Lightness - Death Cab for Cutie

[geishagurl84]

I love how ben just finished

singing such a mesmerizing song and gets done and says thankyou kind so quickly and kind of awkwardly.

[AlexHamiltonPhoto]

This might be the most beautiful thing I've ever seen.

[Cathifonly]

Favourite song by them... crazy beautiful amazing.

[OhMyGoshMaryAnn]

Just beautiful.

[xErindx]

Extremely impressive guitar work by Chris Walla here.

[PrincessLizRules]

So sad they didn't play this last night at their concert :(

[jerdoe]

Instincts are misleading :(

[WTFitsJimmy]

hipsters

[Jambo1134]

@WTFitsJimmy I'm jimmy too

[allansak]

Such a great song sung by very talented artists (Ben and the gang). Lyrics = impressive!

[vdoza33]

4 people are cavemen

[SummonerL]

Does he have a Tim and Eric shirt on? It looks like them.

[FlyFreeto]

He looks like Raain Wilson from Sahara

[thecomfortisnow]

@FlyFreeto No.Ben is cooler.

[FlyFreeto]

@thecomfortisnow Well duh

[duytungcn]

Perfect voice, Benjamin

[randomkidwithstick2]

I Totally Have Lyrics From this tattooed on my arm.



[BurnYourVerses]

Okay, so Ben Gibbard is amazing, but does he remind anyone else of Dwight Shcrute?

[BurnYourVerses]

Okay, so Ben Gibbard is amazing, but does he remind anyone else of Dwight Shcrute?

[KeinTheKid]

Instincts are misleading,

You shouldn't think what your feling

Amazing.

[HunterAaronBall]

Ben Gibbard is a beautiful soul

[emerzson]

Talk to me Ben

[bostonboy102]

when i heard this acoustic version i fell in love with this song again

[deerenee212]

I remember hearing this live for the 1st time, so beautiful

[theofficealliance]

the guitar kind of sounds like something from william fitzsimmons.

[mduck92]

Oh, instincts are misleading

You shouldn't think what you're feeling

They don't tell you what

You know you should want

[xRA1D32x]

i would fucking love an mp3 of this

[erikryanacoustic]

limewire foo'.

[LTDdr0pde4d]

@xRA1D32x youtube to mp3 ftw

[spinyopaat]

love that geeky singer and his poetic words

[ecury36]

yah nino u just like certain songs like this, but there are quite a few of them

[xXxkimmyjxXx]

They are just poets with rythm. His words are like they're speaking to my soul.

[foreverlost03]

one of those songs that you just don't want to end. amazing :)

[KeziaMyDarlingPTH]

What type of guitar is Chris playing here?

[washburn085]

@KeziaMyDarlingPTH some type of archtop with a trapeze tailpiece. at 2:12 - 2:14 it kinda looks like it starts with an H or A, so i am guessing an old Harmony Archtop.

[mmm4dmb]

is that chris walla? so young!

[musicmakesmehappy121]

Agreed, it sounds more relaxed in this version

[artcgirl91]

I like this version much better than the album version. The one on the album's still great, though.

[toothpastedinner]

would love it if both guitars were tabbed

[kimmiethehippie]

beautiful!

[CillaLuvzU]

Ivory lines lead oh ah ho....I love this song so much

[nino0057]

is this in 6/8 meter?

[sandrokman]

@nino0057 yes. he counts 1,2,3,4,5,6 at the beginning. if you tap your foot to what he counts it works

[annabanana2366]

i have loved this song for so long

[DuppyBruh]

this version sounds much more intamate than the album version

[teamjames1]

Its amazing how so many singers sound like crap live, but with or without being in a recording studio Ben still sounds amazing.

[Avenged72Fold]

@teamjames1 When I was going to see death cab for the first time i was worried their live sound wouldn't measure up to their amazing albums, proven wrong during song 1, Employment Pages

[sexipancake08]

beautiful.

[GrimmJ0ww]

there amazing live. LIKE SO AMAZING!

[CapumOfOuttaSpace]

they kick so much ass it hurts

[Lacrymosa121381]

@CapumOfOuttaSpace lol it's so true

:)

[jjp009]

I love how whether he's standing or sitting, rocking out or being mellow, Ben always has that side to side motion going on as he feels the music he's performing. These two guys are the Lennon and McCartney of their generation. Their talents are immense.

[animalsrocklol]

I really like this version :)

[radleg182]

I adore this song.

[iluvrrsnowflake]

I have always loved this video. So beautiful. Ben you look so cute:)

[iluvbabykitty]

Would you believe i've never seen this one before? I love it. I agree with iluvrrsnowflake. I know you must love the way he says thank you right as it all fades out:)

[AwkwardDeadAir]

OH YEAH!!!

[dreman123]

Ben Gibbard looked SO much better than he does now. He is amazing. Such a beautiful voice, almost all his songs make me feel a feeling i don't know.

[corewhore80]

wow, beautiful vocals

[Jambo1134]

aaahhh i love it. SO good. i like that Chris is playing the whole time. and Ben's voice is so good.

[PlanesOverseas]

what kind of guitar is chris using? i want that

[shakemeshakeme]

is Ben using a Takamine? I didn't think anyone used that guitar but me

[kraigus]

takamine ean10c

[mooseyfates]

I need a url for an mp3 o' this song. someone send me one. :)

[dancingwithfire]

if you haven't found it already send me a message. i've got the mp3.

[omarprestonbrooks]

Simply amazing

[sizers]

One of their best songs IMO. Really hard to say their best song cause all their songs are amazing. The lyrics in this song are amazing and Chris Walla is fuckin siiiiiick!!! DCFC!!!!!

[Anairis4]

this song is so beautiful when u hear it the first time. it makes you want to to cry!!!

Ivory lines lead

Oo wha-ho, oo wha-ho

that's my favorite part, this song is full of emotions and u should dance it with someone u love!!!!!!!!!

[hionsu]

This is the first time I've listened to this song, and that part that you mentioned is the part that made me tear up (:

[stfucaslene]

they sound amazing live.

[B757addict]

B-e-a-utiful! :)

[MusaDelRock]

...your heart is a river that flows from your chest through every organ, your brain is the dim and I am the fish who can't reach the core... <3

makes me cry

[nino0057]

I remember when I first heard Death Cab. My first reaction was I didn't like it. But for some reason I kept coming back and listening to it, over and over again. I didn't know why. But I know realize It wasn't that I didn't like, it was that I was listening to something different, and my ears just weren't ready for it. They combine beautiful lyrics with beautiful music, a hard combination to find these days. Their music grows on you.

[MrPlodder]

that has to be the best description of death cab I have ever heard.

[tjmr15]

its funny because i didn't like this band really either...and i kept listening to them until i liked them lol.

[dipasquale123]

@nino0057 yeah we know.

[GoogleKate]

@nino0057 i was like that with Sunny Day Real Estate :)

Death Cab are amazing.

[loofah76dbk]

Then the Eels, Trespassers William and Sparklehorse will surely grow on you too...Funny how some voice and strings can make your day beautiful:-)

[meganmidkiff]

@nino0057 That happened to me too! I first heard them when I was younger....and I didn't like them in the least. But now, I'm like addicted! Ugh...I want to see them live!

[bostonboy102]

@nino0057 moughe to there so amazing though

[bostonboy102]

@nino0057 me to there so amazing though

[humdiddlediddle]

@nino0057 gayest comment

[nino0057]

@humdiddlediddle I'm crushed, your approval met so much to me. I will now to proceed to make non-gay comments. In fact, I will refrain from commenting on anything that doesn't have something to do with skulls and daggers... really get those masculinity points in.

[Jambo1134]

@nino0057 Haha when i first heard Death Cab, it was A Lack of Color and I was like, eh. idk. it's good I guess. Now they're my favorite band.

[loofah76dbk]

@Jambo1134 I started with that song too,then found Soul meets body and this stuff...now I'm hooked:-)

[grandmaramirez]

This is a beautiful song. I love the band Ivoryline and I read that this song was the inspiration for their name so I checked it out. Glad I did

[ALICEtheMONSTER]

DEF. in my top 3 fave bands!<3

[ivonnenne]

I love his voice.. especially in the romantic songs. I agree a lot with WitnessMyMurder.

[bhbman90]

This is a good song to compare to pete hoovers. They are very much exactly alike. I've covered death cab before, but usually more of the piano melodies, seeing as though i'm not such a great guitarist yet. I'll post them sometime :/

[Naama13]

I feel the same as written in the last two comments... Death Cab's music comforts me, saddens me but most of all it embraces me when my heart is ill. I love these people for creating music which for me is a being, which can hold me and caress me and calm me down. I love Ben Gibbard for his words.

[DINGDONG645]

If I could give you a hug I would.

[MrPlodder]

Ill Second That

[aliceinwonderland45]

ben gibbard is actually my favorite person in the entire world.

[SamsTown68]

@aliceinwonderland45 hes a phenomenal composer. he composes a shit load of background music for movies. hes just really great at spewing out good songs like nobody's buisness

[WitnessMyMurder]

I think his words are so carefully chosen. This is as beautiful and simply as song writing gets and I have no thing but admiration for Ben. What a beautiful human being.

[BringingBackDisco]

breathtakingly beautiful.

[Metzblaze]

Just....beautiful.

[justine309kc]

tabs?

[anewamericanclassic]

If they made this in a studio it would be good.

[letsgochill]

yeh i think both versions of the song work. both sound great. such and amazing band:)

[Deathcabluver]

I like the original because of the noises. I mean, the guitar is nice, but where else do you hear those noises?

[sizers]

For sure I totally agree with you. I'm trying to go to the concert tomorrow night in SD but tickets are hard to find.

[sizers]

Chris Walla is fuckin sick!

[bloodclots99]

do they record on one track or do they record in different layers

[bloodclots99]

honestly i like this live recording better than the original... the original used too many instruments.

[RdF666]

yea I agree, I think this one is way better than the recording!

[sizers]

Tough to say I like both.

[bloodclots99]

well ya i can understand that everyone has there own opinion

[bloodclots99]

but which version do you think is better, like them both equally?

[sizers]

Yeah I guess I like them both equally. This is one of my favorite DCFC songs.

[MelaDeBou]

one of my favorite songs by them...

[MollyMacGuff]

His voice is flawlessly unique and the lyrics are so beautiful, as usual.

[Garytheuckingbunny]

I like his facial expressions.

[Avesetsuna]

Way better than the album version. This version of the song is just so much lighter, and easier to listen to and follow. <3

[courtneyxcore14]

im pretty sure i like this better then the original recorded version.

and i like ben gibbard like this then the way he looks now.

[spiffmcspiff]

If anyone knows where I can download a version like this please message me

[Naama13]

Oh, I love this song. And I love this band - the music, the *lyrics*... Ben Gibbard is amazing. Beautiful version.

[prisons01]

his voice is amazing. even live it sounds like it could be put on a cd..

[rockpapersuzi]

I've had this song stuck in my head all day. Probably one of my favorites.

[ClaudiaElla44]

i love this song, but i have to say i like the album version better than the auscustic only because i like the swing in the backround. ahahaha

[RoronoaZor0]

Oh, I believe you. That guitar in the background is just... Ahh. Distracting.

[MTJFilms]

i miss chubby ben gibbard...

[kittenkraze13]

Man, I don't care if he grew an afro and started dressing like a crazy old homeless man. I just love his music.

[nino0057]

Chris looks like Johnny Depp in this video from some angles lol

[Idioteq37]

dear ZOMG i do think they changed a bit but i dont think you can blame it all on "fame" and such. You said your self that it was LONG time ago, so they could havechanged on there own, the same way a mainstream band that started mainstream ..could also change.

[naytayshay8]

i certainly agree. They are most definately not sell outs

[ZomgWowzersBlastoise]

i don't really like the new album. i've been a death cab fan ever since i was in 5th grade. im a sophmore in highschool now and i've seen a significant change in death cab. more for the worse rather than the better. they used to be so chill and laid back. with lyrics that took my breath away. but now with all this so-called "fame", the venues have gotten bigger, the money is rolling in, and its just not the same death cab i used to love so much..

[RANDYisRadical]

nahh, narrow stairs definitely is different. Especially the lyrics, they are a lot more straight forward than previous albums which were more poetic. It's a good album nonetheless, just different.

[CaptStubbee]

Beautiful song, I especially like Ben's Larry King mugshot shirt lmao

[Zinkboy123]

that's just odd, cause to me this is the best song they ever made. I must have played it 15 times back to back, this song had such a powerful effect on me.

[PrincessLizRules]

same here. i love this song.

[spikelineus]

Sublime.

[zexyl]

Lightness was one of my least favorite songs on Transatlanticism, but this version is really amazing.

[breakingcharacter]

whyyyyyy (:

this song is amazing.

I was the same way at first, cause the quite and slow beginning but after awhile it grows on you hah

[hannahdosttt]

i actually didn't like it either at first but then i listened to it like 50 times. now it's one of my favorites.

[MissMae98]

god, i love ben gibbard

[Sydneysun22]

i love chris walla, too :)

[Rorylovesberries]

I've never really been interested in death cab's songs, but this version live sounds really beautiful..

[rccar]

some mtv thing i believe

[kraigus]

hey does anyone know what this is from?

[monicaiffer]

que musica espectacular...

[Soniclife91]

walla is a genius

[courtneyxcore14]

ohhh god.

these men are the most talented people ive ever encountered.

[DonSalieriii]

love it !

[vines2234]

seeing them next month.

[howtofixeverything]

This song done this way is so calming. Well it is in general, but especially just like this.

[emomufin69]

<3

<3

<3

[spiffmcspiff]

ben gibbard > almost every other singer

[nau05187]

our instincts are misleading,

you shouldn't think what your feeling.

Probably some of the best lyrics ever. Shame the song is not quite as epic. Still a belter never the less!!!

[emomufin69]

<3 xoxoxo

[MilliePu]

awe-inspiring

[LOSTkiddy]

Chris Walla is amazing as well. I think people often look him over, but he's really really fantastic.

[Cr1msonAndRed]

Haha the whole band is amazing.

The drummer, needless to say, is astounding.

The bassist is always playing something original and interesting,

Chris Walla... Well look what he's playing right there. :P

Ben Gibbard.. yeah. Needs no explanation.

[Boxcarracer190]

i love ben's woody allen shirt lol

[xsoopastarx]

awh.amazing.

[thecaijen]

i didn't think this song could get any better, but it did.

[fenderkid]

agreed.

this song is much better acoustic.

[happythursday]

Can anyone get an mp3 of this up and DLable?

[muckingaces]

so much better acoustic

[EmotionalRecordings]

What is this Crosby, Stills and Ass?

[Arteist2020]

this band is absolutely amazing...

[Orphronius7]

Woody Allen.

[chappelltheemoazn]

ben gibbard=super genius

[MrsPink99]

Yeah, I think everyone basically likes this version better.

[taytay71092]

i think that this version is WAY better than the recorded one

[Millcameron]

This song is awesome! It sounds great just acoustic guitars......awesome!

[eudincluj]

uohoo uohoo :) its a great song :) "and he goes like this" :))

[karrola20]

I LOVE THIS SONG!!! Especially an acoustic version! It's so touching!

[BTVSismysavior]

i want to get this version on my zune....but i can only get the real version. i still like the other version though...

[odisspunkmeyer13]

lol why is everyone so excited about Ben singing for postal service? like they just figured this out, i really want an .mp3 of this though.

[xXMonnyXx]

I love this song.

The live version is so much better than the Album version. Does anyone know if there´s a mp3 file of this live version?

[CnedlKnedl]

Beatiful (L)

[xmiloallx]

Happy valentines day and fuck you. :)

[xmiloallx]

Youngin? Try me.

[xmiloallx]

what are you talking about?

[spicychicken92]

do you know what type of guitar that chris is using? and mybe even bens?

[washburn085]

Ben's looks like a Takamine. Chris's guitar, I have no idea, looks like it starts with an A, but never seen an Alvarez like that. I really want to know too, it sounds great.

[StrawberryCupcake666]

yay :] i like this version better than the transatlanticism one....(i heard this one first, so that's probably why.) the first version has a totally different feel!

[fabulax]

how could you NOT love this song!? <3333

[wafflecopter08]

hes got a good voice but its nothing compared to the postal service...

he is the postal service