new video from Death Cab for Cutie for their single I Will Possess Your Heart off the new album Narrow Stairs.
I bought the new album a few weeks ago and have listened to it quite a bit. To me it’s not as strong as Transatlanticism or even Plans, but it’s a solid progression none-the-less. This song is track #2 on the album and one of the more upbeat songs in my opinion. If you love the sound on their previous records it will take a few times listening all the way through to really appreciate what they’re doing here.
I’m sure there are many different viewpoints to the lyrics of this song and I’m not sure what Ben Gibbard meant when writing them. But one thing is certain to me, this song is sung from The Fathers heart. Just read the lyrics:
How I wish you could see the potential, the potential of you and me
It’s like a book elegantly bound, but in a language that you can’t read – just yet
You gotta spend some time–love, you gotta spend some time with me
And I know that you’ll find–love, I will possess your heartThere are days when outside your window, I see my reflection as I slowly pass
And I long for this mirrored perspective, when we’ll be lovers, lovers at last
You gotta spend some time–love, you gotta spend some time with me
And I know that you’ll find–love, I will possess your heartI will possess your heart
You reject my advances and desperate pleas
I won’t let you, let me down so easily, so easilyYou gotta spend some time–love, you gotta spend some time with me
And I know that you’ll find–love, I will possess your heartI will possess your heart