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
[Verse 1: Benjamin Gibbard]
I remember your silhouette on Dyes Inlet
Against the silver sheen of a moon like painted glass
Under stars out on a pier; a celestial sphere
We were weightless as the waves that disappeared
[Chorus: Benjamin Gibbard]
Northern lights filled our skies
Empty nights synchronized
[Verse 2: Benjamin Gibbard with Lauren Mayberry]
We shared a clove cigarette on the parapet
As the TVs glowed from the windows of the model homes
And I'd never be that close again to your lips and perfect skin
As the tide receded into the unknown
[Chorus: Benjamin Gibbard & Lauren Mayberry]
Northern lights filled our skies
Empty nights synchronized
Northern lights filled our skies
Empty nights synchronized
[Post-Chorus: Benjamin Gibbard]
I remember your silhouette on Dyes Inlet
[Interlude]
[Chorus: Benjamin Gibbard & Lauren Mayberry]
Northern lights filled our skies
Empty nights synchronized
Northern lights filled our skies
Empty nights synchronized
Northern Lights was written by Benjamin Gibbard.
Northern Lights was produced by Rich Costey.
Death Cab for Cutie released Northern Lights on Fri Aug 17 2018.
According to Dave Depper:
That track was a funny one. It was one of the first ones Ben wrote for the record. It seemed like such a classic Death Cab song, and we just had to record it, and that would be it. It ended up being such a motherfucker of a song. We recorded it five different times. Someti...