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Such Great Heights
The Postal Service Lyrics

I am thinking it's a sign
That the freckles in our eyes
Are mirror images
And when we kiss they're perfectly aligned

And I have to speculate
That God Himself did make
Us into corresponding shapes
Like puzzle pieces from the clay

And true it may seem like a stretch
But it's thoughts like this that catch
My troubled head when you're away
And when I am missing you to death

And when you are out there on the road
For several weeks of shows
And when you scan the radio
I hope this song will guide you home

They will see us waving from such great heights
Come down now, they'll say
But everything looks perfect from far away
Come down now but we'll stay

I tried my best to leave
This all on your machine
But the persistent beat
It sounded thin upon the sending

And that frankly will not fly
You'll hear the shrillest highs
And lowest lows with the windows down
And this is guiding you home

They will see us waving from such great heights
Come down now they'll say
But everything looks perfect from far away
Come down now but we'll stay

They will see us waving from such great heights
Come down now they'll say
But everything looks perfect from far away
Come down now but we'll stay

(They will see us waving from such great heights)
(Come down now)
They will see us waving from such great heights
(Come down now)

Lyrics © Kobalt Music Publishing Ltd.
Written by: Ben Gibbard, Jimmy Tamborello

Lyrics Licensed & Provided by LyricFind

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Such Great Heights is a single released on January 21, 2003 by The Postal Service, under the Sub Pop Records label. The single includes a previously unreleased track "There's Never Enough Time" and two cover tracks by The Shins and Iron & Wine of "We Will Become Silhouettes" and "Such Great Heights", respectively.

The tracks were recorded in early 2002, and were written by Ben Gibbard and Jimmy Tamborello, and included backing vocals in the studio recording by Jen Wood Read Full BioSuch Great Heights is a single released on January 21, 2003 by The Postal Service, under the Sub Pop Records label. The single includes a previously unreleased track "There's Never Enough Time" and two cover tracks by The Shins and Iron & Wine of "We Will Become Silhouettes" and "Such Great Heights", respectively.

The tracks were recorded in early 2002, and were written by Ben Gibbard and Jimmy Tamborello, and included backing vocals in the studio recording by Jen Wood, whose other collaborations include work for The Black Heart Procession and Joan of Arc. It was the first CD released by The Postal Service, and a preview of Give Up, which was released a month later. The cover artwork was designed by Kozyndan.

The title song "Such Great Heights" has exhibited unusual staying power. It has consistently been one of the weekly top 5 most frequently played tracks on social music site Last.fm since the website began, holding the top spot for the majority of 2005. The song's reign in the top 10 ended in March 2007, when after the release of the Arcade Fire album, Neon Bible, the song did not make it as the top 10 was predominantly songs from Neon Bible. The song was featured on a 2004 episode of Veronica Mars. It has also been used in several television commercials, for organizations such as Ask.com, Kaiser Permanente, Target, UPS and M&M's. The song was also featured in the trailer for the 2004 film Garden State and the Iron & Wine cover version was featured in the film and its soundtrack. An instrumental version of the song is currently featured as part of UPS's "Whiteboard" ad campaign, which was launched 6 January 2007, almost four years after the song was officially released. The song was used in Grey's Anatomy, and appears on its season one soundtrack, Grey's Anatomy Original Soundtrack Volume 1.

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01The District Sleeps Alone Tonight4:38

02Such Great Heights4:26

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07We Will Become Silhouettes4:59

08This Place Is a Prison4:02

09Brand New Colony4:13

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Most interesting comment from YouTube:

consuelo salas

2y↑150

LYRICS HERE!

I am thinking it's a sign
That the freckles in our eyes
Are mirror images
And when we kiss they're perfectly aligned

And I have to speculate
That God Himself did make
Us into corresponding shapes
Like puzzle pieces from the clay

And true it may seem like a stretch
But it's thoughts like this that catch
My troubled head when you're away
And when I am missing you to death

And when you are out there on the road
For several weeks of shows
And when you scan the radio
I hope this song will guide you home

They will see us waving from such great heights
Come down now, they'll say
But everything looks perfect from far away
Come down now but we'll stay

I tried my best to leave
This all on your machine
But the persistent beat
It sounded thin upon the sending

And that frankly will not fly
You'll hear the shrillest highs
And lowest lows with the windows down
And this is guiding you home

They will see us waving from such great heights
Come down now they'll say
But everything looks perfect from far away
Come down now but we'll stay

They will see us waving from such great heights
Come down now they'll say
But everything looks perfect from far away
Come down now but we'll stay

They will see us waving from such great heights
(Come down now)

All comments from YouTube:

Azure Trio

2y↑3.3K

When my mom and I were really struggling, and we had no furniture in our place except a folding table, two chairs, and a couple of blow-up mattresses, my mom would plug some speakers into her laptop and blast this in the morning for us to dance to before I left for school. There was 6 month span in 8th grade when it was just us, and my dad was still in Costa Rica, trying to sell our house. But my mom's "morning mixes" kept every hard day starting good..... I love this song.

Thatch

Watching my single mother struggle and struggling with her growing up has taught me so much about being a man and being a partner. Much love to you, seems like your moms morning mixes are still brightening your day !

PROFANE UNICORN

SHIITE HAPNDS!
i am the i in je suis!
come back to the light!

MadHat

That's a beautiful story. Another reason to love this amazing song.

Scott Richards

Thank you

Tipperary

What a vibrant memory. It's the hard times that form our character. So glad you had a great mom.

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inphanta

3y↑1.6K

One of my favourite things about YouTube is reading the comments sections of song videos and seeing other people’s memories associated with the song in question. The memories are as vast as the people who share them but speaks to the ways we can all connect with one another as people. 😊

Mrbrain nyc

Music ironically unites us by instigating highly personal reactions.

SurfHikeLove

19w

Such a profound comment, yet true on so many levels =)

Jason Coker

30w

💜 Yes

Cirino Lobalbo

33w↑1

Yo same

Liam D

37w↑1

when i listen to it gives me a sense of calibration, and i know I've put in on while working and focusing on work or a process, it's also connected for me to two sisters no longer with us after a rainy night on the road full of emotions, so there's a space there for them when i listen, it was loved by both and the yr12 presentation piece for one. i also really like how where and what takes place in the video follows the finishing touches on producing the close to flawless surfaces of the platters that are responsible for the storage of information in your computer is you're using a hard disk, it's like a magnetic record of sorts called translation and the similarities this process has with how our own bodies repair and replicate our own building blocks via protein molecules & mRNA that act like purpose built machines doing the transcribing of our story held in each others DNA,
"I tried my best to leave
This all on your machine
But the persistent beat
It sounded thin upon the sending"
though there are also thoughts contained in that passage that escape my grasp, it also reminds me of the mythology given to stories of immortal beings that were called gods, angels or nephilim by numerous cultures thousands of years ago sometimes said to be paired off to find each other again and again each time around. the songs loved for a reason right.. @inphanta i think you would also enjoy https://youtu.be/hsw8FD9K02s

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Ray

1y↑526

I cant believe this song is almost 20 years old, it still feels new.

Ray

@TheTexanLadd Time flies when your not looking.

TheTexanLadd

6w↑2

It's now 20 years old today.

Gerimaya Whyte

18w↑1

@John indigo I think there's fine line between just enough and too much with this sort of genre. Ultimately the lyrics are what matters and if it's overproduced then the lyrics will usually suffer. Half Alive is a current band that I like who I think has a good sense of that balance.

John indigo

19w

@Gerimaya Whyte I think it also sounds "recent" becuase a lot of modern music has blended these electronic drums and synths with singer songwriter style singing, and approaches to instruments and production.
There's a lot of music that sounds like this but you're right a band that can take the sound and run with it is rare.

dropdeadalina

24w↑1

Came here to leave a comment about this song but yours perfectly sums it up

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John

30w↑171

This brings me back to driving the family on vacation with my little girls singing along in the back seat. I never realized how lucky I was and how fleeting those great moments really were. They are both married adults with lives and family’s of their own now. I’d crawl through broken glass to just look in the rear view and see their little heads bouncing to this song again.

Jorge Figueroa

12w

Awww i have a kid now too and this hits home

Just Be

15w↑2

It’s bittersweet, soon they will be doing the same, the cycle of life continues

Python Programmer

16w

That's a beautiful thing to say. All the best to you all m8.

Got Pwned

21w↑1

@Faded Ace biggest hurt I've encountered hands down

Faded Ace

21w↑1

😢 bro..

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Mindful Music

1y↑375

This song used to air on Fuse TV, I have many fond memories of it. This album was ahead of its time and still is. True indie classic.

Delphinus Orcastra

20w↑2

True 🐬

SpeedDemon88X

27w↑2

Believe it was used on their Rock countdown commercials

laketrash

1y↑6

God bless Fuse TV.

Ben Franklin

first time I ever heard it was on a aggressive inline demo DVD back in 2005

Eric Foster

33w↑59

The melody to this song, especially the chorus feel like they’ve always existed somewhere in the universe. It feels like the perfect tune.

ohnomatteo

8w↑1

Hey, don't write yourself off yet
It's only in your head, you feel left out
Or looked down on
Just try your best
Try everything you can
(Sound familiar 😄)

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Adan Patlan

3y↑1K

My older brother would play this song in the car while he drove me to middle school always. Good vibes.

Charles Williams

35w

Same

Phil

I used to play this album every day when I drove my you get brother to middle school 15 years ago 😀

Adan Patlan

@jnerdsblog hehe; I also sometimes wonder if my older brother has come across this.

jnerdsblog

2y↑1

Had to double-check to make sure I hadn't stumbled across my little brother's account.

Billy E

2y↑1

Same with my older brother. So crazy

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Pigeon Man

10w↑15

One of my most fond memories of high school. I was a theater kid, and we used this song in Romeo + Juliet. When Romeo and Juliet meet for the first time, the ball room of people dancing just froze and this opening played. We nailed that scene. So much fun. Crazy to think we've been out of school longer than we were in, feels like yesterday.

AzureWolf

3y↑1.2K

HOLY SHIIIIT, I'VE BEEN LOOKING FOR THIS SONG FOR 17 YEARS.

X X

It’s 1 of those songs everyone knows but no one does

sandymakesplans

that's low-key heartbreaking

Joaquin toro maturana

me too

joe g

@Samantha Bryant music is weird as you get older. You hear all of these songs that you remember when they first came out and they dont seem that old to you but in reality they're 20+ years old. I just turned 40 myself😬

Marty McKay

All you had to do was ask

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jambazeus

5w↑8

Randomly saw an article on Google today noting how The Postal Service only dropped one album ever, and I was like “wait why does that name sound familiar??” Man this song reminds me on my night drives in my friend’s car when we were in high school with the sense of untouchability and profound wonder that the world had left to offer. Beautiful how music can take you to specific times in your lives.

Shiki

32w↑18

this was "our song" for my LDR boyfriend and myself 15 years ago. we met on an mmo called flyff. 15 years later, we now live together in his home state and this is going to be our WEDDING song.

dufus_booger

2y↑103

I remember hearing this song once, I was four going home on the freeway looking out the car window and seeing the buildings and empty fields. sun almost setting and mild traffic. this memory stuck with me, mainly because it was the first and last time I've heard it, until now

sandymakesplans

that feels like a scene from a movie

khushål s bhakar

6y↑470

You know an albums something special when you've been listening to it regularly for 13 years

Truth Seeker

Yup, 15 year old me was into some good music

Robbie Hepburn Carr

Since I was a little little kid that's the coolest thing ever

Rachel Baldes

Exactly. Truth.

Duonez Maro

5y↑3

totally agree

Screaming z1

5y↑1

yessir

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ForgottenMMA

20w↑42

This band really captures lightning in a bottle. Only few bands can count themselves lucky to create a masterpiece as their signature

Delphinus Orcastra

20w

Yes and with true lyricism 🐬

ToTheSky87

26w↑46

This song turns 20 years old in less than 3 months...

Where has the time gone😑

david pittet

The time has flown by way too fast

DJ 91

4w↑1

Bro idk.. turning 35 at the end of the month. 😓

Eldar Spahic

12w↑1

Well, I think it's time to sing happy birthday :D

Shannon McCarthy

2y↑130

This song injects itself into my life in the most sychronistic rythym. I'd call it eerie if I didn't know what it was.

Homura Akemi

Binaural

Ellie

1y↑4

“Perfectly aligned”

Eddie Vasquez

21w↑21

This song is so ambient & ethereal. Surreal existential listening experience. Nostalgic & profound.

SoR

Like lil peep On his song White Tee

Jroc 8403

45w↑67

I remember being 19 having a crush on my college professor. She was 27, nothing happened between us, but I did enjoy talking about music with her.

She introduced this song to me. I don't take many photos but I do associate music with my memories. Everytime I hear this song I'm reminded of being in my late teens and in my first year of college.

KIller Charm

12w

@17Jroach Sweet

17Jroach

13w

Dude I can relate so much to relating songs to memories, i tend to add peoples favorites songs as a way to remember them on my playlist

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Wilson Allender

4y↑2.1K

Also I dated a girl who lent me the vinyl, giving it back was sadder than our relationship ending.

rainbow_pony_da_best

48w

understandable

Jim Mea

52w

That’s a computer chip

Heather S

😂

Gabriel Marin

I understand you🤩 you a rockstar

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BenJ

3y↑72

The instruments used for this song is awesome. Especially, the beginning and I'm sure a lot of you can relate when a song can take you back to a memory because of a certain sound that's being played. Kind of like Déjà vu, It brings back a lot of memories. And a lot of those memories feels like they're so colorful and peaceful. It's almost as if you cannot recreate them again. Nonetheless, everyone has the opportunity to create all kinds of happiness. It may not be everyday, and that's okay. It's how you perceive it. Sometimes we get caught up in our lives that when we look back we forget to be thankful of what we had.

Nina Pugliese

Facts, same here. Rip peep

plutomort

1y↑1

@Nick B-E ok im not the only one who connected the two songs

Nick B-E

1y↑4

first time i heard this was as a sample in white tee (peep & tracy), ur right the instruments did hit in exactly that way

M E

38w↑48

It's 2022.. Almost 19 years.. I go years sometimes without listening to some bands and when I stumble across them again, it's like a happy reunion filled with smiles and hugs... and I suddenly remember all the lyrics again...

AyyoShyGurlTv

2y↑47

This song meant everything to me in 2014, there are just certain indie songs that helped me drag my ass to school and this song helped me deal with depression. This hit harder than I ever thought it would. I just time traveled for a glimpse, into my adolescent youthood. Troubling years, felt so alone with the exception of this song.

Funwithgizmo

26w↑29

Tell Me Lies! Thank you for introducing this song and band to the younger generation.
The Postal Service and Death Cab for Cutie are timeless. Enjoy!

Dazed Coelho

25w↑1

literally listened to soul meets body before this

TheDuke0fNY

30w↑15

The video for this song so perfectly matches the aesthetic of this song. There is something so clean and satisfying about the making of silicon processors, and it goes extremely well with this song!

InTheMays

5y↑644

My buddy and I listened this in my dad’s
“Mancave” converted garage-office in 6th grade in 2008. Playing halo 3 and having the time of our lives. He died January 9th this year and this is one of the only things I have to take me back. I miss him so much.

tapphy

Im so sorry, it must feel so bittersweet to have such a nice memory knowing that he is no longer here. I see this was 3 years ago, and i hope you are doing well even though the world has continued to change for the worse

Akindal89

2y↑1

Sounds like an absolute legend of a dad. Condolences brother, I hope you're doing well.

Azure Trio

2y↑1

Sending love through the universe your way

Sue DeSimone

3y↑1

I’m so sorry... I know how some sings bring you right back to a person you’ve lost. Just keep him in your heart. He’s still right there with you, you know!

justasmalltowngirl

3y↑1

From another member of the Dad's who passed too soon club... It gets easier... But it also fucking sucks....... But, the music that brings me back to memories of him never goes away. In 15 years you'll hear a song and it will still make you stop and think and smile

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Louis Michael

3y↑54

Can we admit this is one of the best music videos ever

𝗔𝘆𝘂𝘀𝗵𝗺𝗮𝗻 🇮🇳

9w↑2

@Delphinus Orcastra 🐬

Delphinus Orcastra

20w↑2

Yes 🐬

Just Tester_99

51w↑31

Just heard it tonight, after a long time, on some alternative radio station and decided to search for it here. Shows you the power that radio still has to influence.

Devyansh Shukla

40w

Very true :)

gwarriorfromhell

2y↑43

This song just pops into my brain every once in a while, and man I am glad I never forgot about this beautiful song.

hashylarry

47w↑14

Introduced to this song by a girl who I had unrequited love for, back in Freshman year of high school, 2004. Three years later, she told me she liked me, only to change her mind the next day. Nevertheless I am so grateful for her introducing me to the Postal Service. They've been a constant source of comfort ever since.

Scroty McBoogerballs

38w↑2

Relatable...

Korosuke

2y↑4

This song never left my playlist. It just doesn't get old!

David Perdue

6y↑25

I'm old enough to remember when The Postal Service released this album in '03. I remember it being really impressive. Postal Service got a lot of shit at the time, but they really anticipated what indie pop in the late-00s and 10s would sound like.

Mecha Yeti

3y↑142

Honestly, the song popped up in one of my dreams recently and I had not heard the song since middle school about 15 years ago.

Casey

2y↑2

Same thing just happened to me, crazy how our brains work

Jamie

2y↑9

This happens to me ALL the time! At least a few times a week I wake up with a song in my head I haven't heard in years (sometimes since childhood) and I'm always super surprised that I even remember the song. But at least I know I'm not alone, I've never met anyone else that this happens to lol

Clifton B

6w↑6

20 years ago today. I'll never forget this album.

SHe SiNGS

51w↑11

Still one of rhe most meaningful songs ever written. Such beautiful lyrics ♡

Joshua Smith

3y↑7

Benjamin Gibbard is so far and away the best lyricist ever it's like Michael Jordan. Every single one of his songs is written with depth and creativity. It's seriously amazing how underrated what he has done is

Donna D'Arcy

John Darnielle is the greatest lyricist ever tho

Missy Mutilation

2y↑144

My first time I ever took LSD I listened to this song while holding hands with my high school sweetheart and this song will always hold a special place in my heart.

Guillermo De la Rosa

2y↑1

@josh stevenson hahaha.

josh stevenson

2y↑2

@ Guillermo Depends on how much LSD we took. 😂😂

Guillermo De la Rosa

2y↑5

So... "Romantic"?

josh stevenson

2y↑6

Nothing like LSD laced memories...

Albollo UwU

4y↑140

I recently discovered The Postal Service. In 2019. One of the major music events in my life so far.

johchadow

I remember when I first heard them, I had the same feeling.

Mariathe Ocampo

3y↑1

Never too late

Mailys Martin

3y↑1

Me too and it's very beautiful

DonnLouie Moreno

3y↑10

Albollo UwU never too late to discover good music

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Frank Murphy

45w↑9

I first discovered this band around 2004. Still my all time favorite band. My heart aches to be back in those days.

who cares

26w↑3

Its crazy how well this album has held up, these guys were really ahead of their time. It actually sounds a lot like todays music with the retro wave scene thats currently blowing up.

Larry Beeman

13w↑3

Long time Starbucks employee, this song was on heavy rotation back in the day when we still had decent in store music. Needless to say, the neighboring shops listened with us!

Bibian Lynch

5w↑1

This will be my wedding song, for sure and whatever wedding means 🖤✨

Mental Gymnastics

6w↑2

20 years! Happy birthday Postal Service!

X90JZ

7y↑48

2016 and still listening to this, music is truly timeless

Kamikaze Chivalry

1y↑1

Currently listening in 2133.

Dan Hopkins

7y↑3

+Daphne Ward I remember hearing this on the radio one day and I was hoping the dj would say the name of the song and he did, and then I looked it up when I got home, that was like 8 years ago I think

X90JZ

7y↑1

srsly doode

Dan Hopkins

+Daphne Ward Reminds me of simpler times lol

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Dan Herz

One time when I was like 19 I got really high in my bedroom and listened to "Such Great Heights" through headphones, highly recommend that experience. Love this whole album.

Roy R

1y↑16

I saw this in high-school I'm 31 now. I still love this band I'm blessed I can say I talked to him in convo and didn't fan boy out.

Monkey

15w↑1

When I was going thru a really hard break up this song was the only thing that was keeping me together and it helped me a lot, this brings back a lot of memories that I miss but regret.

m h a c d r e

3y↑13

I really love this song, this is a masterpiece.

an ambedine

I still remember being a teenager hanging out with someone special at a mall once where we were on the top floor looking down over the banister at the people walking around, with this playing in my head

Actionwill65

6y↑5

If I have kids, and they ask what "the song of my childhood days" was, it's this song. Absolutely adore this track and the album

char

1y↑1

i’m gonna reply to this comment so u can hopefully come back and listen to this song bc ur comment is 5 yrs old

Crystyan Castles 💜

23w↑14

I'm listening to this song right at this very moment on a Mexican radio station called Ibero 90.9 ✨🇲🇽💜

Carlos Sánchez R.

chécate la versión de Iron and Wine está más chingona la neta

Monique Fun

48w↑7

Love this song. When I lived in nyc as a teen this was the soundtrack to garden state.
A special time in my life.

Neil Smith

5w↑1

Happy 20th! You helped make music great again!

FehrPlay

3y↑2

Y aquí estoy 17 años después de haberla escuchado en la radio :') aún estaba en el colegio ya me siento viejo xD Radio doble nueve me enseñó de musica ❤️

nasassafrasslaugh

5w↑2

20 Years old as of 2 days ago and this song still has the ability to wake up my inner child!!!

Reagan Anderson

🥺😢😭😭😭😭😭💔💔💔💔💔💔

M Diaz

8y↑1.7K

holy shit, how did i just find out that the lead singer in the Postal Service is the same guy as the guy from Death Cab for Cutie? no wonder they sounded the same. oh god, i am an idiot.

ForgottenMMA

20w

Holy shit! He is just like the guy from Blur who also did Gorillaz

Cremaster

Yo!!!!!!!!!

Tshirtrick

Damn slime go so crazy ❤️‍🔥❤️‍🔥❤️‍🔥❤️‍🔥😭

Randy Bobandy

Yes you are

birdshow

If it makes you feel any better -- though I assume you're over it five years later lol -- I thought sure when I first heard Mumford & Sons it was the Death Cab guy also.

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Popnoff

6w↑3

I'm 62 and love this. Good music is good music.

GameSurvivor 107

32w↑2

This song brings so much back to me. My Mom raising my sister and I by herself, working 7 days a week and going to school but still managed to try and be present. We would listen to this in the car and I would hear her sing it. Now that I'm an adult who moved away, I miss my Ma every day but I know she will be there for me every time

Nick Tirado

6w↑2

From my perspective this is pretty much their best song

B B

3y↑2

An absolutely beautiful song.

consuelo salas

2y↑150

Say No To The Meta

42w

First time I've seen someone post the lyrics as a comment and not get any of it wrong! ❤

bart janssen

No words

Lori Lou

2y↑2

❤️❤️❤️

Reagan Anderson

😭😭😭😭😭😞😞😞😞😞🤧🤧🤧🤧🤧

Ananda Bluhm

4y↑373

Wait dude this is literally the most nostalgic song I’ve ever listened to holy shit my childhood

Claudine L

But where is it from 😭😭😭

Tojo Rabemananjara

I love God

Matt Johnson

2y↑1

There's something magical about the sounds PS uses that's powerfully nostalgic, this song also: "opus four tet remix bicep" does that to me also, more 80s though, PS feels like the late 90s innocence

Yohwllo

3y↑1

I don't know why I heard this 2 times in my child hood yet it feels like I've heard this a thousand times

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Nore Lladó

3y↑415

Esta canción me trae una nostalgia tan rara.

Boceto De Re

somo 2

SSteveSic

Yo la descubrí de una manera muy bonita. Fue un reto y me quedé hasta las 5am buscandola, la mejor nostalgia :)

R FZ

Creo que el arte apelaba desde su concepción a la nostalgia, es como doble nostalgia: Sentir la nostalgia de la nostalgia que se sentía al escucharla.

MermaidRapunxel

2y↑1

Si mal no recuerdo, mi hermana la escuchaba cuando existía una estación llamada radioactivo en la Ciudad de México, yo tenia como 6 años, no entendía la letra pero era una melodía muy linda, veinte años después me siento feliz de encontrarla

Miguel Pérez

2y↑1

Yo la descubrí en un vídeo de los mejores goles del futbol jaja allá por 2005-06, nunca supe el nombre hasta 2014
La guardé en mi mente por años hasta que supe por fin su nombre (con una app que detecta la canción tan solo tararearla)
Me da mucha nostalgia :')

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Donnie Darko

1y↑2

In my head, this song came out 2 years ago. Time is terrifying. This song is almost 20 years old!

Daniel Law

2y↑4

This song brings back many many memories of my lonely childhood. Considering that I’ve rushed to put it all away, this is not an unwelcome sensation. Lovely lovely song to get lost into, makes me wish I could experience a few things over again

Liquidlino Music

This whole album was one of six albums that I loaded in my car cd changer, and never changed for the entire ownership of that car (2 years). Just a fabulous album, and great for driving to. The other albums included Pink Floyd, Dark side of the moon; Thom Yorke Eraser.

Eric Foster

33w↑2

He really dropped all his best lyrics into this album. He’s amazing with it consistently but the content of these tracks are on an entirely different level of brilliant.

Hasrax Music

6y↑726

When Me and My Brother Were Young (from like age 2 to age 6) my parents would always play this when we were on long travel trips at night or when they just wanted us to go to sleep, And When They played it at night it would always make us fall asleep. Our parents nicknamed it "The Pacifier". After a long time my parents and my brother and I forgot the song Name. So I spent SEVEN.FUCKING.YEARS!!!! Looking For This Song!
AND I HAVE FINALLY FOUND IT!!!!
(Started Searching at age 6 and I am now 13)

blurple

Same.

Agustin Mex

AHAHAHAHA OMG. similiar story. So back in 2013 (or so) went to bottle rock in napa. The Cure was closing friday night. I went to listen to sublime halfway through the cures set, the very last song that the cure played was "close to you"... i had spent my entire middle school and high school years and even some years after high school searching for the band that played that song. Mind you when i heard it the first and only time i was so young i didnt know the artist or the band. To finally hear it live i ran to the stage. I had finally found the artist of the song i didnt know was real or not. For years i thought it was the postal service. Both bands are awesome. Check out "close to you" by the cure

Trubactor

Kinda like me but with nothing better my mom and me called it broken heart idk why I know it’s in one of the lyrics of the song but I spent 2 years trying to find it

KT Thrasher

4y↑1

Ivan Pulido omg, I could have been your mom. The first version I ever heard of this song was the Iron and Wine version. I was 19, so I am much older than you and although I love this version (the original), it is one of those rare times when I think a cover reaches or even surpasses the original material. Like Nine Inch Nails and Cash “Hurt” although I love both of those songs. Oh dear...many youngsters on this thread may not know what I’m talking about..although I trust your parents to be cool. Chhers you lil shits!

Count Dracula

Cool i just found it yesterday never heard it before

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Adryanna Garg

1y↑4

this was my song w my first love. he played it for me on the way to drop me off at home the year b4 my senior year in 2017. this song will always mean so much to me. we live across the country from each other and sometimes i come back and listen to it:)

Michel Alejandro Salinas Génesis

Amo esta melodía, y amo que Lil Peep la realzara aún más y le brindara el valor que merece al darla a conocer alrededor del mundo. Gracias, Peep. Gracias The Postal Service 🇬🇧 🇸🇪 🇺🇲 ˃̵͈᷄ . ˂̵͈᷅★

IzzyManDude

2y↑1

I haven't heard this song since I was 5 yrs. (2009). I'm 17 now. I'll be 18 next March. I only feel like I am about to die of old age already just by hearing this song. Nostalgia, am I right?

Omniplex Music

Timeless and incredible music

Celestial Lizard

38w↑1

My mom had be at 20, I’m 21 now but when I was a kid she used to always play this song and I called it the polka dot song because of the intro. It’s always been one of my favorites.

Greg Ackerson

7y↑34

I listened to this 20 times in a row and it started to get old. Just kidding, it never does!

Jonathan Morales

40w↑2

This song can keep me up at night 💛

Megan M

17w

Pretty sure this song came on when I was 4/5 and my Mom and I fell asleep on her bed watching tv… woke up to this on MTV or some music channel. And Britney Spears’ Toxic music video as well! It’s a very specific memory that I’ve remembered all these years. Strange I’ll be 24 soon and still think about it.

Ace MacGruber

45w↑1

Some songs fit into your life and the time perfectly. This was one of those.

Panixxx

13w↑1

Man.. I remember when I drove with my girlfriend around Seattle listening to this song. Very pink sky with the beautiful mountain top.

Vind C11

26w↑1

I listened to this song every day for my freshman year it still brings back memories 😥

Juliete Cristina

3y↑13

Escutei hoje saindo da terapia, estava leve, feliz e esperançosa. Andava pelas ruas de Niterói sorrindo vendo o mar de fundo e o sol na temperatura perfeita. Momentos de felicidade pura e mente leve que poderia durar por toda minha vida.

DS Lack

2y↑2

Usar esta canción como sample trajo una gran leyenda 🙂

Sewer Swamp

1y↑3

This album has sooo many memories that come with it. It used to make me feel so much joy, Now it kind of makes me sad missing the times of my younger years.

VarthBlitz

1y↑6

I love this song. I love this album. I love the project. This video captures what - in my mind - the song is all about. The feeling of wanting to speak to someone but you can't - as if you're trapped in a big white suit. So you fantasize. Everything is in the hypothetical sense. You can tell from the pain behind the visors that there's two souls which may be meant for one another, but maybe it's not the time. Maybe it's not the place. And so they'll take that hypothetical scenario home with them. A world where they can establish a whole new colony and no one can see them waving because of how high the euphoria has taken them. But it only stands a chance if they act.

That, and it's an absolute bop that's aged incredibly well.

madeleine p.

This is one of those songs I didn't like even after listening to it for a few times, but then one day it just clicked and all of a sudden it's one of my favorites to ever exist.

sonikku1011

26w↑2

I feel like I've heard this when I was a kid... it sounds so familiar. Maybe it's just because Ben Gibbard is the lead singer for Death Cab For Cutie as well, and I discovered them when I was a teenager? I don't know but this song gives me nostalgia. I was 12 in a half when this song was released...

Yuna Reynolds

7y↑13

when I first started driving, I had a terrible sense of direction and would get lost a lot (mind you this was before GPS on cell phones). I would stress out for a minute and then pull over and put this song on. It always calmed me down and helped me find my way home :-D

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7y↑2

this song is super relaxing, isn't it? ^-^

Robert Scaife

2y↑5

Still one of the best songs

Rockford Lines

1y↑1

After having listened to this song for years, i'm pleasantly surprised in realizing this is exactly what i hoped the music video would be.

caidicus

2y↑5

One of the greatest songs EVER created.

mr2ben

29w

A snippet of this song is used in the stage production of Moulin Rouge and when I heard it I remembered how awesome this song is and it's been so long since I last heard it! Such a great song

Third Row

2y↑1

Thank you postal service... for this masterpiece of nostalgia

Sill Cybin

6y↑5

this band and the songs will never get old

Li M.

2y↑3

I randomly found this song recommended to be on a playlist I had and as soon as I heard it, I felt like I’ve heard this as a small child. It impacted me so much hearing it again. I’m still not sure if I actually had heard it that long ago

Lance Griffin

25w

This song has carried me through some of hardest times back in the day. Especially when I was alone with all my thoughts, staring up at the ceiling wishing I wasn’t here. But this song would remind me why I still wake up and strive for life.

endobot

42w

De la nada me acordé en este momento de esta banda, tenía muchísimos años sin escuchar esta canción 😥🥁🥲

Fabio Morales

I love this song! It’s going to be with me forever!

mark northcott

47w↑1

i can't believe i've been missing this song for 20 odd years despite being really into this kind of music when it came out (including a lot of DCFC). the movies and tv shows i've seen that this song was on, i've not seen. its on repeat for me lately and its my song of spring right now.

Claire Bradley

3y↑13

This was my song for my first crush, the first time I ever thought positively about romantic love. Coincidentally, this is the first song Ben Gibbard wrote that was positive about love. I think that’s really special.

Devon Nelson

2y↑2

I’ll always love this song. So many memories to it. And to someone I hope I get back.

NinaNOVA

24w↑2

This video never fails to make me happily teary-eyed. If I could say why, it would probably be that sure there is always something bigger to make you feel insignificant- but if you appreciate what goes into making it, it humbles you; it makes you feel like you matter.

Edit: 4 months later it appears that the actual reason is that this world is unrelenting and I spent almost every waking second of it stressing about what I need to do next; and yet microprocessors do not feel that. They do their job as happy as an inanimate object can for the rest of their lives. Sometimes I wish I could just vanish into that space and not worry for but a moment.