The song’s lyrics evoke a sense of nostalgia, reflection, and the passage of time. The song appears to be addressing a person named Angela and the emotions associated with their interactions.
Angela holds a grudge over nothing
Angela, what’s the difference?
Today’s a day like any other
Still the flag snaps in the wind
Still your name rings true
You took the high road
I couldn’t find you up there
You kept your jaw wired closed
I never noticed before
I used to see the signs
Now I dream of the time
I was holding on to you
For a lack of anything to do
Still the white caps roll away
Still your name rings true
Mine is yours, yours is yours
Life goes on, life goes on all around you
Let’s go home happy again
Just take your head from your hands
Take up the cause just once more
I never noticed before
I used to see the signs
Now I dream of the time
I was holding on to you
For a lack of anything to do
Back to school
Back to work
Can this go on forever?
Angela, what’s the difference?
Life goes on all around you
Angela Surf City was written by The Walkmen.
Angela Surf City was produced by John Congleton & The Walkmen.
The Walkmen released Angela Surf City on Tue Sep 14 2010.
In an interview with The Washington Post’s Express, frontman Hamilton Leithauser said:
That’s the same thing [as “Juvenilles.“] I think that’s actually why they ended up next to each other on the record. It was dead in the water; it had probably three or four versions of it from New York where it j...