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
As written for The Independent:
“You Moved Away” was written for the great Seattle eccentric Derek Erdman, who returned to his native Chicago last September after many years as a loveably anarchic presence on his adopted city’s arts scene. The move was described as a “local tragedy” by Seattle’s al...
[Verse 1]
You sold your records by the pile
For they were only yours for a while
You placed your furniture in the yard
And it was gone within the hour
[Chorus 1]
When you moved away
All your friends came over and you told them what to take
When you moved away
Everyone thought it was a mistake
[Verse 2]
You mopped the floors and filled the cracks
To get your security deposit back
You closed your account at the bank
You checked your tires and filled the tank
[Chorus 2]
When you moved away
All of your friends got drunk and one by one begged you to stay
When you moved away
They all felt irrationally betrayed
[Chorus 3]
Since you moved away
I walk past your vacant apartment almost every day
When you moved away
You left this town with such an empty space
You Moved Away was written by Benjamin Gibbard.
You Moved Away was produced by Rich Costey.
Death Cab for Cutie released You Moved Away on Fri Aug 17 2018.