The Saddest Song

danieleric:

mattgorman:

Death Cab For Cutie I Will Follow You Into the Dark

Another submission to thesaddestsong

I’ve always thought this song was beautiful but not necessarily sad. I mean, the idea of loving someone so much that you’re willing to forgo the afterlife to be with them in “the dark” is touching and should be happy, right? Watching this video completely changed that opinion. 2:18 always gets me.

I always thought this song was unnecessarily emo and sad, but not that touching. I think this is due to the fact that I took the song to mean “if you die, I will die cause I’d be sad” and not “I’ll forgo the afterlife to be with you in the dark”, which is a little bit more touching.

Obvioulsy, the video doesn’t help my view.

Using bunnies is very Where the Red Fern Grows of them, I think. It wouldn’t seem nearly as sad if they were people, because animals are incapable of purposefully doing bad things, so their actions are always more noble and pure. However, this is a sad song.

Love of mine some day you will die
But I’ll be close behind
I’ll follow you into the dark

No blinding light or tunnels to gates of white
Just our hands clasped so tight
Waiting for the hint of a spark
If Heaven and Hell decide
That they both are satisfied
Illuminate the NOs on their vacancy signs

If there’s no one beside you
When your soul embarks
Then I’ll follow you into the dark

In Catholic school as vicious as Roman rule
I got my knuckles bruised by a lady in black
And I held my tongue as she told me
“Son fear is the heart of love”
So I never went back

If Heaven and Hell decide
That they both are satisfied
Illuminate the NOs on their vacancy signs

If there’s no one beside you
When your soul embarks
Then I’ll follow you into the dark

You and me have seen everything to see
From Bangkok to Calgary
And the soles of your shoes are all worn down
The time for sleep is now
It’s nothing to cry about
‘cause we’ll hold each other soon
In the blackest of rooms

If Heaven and Hell decide
That they both are satisfied
Illuminate the No’s on their vacancy signs

If there’s no one beside you
When your soul embarks
Then I’ll follow you into the dark
Then I’ll follow you into the dark