Cambridge
Motion City Soundtrack Lyrics

from the mainstream alternative band Motion City Soundtrack's "Cambridge" is a song packed with metaphorical references about pain, loss, and self-discovery. The song starts with the line "Contact was questioned from the boulevard," which can be interpreted as the singer being detached from society and its expectations. The line "head colds in frozen weeks of summer holds" suggests a sense of isolation and being emotionally frozen. The lyrics convey the feeling of waiting on the phone for someone to talk to, but no one is there. The singer's life is bland, as indicated by the monochromatic idea of gray card scales.

The song shifts towards the singer's journey to recovery from a head injury, suggesting perhaps a traumatic experience. The lyrics "with visitations from the underwhelmed," talk about how people, including loved ones and friends, come to check on him under overwhelming circumstances, but he remains disinterested. He cannot recollect the reason for being away for so long, implying a sense of loss of purpose. However, the singer gets solace in the person he loves, who is the reason he still believes. The song's closing lines, "Cover your eyes in the pouring rain, cover your eyes everyone is all the same, far away" highlight that people try to escape their pain, but everyone faces the same struggle, and eventually, no one is alone in it.