Ben Gibbard - The Ice Is Getting Thinner

[deathcadilac]

OMG thank you ben i love narrow stairs 0.0 it was like the first DCFC album i bought it was like wen i first started listinin to indie rock (good music) TGF ben gibbard/dcfc/postal service/ mike walla

[chaneneveling]

god amongst men

[blatantproof2]

love this much more on the piano (:

[OsiToast]

god i need the notes for this in piano

[shadowplay6]

@OsiToast exactly what i was thinking.

[amnch07]

love it ! and it so real , it even sounds as true story seeing how ur relationship is already over but u can't accepted

[charlu2100]

love this version fersure - you can tell theres a big influence from different names for the same things in this song.

[Fortune090]

The track that's listed on the 45 is "The Ice Is Getting Thinner (demo)" so that might help.

[ohcouture23]

is there a downloadable version of this anywhere?

[Fortune090]

I know the LP version of the "Narrow Stairs" album that came out not too long ago came with a 45 single with this and a different version of No Sunlight. Not exactly sure about finding somewhere to download though. Someone somewhere has had to have converted it...

[CCRick13]

i like this version so much better

[poonjabijab]

i think i like it more on piano

[scolaynic]

true but the lead guitar in album version does kick ass, its pretty psychodelic

[saarele4sara]

The song sounds completely different with piano. I still love it though.

[IneedmoNIKEs]

Love this song; anybody what chords he's using?

[atkinsm8792]

C, C with an Fsharp in the bass, F, C.

Am, G, F (D second time) C

F, C, Am with Csharp in bass and rising, Dm, A, C, F, G7, C.

Muck about with it but that's the basic chord sequence.

[smacateer]

oh my god i love you!!

x

[Migsrs]

anyone think there would be sheet music for what hes playin on the internet? if so..where can i find it?

[dwenpingl]

best song ever.

[Evanmileus]

his voice sounds completely different when singing and when speaking.

[twistedimagev2]

there should be no confusion, this is the last song off the new album. and it makes perfect sense to me. i love it as acoustic with just the piano, but whether its the same or played with the full band on the CD its still awesome.

i love death cab

[lilfoodstamp233]

the words are the pretty similar to Summer Skin

except winter is ending instead of summer lol

[ahug4you323]

just by doing that the entire concept is changed, the end of winter brings hope and life, the end of summer brings a slow decay and depression. so i think he probably related to summer skin on purpose to have opposite sides of the spectrum on the same ideal.

[rmzy717]

Definitely echoes Different Names for the Same Thing, but I think I prefer Different Names, personally.

Can't wait for Narrow Stairs, though.

[victorchaynang]

okay but rather boring for ben gibbard, don't call death cab your favorite band if you don't know their earlier stuff

[derekmfolson]

pretty much my new fav... well until narrow stairs comes out. but i doubt this song will be played on piano like this because this was an acoustic or ..solo tour

[DarknessHowls]

The beginning sounded sort of like "Different Names For the Same Thing"...

[victorchaynang]

thats what i thought too

[ghpmrsjl]

better than different names

[holdmedown6]

this is beautiful, I'm anxious for Narrow Stairs

[madfatchickkiller]

"We're not the same dear as we used to be.

The seasons have changed and so have we.

There's little we can say and even less than we can do,

to stop the ice from getting thinner under me and you."

tears to my eyes...

[a35intheShade]

sounds a lot like 'Different Names', almost too much

[ardvarks123]

Agreed. =/

Almost sounds like it could be titled "Different Names for the Same Thing pt. 2".

[ghpmrsjl]

better than different names

[ghpmrsjl]

better than different names

[thestereotype]

thats not a bad thing... eh?

its kind of a different take on the same idea.

[Atheist01]

Or kind of a different name for the same thing?

[thestereotype]

its almost like an epilogue. thats good

[nerice6]

Thanks for posting this! Ben Gibbard is my future hubby. ♥ lol :P

[twistedimagev2]

love it

[CBondraJr]

I love this song so much.

Ben said it "was rejected from a movie sountrack because it was too depressing."

And then he said that he "thinks they just said that because it wasn't good enough."

[laurennnnnnnnn1018]

i was there