Death Cab for Cutie
Death Cab for Cutie
Death Cab for Cutie
Death Cab for Cutie
Death Cab for Cutie
Death Cab for Cutie
Death Cab for Cutie
Death Cab for Cutie
Death Cab for Cutie
Death Cab for Cutie
Death Cab for Cutie
There is a paradoxically pensive, deep contemplation to the lyrics of “Lightness,” which focuses on the polar opposite of the song title’s literal definition. Although the lyrical meaning which permeates this track is indeed depressingly heavy, the music on its own envelops the listener in a mood th...
[Verse 1]
There's a tear in the fabric
Of your favorite dress
And I'm sneaking glances
Looking for the patterns in static
They start to make sense
The longer I'm at it
[Chorus]
Ivory lines lead, ooh-wha-ho
Ooh-wha-ho
[Verse 2]
Your heart is a river
That flows from your chest
Through every organ
Your brain is the dam
And I am the fish
Who can't reach the core
[Chorus]
Ivory lines lead, ooh-wha-ho
Ooh-wha-ho
[Refrain]
Oh, instincts are misleading
You shouldn't think what you're feeling
They don't tell you what you know you should want
[Chorus]
(Ivory lines lead, ooh-wha-ho)
(Ooh-wha-ho)
Ivory lines lead, ooh-wha-ho
Ooh-wha-ho
[Refrain]
Oh, instincts are misleading
You shouldn't think what you're feeling
They don't tell you what you know you should want
[Outro]
Ivory lines lead, ooh-wha-ho
Ivory lines lead, ooh-wha-ho
Lightness was written by Benjamin Gibbard.
Lightness was produced by Chris Walla.
Death Cab for Cutie released Lightness on Tue Oct 07 2003.