Death Cab For Cutie - What Sarah Said

watch?v=WvyGCYXvdNA&feature=plcp

Lyrics:

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 Ive 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
And I looked around at all the eyes on the ground
As the TV entertained itself

Cause theres no comfort in the waiting room
Just nervous pacers bracing for bad news
And then the nurse comes round and everyone lift their heads
But Im thinking of what Sarah said
That love is watching someone die

So whos gonna watch you die? So whos gonna watch you die

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[id300129]

i miss my father

[Dylan Forston]

I have been a DCFC fan since I saw them in oxford England 2002. But in my life this song has been my theme song to WAY TOO many losses. But the last I realized I couldn't do with out this song. So R.I.P. Starla Rayne my beautiful daughter.

[YoungHenry101]

This is the song I will be playing when my parents pass away.

Love this beautiful sad song, but not not looking forward to that day :/

[Jamie Schull]

This is such a depressing song. I'm going to cry. :'(

[G Miller]

From 3:24 on, even the instruments paint a picture:

Bass Drum: Heart beat

Snare: IV fluids and medicine

Strummed guitar chords: Breathes and respirations

Ride Cymbal: Brain Activity

The other guitar: The will to live

Piano and Synth: EKG/ECG monitor

With that in mind, listening to the end is so powerful... All the instruments fade, to the cymbal quietly leaving, and then only the piano and synth fading out on a chord, like an ECG on flatline/asystole... It's so striking.

[wintergir1]

that person that loves you

[SN2903]

"I would rather lose

Than to have never lain beside at all"....

[NayNayRevolution]

Holy hell even the piano at the very beginning has me in tears TT__TT

[desu38]

Right in the feels.

[lord corwin]

what samiel said

[Jessica Ann Jensen]

This is why art exists.