebody injured or dying that was close to him.
btw, i saw these guys in concert this week and they were tres brilliant. i want to go again!!
Death cab explains and captures the feeling of what love really is about,
and they explain it in so few words : "Love is watching someone die",
because what could be more heartbreaking than loosing someone you love?
Now, of course I do not mean that love should be about getting your heart broken, but it's about letting yourself love someone more than youlove yourself.
I think that is what everything comes down to in the end,
love is about being there - through the bad and good.
Just my thought.
My boyfriend gave me the best explanation of this song. Its about not wanting to let go. The guy is sitting in his apartment all fucked up and he calls his ex girlfriend. All the hospital imagery is about the relationship ending. Think about it.
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vocal my dad just recently died because of an overdose, and this song just sums up our hospital stay. My dad and i had the shittest relationship and the last 6 months or so he was drunk and drugged the entire time.
"As each descending peak on the LCD,
Took you a little farther away from me."
When they took him off of the life support his heart slowly began to stop. It was stopped for a few seconds then it started to come back. moving to say the least.
Kind of off topic, but this song really spoke to me and i love it.
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vocal Wow, this song means so much to me.
I lost my dad last week, and being in the ICU just killed me.
So depressing.
and it's so hard to think back on those memories.
It stung like a violent wind,
That our memories depend,
On a faulty camera in our minds.
And I knew that you were a truth,
I would rather lose,
Than to have never lain beside at all.
9.8
Send "What Sarah Said" ringtones to your cell
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