Songfacts®:

• This song by the Electronic music artist Dntel (Jimmy Tamborello), features the vocals of Death Cab For Cutie frontman Ben Gibbard. The song was so well-received when it was released in 2001 that the pair decided further collaboration was in order, so they got to work on full-length album, Give Up, which they released as The Postal Service in 2003. They pieced the album together by sending bits and bobs of songs back and forth on CDs, which is why they chose that band name. The album was a sleeper hit, oft-circulated on the internet in the days of file sharing. Songs like "Such Great Heights" and "We Will Become Silhouettes" remain very popular, but The Postal Service never released another album.
• Evan and Chan aren't mentioned in the lyrics, but they refer to Evan Dando of Lemonheads and Chan Marshall, who performs as Cat Power. Ben Gibbard told the story to The Guardian: "This is about a weird dream I had when I was 24 involving Evan Dando and Chan Marshall. It was completely G-rated, not one of those inappropriate dreams, but it was bizarre - you know, in the same way you dream that you're in your house but it's not your house, your friend is there but he's a merman."