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
Death Cab for Cutie
Death Cab for Cutie
Death Cab for Cutie
Death Cab for Cutie
“What Sarah Said” is a meditation on death, using the imagery and narrative of a loved one on his/her hospital death bed as a vehicle. The driving piano and nervous pacing builds a sense of anxiety and reverence, while Ben’s lyrics drive home the song’s central thesis – “that love is watching someon...
[Verse 1]
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 I'd already taken too much today
As each descending peak on the LCD
Took you a little farther away from me
Away from me
[Verse 2]
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
[Bridge]
'Cause there's no comfort in the waiting room
Just nervous paces bracing for bad news
And then the nurse comes 'round and everyone lifts their head
But I'm thinking of what Sarah said
That love is watching someone die
[Chorus]
So who's gonna watch you die?
So who's gonna watch you die?
So who's gonna watch you die?
[Instrumental Outro]
What Sarah Said was written by Nick Harmer & Benjamin Gibbard.
What Sarah Said was produced by Chris Walla.
Death Cab for Cutie released What Sarah Said on Tue Aug 30 2005.