When my biological father finally dies from cirrhosis of his liver from all the coors light he drinks, I'm probably going to be the only one to go to the bastard's funeral.
i love this song, i actudentaly got 74 death cab for cutie songs on my ipod (i wanted only 20) i had never heard this song by them ut out of all 74 songs this one of my top two (this and i'll follow u into the dark)
Good Lord. My relationship with my dad is perfectly fine, but even I feel like I can relate to this. That's how amazing Ben Gibbard is- he can make you relate to anything, even if you've never experienced it.
I know people have already said it, but this is exactly the situation I have with my father, and with my brother and his dad, too. I love the song, though -3 makes me cry every time.
whenever i hear this song it makes me want to cry. i can't listen to it or sing along without getting super choked up because it reminds me way too much about my parents. . .
What I love about this song is the realism it brings most artist would sing about the closure they would get out of a situation but this does not it uses raw emotions to show that people are they are and you can't lose sight of that even if after they died just because there dead doesn't make them a good person
This song does not apply to me, but it does apply to what happened with my grandpa's dad and always makes me feel so sad for my grandpa. My great-grandpa was a bastard in life, and is still a bastard in death.
i wish to someday be able to be a lyrical genius and get all my angst//feelings out like this song and most other death cab for cutie songs. so great. so true to the heart.
oh gosh. this is so beautiful. I love the picture! this is like the 15th song i've listened to in the past like hour hahah. i'm trying to listen to a lot more of their songs. they're amazing, and it saddens me that eventually death cab will have to end. not to be negative, of course. until that day, i am their biggest fan in my own mind. :)
such an amazing song that i can say speaks to me personally more so than any other song i have ever heard. can't believe it took me so long to find it but feel blessed that i have. never has a song brought tears to my eyes before this one.
lol i thought i was the only person who did that when i hear this song...oh well, just shows how messed up most people are (and how great death cab is at relating to people's lives, including the things most avoid thinking about and certainly do not discuss)
this song, is so much like my life, i played it all the time and sob hystericly. i love this song and death cab for cutie with a immense passion, that i have never felt before for any other band.
plans and narrow stairs and e are watered down Death Cab, the first four records had a lot more passion to them.Especially we have the facts and we're voting yes and the photo album.
I think it's unfair to include Plans in that category... Narrow Stairs certainly fits the bill, but I didn't find Plans to be devoid of passion whatsoever.
@ofbestfit i don't think it's necessarily that there is less passion in plans and narrow stairs, I think they sort of switched lanes, and instead of singing about very very personal things, they started story telling. That's not always bad...i like both of the albums a lot.
@ofbestfit i love plans and i think narrow stairs is pretty good but you are absolutely right. we have all the fact, something about airplanes, transatlanticism, photo album i love them so
I love how Ben uses metaphors in his lyrics to such effect, taking an insignificant object like styrofoam plates or like the glove compartment in Title and Registration and adding such a powerful meaning to it. He is a genius.
Are you listening simple plan? And all you other morons who think you can write songs? THIS is how you write a song about a shitty father. Ben Gibbard is such a good lyricist.
Haha I love how people experience the music rage always bring up listening to Simple Plan or Yellowcard when talking about someone's bad taste in music. Yeah Ben Gibbard is truly a genius lyricist and this song is beautiful.
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look cullenchickwhore, demi lovato sux ass.she wuz seen f*ing her fat father.oh and demi thinxs she can sing but she CANT she can bearly act. most ppl who watch disney channel is either a toddler or a kid.act ur age! unless u r 5. then it is ok. every fucking person on disney channel all of a sudden goes "oh, i just learned that im the best singer in the world!" yea......that worked out good 4 mitchel musso didnt it. he makes children cry and me puke. so does demi lovato
look RAMI, demi lovato sux ass.she wuz seen f*ing her fat father.oh and demi thinxs she can sing but she CANT she can bearly act. most ppl who watch disney channel is either a toddler or a kid.act ur age! unless u r 5. then it is ok. every fucking person on disney channel all of a sudden goes "oh, i just learned that im the best singer in the world!" yea......that worked out good 4 mitchel musso didnt it. he makes children cry and me puke. so does demi lovato
wow your lame i love demi lovato. she can sing way better then your giving her credit for. shes not only disney channel. and if you think she sucks then you really have no idea what music is. that was so stupid of you to say that cause guess what? now your gonna have hate comments for a while. anyway i dont really care if you dont like her or dont like what she sounds like but why dont you go educate yourself on some music. and maybe you should consiter acting your age yourself
2. if you dont care about people hating that no talent why did you even make a comment.
3. she isnt real music. real music takes talent. any 2nd grader could do what she does. her lyrics arnt even that good. now the song you posted this comment on IS real music. it has great singing great instermental parts and lyrics that actualy take more then 3 mins to write
its sad adickmove that u have nothing better to do than get on here talk shit for no reason then go jerk off to some gay porn then come back on here and repear the whole process. btw tell ur mom thanks and she left her shit at my house.
I love music that actually has a MEANING behind it's lyrics. THis is one of the BEST meanings I've ever heard behind lyrics. GO DEATH CAB FOR CUTIE!!! YOU RULE MY #1 FAVORITE BAND SPOT!!!
Why even listen to them then? Like if you don't like them GTFO or do you like the attention? I think you sir are the one who gets cock every night, because you clearly cannot get pussy.
Wait, what? Is someone... jealous? One of these guys recently got engaged.... so why the fuck are you trying to judge people you don't know? Since you thought you can judge DCFC, I'm just gonna go out on a limb here and guess that you fuck yourself every night because you can't get pussy of your own? For some strange reason, I think I'm correct....
i LOVE this song. even though i have a dad who i love tons, this still gives you the feeling that the band was trying to portray and everytime i listen to it, for some reason at the end its like a big wave that crashes and has some weird effect on my body...its sad though, cause this is how my boyfriend and his brothers are towards their dad, he cant even listen to this song because its about a dad =/
huh, i guess i took even just having a father for granted... man, i don't know what it'd be like without a dad, but my remorse is with all of you who live with that every day. god that must be painful and frustrating all at the same time... i really don't know what to say but sorry...
A friend of Ben's father died. Everyone knew the father to be a conceited, and overall not very good person. When people would say their last words about him, they would use back handed compliments such as "he was a stubborn person, but that's just the way he was." Ben didn't like how everyone was trying their hardest just to say something nice about him, explaining it in the line "just 'cause he's gone, it doesn't change the fact: he was a bastard in life, thus a bastard in death yeah."
The progression in the song feels like the progression of anger that somebody feels towards another that they resent. The crescendo is powerful, and the clever song really reminds you to count your blessings.
it means that everyone at his dad's funeral is acting like he is some kind of saint and ignoring the fact he was a total dick. but he won't praise his dad just because he is dead now.
this song is great it reminds me of being fourteen and having to move from my big city to the smallest town and everyrhing was just so wierd i stopped listening to them and all of a sudden out of no where i heard this song and it makes me feel like home thats cool
I think this is one of their best songs. I didn't get to hear it when I saw them live, but it was an amazing live experience. I was 15 feet from Walla, and Gibbard was on the other side of the stage. I met Jason afterward, and he was a very nice guy.
"He was a basterd in life, thus a basterd in death" sums it all up quite nicely! My dad was a cunt all his life yet at his funeral not a bad word was spoken... Thanks for the honesty Death Cab.
you know I discovered dcfc when I was about 19 I'm 26 so its been a while. I never once felt like every one jumped on a band wagon so to speak when it came to their popularity. hell,ben gibbard is a very very talented man and his lyrics really touch the heart and soul.
I love this song and even wrote a small paper about it in college.
I personally wouldn't consider them emo like a lot of poeple do these days. Sure, their lyrics are emotional, but they don't complain about the same damn thing in one whole album.
this is one of my fav songs by them. its sad to say i didnt know about them till 05 with plans but i went back and found there really good albums like the one this was on. the band is really good
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with all the morons that have come to 'adore' death cab over the last year or two, it's nice that this song still belongs to the true fans. it's art. and art is dying so quickly, it's up to us to keep it alive. fuck the commercialism. fuck the corporations. and live and love and hate and die and everything inbetween! feel real emotions.
its kind of silly to call someone a moron because they found out about Deathcab later. I found out about them when Plans came out, and was not impressed until i heard We have the Facts. I wouldn't consider myself to be a moron, i probably know a lot more about music itself than you do. Plus its embarrassing when people say stuff about commercialism and corporations, you're on a website owned by a corporation and you're participating in commercialism by doing so (or atleast encouraging it)
Thats so sad.. That other people like the music you do.. It's horrible that other people get to enjoy this music.. And especially this song which anyone who has ever had a parent spilt can relate to.. I mean why would you want other people to hear this you should keep it to yourself.. DCFC is a good band it was only a matter of time before more people caught on..
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hmmm...
12 years old, hmmm... you probably cant even grasp the song, or any of DCFC's work, you obviously dont know about grammer, or spelling for that matter
Are you kidding me? You're obviously underestimating people. I don't know who you are replying to, so it could be very true that this 12 year old doesn't spell well or whatever, but I am 11 years old and I listen to things like DCFC, Bright Eyes, etc. It sounds beautiful and it has meaning too.
This makes me wanna cryD; <3
AsiahKurai 1 month ago
Photo Album was their best album. Who's with me?
AdoreLucifer 2 months ago
woooooot
ciarlar 2 months ago
Woot sent me here!
Lueseiseki 2 months ago
When my biological father finally dies from cirrhosis of his liver from all the coors light he drinks, I'm probably going to be the only one to go to the bastard's funeral.
And I will play this song.
emomotorgeek 4 months ago
this song is very touching and sad. It has such amazing lyrics.
InkAndColours 5 months ago
way too many.... Poor us.... Poor humanity :/
pluckyduck1000 5 months ago
Amazing song. The tragedy is that there are too many of us for whom this is the story of our lives. Tears.
Amused2bHere 5 months ago
This is truly amazing.
taylorxhola 6 months ago
i love this song, i actudentaly got 74 death cab for cutie songs on my ipod (i wanted only 20) i had never heard this song by them ut out of all 74 songs this one of my top two (this and i'll follow u into the dark)
awsomelulu 6 months ago
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cmc2010 6 months ago
I love my dad, this song made me realize just how much.
Chastrie 7 months ago
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EdrisiBillups 7 months ago
this is one of travis clarks fav songs from wtk
lilypad797 8 months ago
Good Lord. My relationship with my dad is perfectly fine, but even I feel like I can relate to this. That's how amazing Ben Gibbard is- he can make you relate to anything, even if you've never experienced it.
kdiff77 8 months ago 4
I know people have already said it, but this is exactly the situation I have with my father, and with my brother and his dad, too. I love the song, though -3 makes me cry every time.
shaishamblin 8 months ago
God, this song always makes me tear up!
thexcoreissilent 9 months ago
The lyrics are so amazingly written, nothing like it.
skarbucks1 9 months ago
@lumburgapalooza
You shouldn't insult the youth.It reminds me about how stupid my generation is.
quazibolo 10 months ago
i love this song <3
kirbygirl49 11 months ago
Afraid I'd be singing this song at my dad's funeral, if nothing changes :'(
aikenifyed 11 months ago
@aikenifyed hang on, for life could be sweet.
there is never an certainty, only an opportunity to make things right.
joash93 11 months ago
@semolinapilchardd
Soup?
lumburgapalooza 11 months ago
Explains my dead beat father perfectly.
buhrberry 1 year ago 6
@buhrberry I'm sorry. I'd give you a hug if I could :(
Chastrie 1 year ago
@buhrberry and mine
Tabroxfcc 1 year ago
whenever i hear this song it makes me want to cry. i can't listen to it or sing along without getting super choked up because it reminds me way too much about my parents. . .
TheOkayAlright 1 year ago
What I love about this song is the realism it brings most artist would sing about the closure they would get out of a situation but this does not it uses raw emotions to show that people are they are and you can't lose sight of that even if after they died just because there dead doesn't make them a good person
Coldplay319 1 year ago 2
I'm sure a lot of people can relate when I say this song directly hits home for me.
hotdogs35758 1 year ago
This song does not apply to me, but it does apply to what happened with my grandpa's dad and always makes me feel so sad for my grandpa. My great-grandpa was a bastard in life, and is still a bastard in death.
jeffsjuststoked 1 year ago
wow. easily top deathcab song.
coffeeshoppemusic 1 year ago
This reminds me so much of my father that it makes me want to cry.
CaptainBurbujas197 1 year ago
great song... then again so are all their other songs
ADTRstalkr1 1 year ago
i wish to someday be able to be a lyrical genius and get all my angst//feelings out like this song and most other death cab for cutie songs. so great. so true to the heart.
recklesshearing 1 year ago
oh gosh. this is so beautiful. I love the picture! this is like the 15th song i've listened to in the past like hour hahah. i'm trying to listen to a lot more of their songs. they're amazing, and it saddens me that eventually death cab will have to end. not to be negative, of course. until that day, i am their biggest fan in my own mind. :)
EpicallyxMusical 1 year ago
sddest song ever
jkonu2 1 year ago
happy fathers day :/
SamanthaUnicorn 1 year ago 5
im honestly speechless
such an amazing song that i can say speaks to me personally more so than any other song i have ever heard. can't believe it took me so long to find it but feel blessed that i have. never has a song brought tears to my eyes before this one.
robitai525b 1 year ago 6
cool
ashspongefan08 1 year ago
love death cab
hilary202d 1 year ago
it's no stretch to say you where not a mother
Scrubmyramp 1 year ago
@Scrubmyramp
its, 'its no stretch to say, you weren't quite a father'
hellomoto0123456 1 year ago
lol i thought i was the only person who did that when i hear this song...oh well, just shows how messed up most people are (and how great death cab is at relating to people's lives, including the things most avoid thinking about and certainly do not discuss)
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i LOVE this song.
death cab for cutie is.. amazing.
:)
Ediddy101 2 years ago
this song, is so much like my life, i played it all the time and sob hystericly. i love this song and death cab for cutie with a immense passion, that i have never felt before for any other band.
mixxitupforme 2 years ago 4
this song is so touching.
fillXinXblankXstares 2 years ago 3
thus, a bastard in death.
lena4100 2 years ago 3
It is way too easy for people to have kids.
poweredxbyxhope 2 years ago 7
You can get past it. I did.
monkaboy 2 years ago
plans and narrow stairs and e are watered down Death Cab, the first four records had a lot more passion to them.Especially we have the facts and we're voting yes and the photo album.
ofbestfit 2 years ago 14
I actually liked plans a lot. I agree with you about narrow stairs, though.
LordLegless 2 years ago 4
I think it's unfair to include Plans in that category... Narrow Stairs certainly fits the bill, but I didn't find Plans to be devoid of passion whatsoever.
GrumpyEWalk 2 years ago 2
So whoooose gonna watch you drown?
hpsfl 2 years ago
@hpsfl this isn't the right song, or the right lyrics to the song your thinking of....
joshrumohr 1 year ago
@hpsfl it's so whos gonna watch you die. and that's what sarah said not styrofoam plates.
zachofcourse6521 1 year ago
@ofbestfit i don't think it's necessarily that there is less passion in plans and narrow stairs, I think they sort of switched lanes, and instead of singing about very very personal things, they started story telling. That's not always bad...i like both of the albums a lot.
iamaseagull 2 years ago
good explanation.I like all of their Songs.
Most goes str8 into my heart.
Much LOVE 4 DCFC
ellisdewald 2 years ago
@ofbestfit i love plans and i think narrow stairs is pretty good but you are absolutely right. we have all the fact, something about airplanes, transatlanticism, photo album i love them so
hoguemr 4 months ago
beautiful song
iamaseagull 2 years ago 3
Ben Gibbard wrote this song on his way back from his friend's father's funeral. Watch "Drive Well, Sleep Carefully."
DCForC93 2 years ago 3
Lyrical genius..
lilxlivs 2 years ago 52
@lilxlivs yup
jkonu2 1 year ago
@lilxlivs I couldn't agree more.
1337Elite2 1 year ago
even tho he is isnging about how much his father was a dik his voice is so beautiful and soothing
xXmissXpunkXx 2 years ago
isnt even about HIS father
thalittlesthobo 2 years ago 2
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xXmissXpunkXx 2 years ago
this is about his father, it makes so much sense. That made me cry.
ItWasUnderTheBed 2 years ago
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isnt even about HIS father
thalittlesthobo 2 years ago
yes it is!
several lines apart from the obvious "father" statements add up.
ItsBetterWithToast 2 years ago
Im going to make the same generalized statement i have made to all the others, wathch "drive well, sleep carefully" the DCFC DVD
it clearly states that the fucking song is about his friends dad
thalittlesthobo 2 years ago
wathc drive well, sleep carefully" the DCFC DVD
it clearly states it isnt
thalittlesthobo 2 years ago
the song is about his friend's father.
sovattaroXD 2 years ago
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that touched him where he pee'd
NathanPathan 2 years ago
'you're a disgrace to the concept of family'
its crazy how accurate this song is of my life,,
you can almost feel the frustration in ben's voice
thespliz380 2 years ago
I love how Ben uses metaphors in his lyrics to such effect, taking an insignificant object like styrofoam plates or like the glove compartment in Title and Registration and adding such a powerful meaning to it. He is a genius.
Stewartface 2 years ago 3
thanks for the post:) really good song,.
PS: whats the point of You tube arguments guys.. come on.. Let it go
stupidstupidyoume 2 years ago
Are you listening simple plan? And all you other morons who think you can write songs? THIS is how you write a song about a shitty father. Ben Gibbard is such a good lyricist.
agreen182 2 years ago
Haha I love how people experience the music rage always bring up listening to Simple Plan or Yellowcard when talking about someone's bad taste in music. Yeah Ben Gibbard is truly a genius lyricist and this song is beautiful.
mariofreak8021 2 years ago
its like my childhood in song....
Panda0Bell 2 years ago 3
Me too
naughtyfrom 2 years ago
me too lol
DONTBRINGDAVID 2 years ago
me too lmao
mellosix 2 years ago
oh, so beautiful.
TheTreesAndTheGrass 2 years ago
stop fighting on my dedication :D
CaraFara 2 years ago 12
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1.cover your mouth with your hand
2.make a wish into it
3.close your hand (make it into a fist)
4.hold your hand (the fist) to your heart for 5 seconds
5.send this to 3 more videos
6.tomorrow will be the best day of your life <33
koziol82 2 years ago
i like the ending
Yrteop 2 years ago
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so demi lovato, gay porn, masturbation and someone's mother aside, i'd just like to mention that this song is pretty legit.
51matt91 2 years ago 7
Lol, agreed.
ColourThisGrey 2 years ago
perfect song.
diegocrusius 2 years ago
Great song.
Protip: The primary form of communication on the internet is text based, so typing like an illiterate 13 year old merits people treating you like one.
lumburgapalooza 2 years ago 47
and so did i (X
elsamargarida11 2 years ago
"It's no stretch to say you were not quite a father but a donor of seeds to a poor single mother that would raise us alone"
"you're a disgrace to the concept of family"
love this song.
NYCgirl429 2 years ago 4
i saw this on demis twitter page:D
thatcullenchick 2 years ago
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look cullenchickwhore, demi lovato sux ass.she wuz seen f*ing her fat father.oh and demi thinxs she can sing but she CANT she can bearly act. most ppl who watch disney channel is either a toddler or a kid.act ur age! unless u r 5. then it is ok. every fucking person on disney channel all of a sudden goes "oh, i just learned that im the best singer in the world!" yea......that worked out good 4 mitchel musso didnt it. he makes children cry and me puke. so does demi lovato
cookiemonstar0003 2 years ago
Demi Lovato recomended this song on her Twitter page: ddlovato. She has the most amazing music taste EVER
ramri5445 2 years ago
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look RAMI, demi lovato sux ass.she wuz seen f*ing her fat father.oh and demi thinxs she can sing but she CANT she can bearly act. most ppl who watch disney channel is either a toddler or a kid.act ur age! unless u r 5. then it is ok. every fucking person on disney channel all of a sudden goes "oh, i just learned that im the best singer in the world!" yea......that worked out good 4 mitchel musso didnt it. he makes children cry and me puke. so does demi lovato
cookiemonstar0003 2 years ago
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wow your lame i love demi lovato. she can sing way better then your giving her credit for. shes not only disney channel. and if you think she sucks then you really have no idea what music is. that was so stupid of you to say that cause guess what? now your gonna have hate comments for a while. anyway i dont really care if you dont like her or dont like what she sounds like but why dont you go educate yourself on some music. and maybe you should consiter acting your age yourself
sarahtothluvskevin 2 years ago
1. its consider not consiter.
2. if you dont care about people hating that no talent why did you even make a comment.
3. she isnt real music. real music takes talent. any 2nd grader could do what she does. her lyrics arnt even that good. now the song you posted this comment on IS real music. it has great singing great instermental parts and lyrics that actualy take more then 3 mins to write
WordsYouForget 2 years ago
1. It's aren't, not arnt.
2. It's instrumental not instermental.
3. It's actually not actualy.
4. It's than not then.
5. Your username is quite fitting.
manbroguy 2 years ago 12
very clever
kidneeboiis 2 years ago
then why does Demi Lovato's music suck?
thalittlesthobo 2 years ago 3
bcuz she is a disney channel whore which makes her suck
xXmissXpunkXx 2 years ago
wow , this song is amazing
xoalyssax 2 years ago
its sad adickmove that u have nothing better to do than get on here talk shit for no reason then go jerk off to some gay porn then come back on here and repear the whole process. btw tell ur mom thanks and she left her shit at my house.
KETCHUPFEVER 2 years ago
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jesus christ this shit is awful...
adickmove 2 years ago
this song is so beautiful, it almost makes me cry. <3
lorlulz 2 years ago
You're a disgrace to the concept of family, the priest wont divulge that fact in his homily
pepsigurll 3 years ago
Fantastic song, one of, if not my fave of all there songs.
8comicbooknerd9 3 years ago 2
Good Job!
I Love This Song.
Its Just Like My Life..
Exactly like it. . .
HitsumishiChan 3 years ago
i said that they are pretty good, what the fuck do yall not understand about that.
1827047 3 years ago
shut up ya goon
halfbaked44 3 years ago
Shut the hell up and dont use "yall" thats y u have no friends...
cookiemonstar0003 2 years ago
got somthing against y'all?
better not say that to any other Texans, we have a tendency to get real upset over that ( :
grow up
thalittlesthobo 2 years ago
i was just kidding, i only posted on this cause my bro listens to them, theyre ok.
1827047 3 years ago 2
fuck! they rock ass! listen 2 their lyrics k? dont b so iggnorant!
cookiemonstar0003 2 years ago
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Emo song
TrebolLuckyBand 3 years ago
I love music that actually has a MEANING behind it's lyrics. THis is one of the BEST meanings I've ever heard behind lyrics. GO DEATH CAB FOR CUTIE!!! YOU RULE MY #1 FAVORITE BAND SPOT!!!
Xxemobeauty23xX 3 years ago 3
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1827047 3 years ago
Why even listen to them then? Like if you don't like them GTFO or do you like the attention? I think you sir are the one who gets cock every night, because you clearly cannot get pussy.
GTFO youtube.
MattyMorin 3 years ago
Wait, what? Is someone... jealous? One of these guys recently got engaged.... so why the fuck are you trying to judge people you don't know? Since you thought you can judge DCFC, I'm just gonna go out on a limb here and guess that you fuck yourself every night because you can't get pussy of your own? For some strange reason, I think I'm correct....
SaraHalpertxoxo 3 years ago
This is a very deep song.
Pineappleman8 3 years ago 2
I was just served a hot toasted velveeta on a styrofoam foam plate. Its not toasted cheese anymore... its DOW & cheese ....
I can't make them stop buying the crap!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Transubstantiation2 3 years ago 3
Beautiful song, and sadly, I can relate.
F3ARMUFFS 3 years ago 8
i LOVE this song. even though i have a dad who i love tons, this still gives you the feeling that the band was trying to portray and everytime i listen to it, for some reason at the end its like a big wave that crashes and has some weird effect on my body...its sad though, cause this is how my boyfriend and his brothers are towards their dad, he cant even listen to this song because its about a dad =/
rocknroller87 3 years ago 11
sorry F3ARMUFFS ^,i didnt mean to spam,i was trying to hit reply so i could write ditto.
no hard feelings?
bouk98765 2 years ago
huh, i guess i took even just having a father for granted... man, i don't know what it'd be like without a dad, but my remorse is with all of you who live with that every day. god that must be painful and frustrating all at the same time... i really don't know what to say but sorry...
guitarplayer91293 3 years ago 8
i don't get this song. Can someone explain it to me?
moonlight22322 3 years ago
A friend of Ben's father died. Everyone knew the father to be a conceited, and overall not very good person. When people would say their last words about him, they would use back handed compliments such as "he was a stubborn person, but that's just the way he was." Ben didn't like how everyone was trying their hardest just to say something nice about him, explaining it in the line "just 'cause he's gone, it doesn't change the fact: he was a bastard in life, thus a bastard in death yeah."
dmrick 3 years ago 5
He wrote this on the way home from the funeral.
dmrick 3 years ago
Yeah, see the live DVD/documentary.
IcarusHunt 3 years ago
Did he? Was it a funeral for his fag of a father? Or was his father just being a dick on the way home?
katiebird400 3 years ago
It kind of upsets me on how well so many people can connect to this somehow.
But it's an AMAZING song
"The servers wore crosses to shield from the sufferance plaguing the others."
That's one of the truest things I've ever heard.
And at my step-father's funeral you know I'll be singing the end of this song.
Leenie123456789 3 years ago 2
one of the greatest songs ever written
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lol you suck. k?
baseballfrenzy 3 years ago
lol you suck cock. k?
putusernameherelolz 3 years ago 6
The progression in the song feels like the progression of anger that somebody feels towards another that they resent. The crescendo is powerful, and the clever song really reminds you to count your blessings.
spence9302 3 years ago 8
very insightful response to this song.
i feel the same way.
ben actually wrote it about his friends dad, who died, and was just like the dad in the song.
so powerful.
comeasyouareplease 3 years ago 2
I lovelovelove this song, it reminds me of my dad.
But im sure many ppl can say that.
I love how it ends he was a bastard in life, thus a bastard in death.
Turnitupits5min 3 years ago 5
what an emtional song.... the lyrics inspire me
lovethedramatic 3 years ago 3
It's sad how so many people can relate to this. (including me)
Parents should have to take a test before being allowed to have kids.
poweredxbyxdreams 3 years ago 6
Love this XD
"you can deck out a lie in a suit but I won't buy it"
Shauzia3 3 years ago 2
that's my favorite line too.
busycomposing 3 years ago
This song is pretty. xD
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WYBEACHBUM 3 years ago
i dont understand this part of this song ;; "The priest won't divulge that fact in his homily
and I'll stand up and scream if the mourning remain quiet,
you can deck out a lie in a suit.
But I won't buy it.
I won't join the procession that's speaking their piece,
using five dollar words while praising his integrity." whats he trying to say?
BOOMxxBOOM92 3 years ago
it means that everyone at his dad's funeral is acting like he is some kind of saint and ignoring the fact he was a total dick. but he won't praise his dad just because he is dead now.
postonfootball87 3 years ago 4
this song is great it reminds me of being fourteen and having to move from my big city to the smallest town and everyrhing was just so wierd i stopped listening to them and all of a sudden out of no where i heard this song and it makes me feel like home thats cool
dykecookie 3 years ago
I think this is one of their best songs. I didn't get to hear it when I saw them live, but it was an amazing live experience. I was 15 feet from Walla, and Gibbard was on the other side of the stage. I met Jason afterward, and he was a very nice guy.
Good video
JoshMovieReview 3 years ago
Its funny no one in DCFC ever had any sort of bad childhood
lindseysworld 3 years ago
its supposedly about his friends dad or something
BOOMxxBOOM92 3 years ago
its supposedly about his friend's dad.
BOOMxxBOOM92 3 years ago
and that is a bad thing...how?
thalittlesthobo 2 years ago
i love this song. the honesty is great. for those of us with crappy fathers, i think it's nice to have something to relate to. like the lyrics alot.
GlitterGlue07 3 years ago
"He was a basterd in life, thus a basterd in death" sums it all up quite nicely! My dad was a cunt all his life yet at his funeral not a bad word was spoken... Thanks for the honesty Death Cab.
rotheboat16 3 years ago 6
you know I discovered dcfc when I was about 19 I'm 26 so its been a while. I never once felt like every one jumped on a band wagon so to speak when it came to their popularity. hell,ben gibbard is a very very talented man and his lyrics really touch the heart and soul.
I love this song and even wrote a small paper about it in college.
stereogirl 3 years ago
I personally wouldn't consider them emo like a lot of poeple do these days. Sure, their lyrics are emotional, but they don't complain about the same damn thing in one whole album.
Just listen to the lyrics, :P
honuecker 3 years ago 2
the melody at 1:48 kills me. that augmented fourth is pretty much the only reason i listen to this song.
DevoRizzle 3 years ago 3
i know, omg.
khrulz09 3 years ago
Not the only reason. But a big one.
benares180 3 years ago
also i can relate because my dad left me early on also
narutothedobe 3 years ago
this is one of my fav songs by them. its sad to say i didnt know about them till 05 with plans but i went back and found there really good albums like the one this was on. the band is really good
narutothedobe 3 years ago
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with all the morons that have come to 'adore' death cab over the last year or two, it's nice that this song still belongs to the true fans. it's art. and art is dying so quickly, it's up to us to keep it alive. fuck the commercialism. fuck the corporations. and live and love and hate and die and everything inbetween! feel real emotions.
847smearedblackink 3 years ago
its kind of silly to call someone a moron because they found out about Deathcab later. I found out about them when Plans came out, and was not impressed until i heard We have the Facts. I wouldn't consider myself to be a moron, i probably know a lot more about music itself than you do. Plus its embarrassing when people say stuff about commercialism and corporations, you're on a website owned by a corporation and you're participating in commercialism by doing so (or atleast encouraging it)
DevoRizzle 3 years ago 3
Thats so sad.. That other people like the music you do.. It's horrible that other people get to enjoy this music.. And especially this song which anyone who has ever had a parent spilt can relate to.. I mean why would you want other people to hear this you should keep it to yourself.. DCFC is a good band it was only a matter of time before more people caught on..
jordan4860 3 years ago
im almost 13 yrs old in the suburbs of denver! yay!and my dad didnt die but he's not here i luv this song one of their best ever honestly.
weepingXwillowXrain 3 years ago
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hmmm...
12 years old, hmmm... you probably cant even grasp the song, or any of DCFC's work, you obviously dont know about grammer, or spelling for that matter
thalittlesthobo 2 years ago
Are you kidding me? You're obviously underestimating people. I don't know who you are replying to, so it could be very true that this 12 year old doesn't spell well or whatever, but I am 11 years old and I listen to things like DCFC, Bright Eyes, etc. It sounds beautiful and it has meaning too.
quinlynnes 2 years ago 6
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1729Elan 2 years ago
age doesn't matter at all XD quinlynnes is right.
by the thelittlesthobo, you spelled grammar wrong. that makes me laugh.
embroidedjeans 2 years ago