“That section of the song, the ending of the song, to me is sort of like the clincher. If you didn't like the song at first, you should like it by that time.” »read more
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Frontman Ben Gibbard discussed this track with VH1 News: "I wanted to create this character that's going through the motions, not really sure of why they're necessarily doing it because it's just the thing that they have to do at this point and it's expected that they're going to be doing this. It's not necessarily a story about any particular person in my life; it's as much an amalgam of a lot of different elements of how we move forward with our lives and what's expected of us and how we transition into those places."
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Even the video to this one shows a girl in an alter waiting for the groom..
- Ian, Ragama, Sri Lanka (Ceylon)
this is my favorite song on narrow stairs. ben's lyrics on this one really hit home especially the line, "and your heart what dying fast and you didn't know what to do" brilliant. this is a truly amazing song.
- alex, pompton plains, NJ
When I heard this song it made me think of a woman who hurried thru her love life because she thought if she got much older it would be to late. Especially with the lyrics:
"Cath, it seems that you live in someone else's dream
In a hand-me-down wedding dress
Where the things that could have been all repressed
But you said your vows, and you closed the door
On so many men who would have loved you more"
- Loren, Duluth, MN