Death Cab for Cutie - "We Looked Like Giants" (Audio)

[@Madddnness]

11 years ago I would listen to this album every day.. Dcfc's music got me through bad times. Transatlanticism is not only a masterpiece, it's a blessing.

[@KingOfThePiratesOfTheHill]

This Album is indeed a Masterpeice. Snowboarding to this song was my favorite thing ever on powder days after hearing it in a snowboard video "Lost in Transition" 14 years ago.

[@KingOfThePiratesOfTheHill]

m.kzbin.info/www/bejne/jqbIdXmYg5lkkNU Nothing mattered when you had this song and the mountain.

[@batonbe1]

Madd Ness did you recognize the JAMC reference

[@cl4417]

Amen 🙏🏼

[@silverbat5873]

Halfway saved my life, halfway makes me heartbroken all over again every single time.

[@Aidan8496]

I’m 40 now, but my god does this album take me back to my twenties. Without being too dramatic, I was listening to this album on the way to my dad’s house the night he killed himself. I miss him & my mom- RIP dad & mom. I will always love this band.

[@Ironhandjohn]

“The sugary smell of springtime” is a phrase I still use to describe Tennessee in late March/early April.

[@mdjones4]

this song i always liked back in the day. Now, at 32, it evokes emotions and memories of lost loves and memories...Nostaligic pain.

[@anttitheinternetguy3213]

I know man. I used to know one red head country girl Back in 2013. I was a shy 19 years old guy, quite naiive. I had had My first heart break And i was totally broken. She invited me to her parents cabin And i ended up spening My whole Summer with her. She made me come out of My shell. We have seen each other once after that Summer but we Have grown into different directions. Anyways, she made me appreciate The real emotions. Soon im turning 30

[@lovelyswimmer1]

Same here

[@arrowoody2346]

Same. I turn 33 next week and I listen to this song at least once a week.

[@cestlavegan5793]

I've always felt that the atmospheric bridge is what really makes this track so wonderful

[@jaredplantulli4288]

This comment is 6 years old, but just came home from seeing the 20 year anniversary tour of this album. I was more of a Plans guy because that’s when I got into them heavily. This show tonight made me obsessed, and I listened to the bridge on repeat on the way home. It’s just so heavenly.

[@cestlavegan5793]

@@jaredplantulli4288 Fuck yes!! I wanted to go see that tour so bad but they aren’t stopping anywhere near me in south Florida. Good for you, I bet it was an incredible show!

[@jaredplantulli4288]

@@cestlavegan5793finally seeing this reply like a month later haha. It really was something else. Last time I saw them was for the plans tour fall/spring of 05/06. Ben still sounds outstanding and brought the heat for both death cab and postal service. It was incredible, dunno why it took me so long to appreciate this album and especially this song. hope you get to see them sometime soon❤

[@dESTRON76]

You can't go wrong with either album. @@jaredplantulli4288

[@pestesoidubutor8626]

I'd like to say so, because this atmospheric bridge is truly beautiful but sometimes I hate it like a (beautiful) tumorous outgrowth vampirizing this song, a song that would deserve (imo) a second set of versus/chorus (or maybe after the bridge). No doubt this would be less special but when you've got such a perfect riff, a catchy riff exhaling the power of clumsy passionate loves with undercurrents of bitter grief and nostalgia/melancholy + such powerful well-written verses, it feels to me that it was almost a crime to not choose to make this last any longer and deviate the song so early with this long bridge, as beautiful as it gets. The taste you win is beyond cool but it erases that first taste too. So, don't get me wrong, I know you're right, but since this came out I've often found the early appearance of that bridge kind of frustrating, even if I adore it too. The demo version and Car Seat Headrest's recent cover have at least a little more versus but I really would like to hear how the actual original song would sound with 2 more versus + chorus before (or after) that damned wonderful bridge.

[@enla6511]

I LOVE the ending to this song. It's perfect.

[@Jacob-Faria]

yes

[@astralflight_912]

I always love seeing the comments on Death Cab songs, the struggles they got them through, the happy memories they brought back, the emotions the songs make them feel, this band is truly a heaven sent masterpiece 🥺💜

[@galloe8933]

So this morning, I woke up with this running through my head for the first time in over a decade. I guess I missed hearing this, after I forgot about how much I loved this song…

[@rasensis]

Me this morning Love you, kindred stranger

[@marinasf3576]

''When every Thursday, I'd brave those mountain passes And you'd skip your early classes, and we'd learn how our bodies worked.'' Oh, the melancholy and the memories of my high school years... it gives me shivers!

[@dESTRON76]

...fumbling to make contact...

[@slowlistener4690]

Best line of the Song ..

[@TheFlowerGirl13]

Now that I'm approaching 40, I appreciate this song more. All the lying I did just for a few extra nights at my boyfriend's house

[@andrewjachi11]

God bless the daylight, the sugary smell of springtime Remembering when you were mine in a still suburban town When every Thursday, I'd brave those mountain passes And you'd skip your early classes and we'd learn how our bodies worked God damn the black night, with all its foul temptations I've become what I always hated when I was with you then We looked like giants in the back of my grey subcompact Fumbling to make contact as the others slept inside And together there in a shroud of frost, the mountain air Began to pass through every pane of weathered glass And I held you closer than anyone would ever get Remember the J.A.M.C. and reading aloud from magazines I don't know about you but I swear on my name they could smell it on me But I've never been to good with secrets, oh Oh together there in a shroud of frost, the mountain air Began to pass through every pane of weathered glass And I held you closer

[@blacknrd05]

Fuck yeah!

[@Curtis.Carpenter]

thank you

[@callmeadoll]

continues to be my fave death cab song

[@nickrandles1102]

Harley me too :)

[@Precurser66]

For me it's a tie with Grapevine fires

[@TheJetfighter666]

Where soul meets body.

[@Chikn2532]

For me its The Ghosts of Beverly Drive

[@danmarshall3225]

Summer Skin will always be mine

[@connorklingman3711]

Songs like this from Death Cab for Cutie have helped to get me through some of the dark days I felt working retail and struggling to know what kind of person I want to be.

[@CaitlinShea0216]

The fuckin bass at the beggining damn

[@stevens.300]

CaitlinShea0216 melodically perfect

[@real_BryMan]

I had just moved to Denver. I lived across Colfax from Mile High stadium. It was an incredible experience for a kid like me, humbly coming from a town of less than 2000 people in Illinois. This album helped me everyday, gathering my thoughts and pushing through the city life. On the weekends, we would literally try those mountain passes. I was a lost kid with a million thoughts. Thank you for rearranging them for me.

[@andrewbarrett1537]

That mystical chord progression is awesome. It adds so much to this song.

[@callmeadoll]

I've always loved this song, but it always had a bittersweet taste to me. maybe I just attribute those memories to it idk

[@lauratude5132]

Same

[@ALEXANDERATTACK]

@Unpopular Politics you're still here, I hope there shall be more

[@jamesmidkiff9938]

I felt the bittersweet from the first time, it was beautiful. It left for awhile. This is the first time I've felt it in a long time. I'm so happy to be able to see it in the world again.

[@ericl.8454]

@@jamesmidkiff9938 love this. very hopeful. keep your chin up friend

[@angelburlingame]

I still hear this song and I feel the same way. I honestly feel a sadness and angst in me when I listen to it, so yes bittersweet. I feel like there is a soundtrack to every point in my life, and rehearing it brings you back to then.

[@adriftofwords]

This album got me through one of the hardest losses of my life. I’ll always be grateful for it.

[@nickrandles1102]

This song. This song made me who I am. It made me see where I had loved and also lost. Sounds cheesy but it's fucking powerful. DCFC is the absolute best music to listen to while making life-altering situations. They are my favorite band, love them and it's flawless. I hope it does the same for you, whoever and wherever you are.

[@banksandbiddle6196]

good stuff man i love reading stuff like that. keep going!

[@rauchentoken]

I love death cab soo damn much. This song gets me so hyped even while I'm just sitting here doing nothing. It's super powerful.

[@rayfonseca88]

I can absolutely relate to that.

[@stevens.300]

Nick Randles its thought provoking

[@danzigmcnaniel5226]

Nick Randles I went to high school in a small mountain town, I was super angsty and perpetually falling in love in the most tragic ways...

[@Music-tp3wh]

His lyrics were really good and poetic and all contributed to an emotional, epic story.

[@jmachtool]

Death cab gives me the feels .... Every time I listen to them, it takes me back to a simpler time in my life.

[@VictorythroughGrace]

The passion and longing is tangible. The memories it evokes for me are almost overwlelming.

[@barrymudd8522]

One of the Best Snowboarding Songs on my play list with out a doubt

[@KingOfThePiratesOfTheHill]

Lost in transition? That video introduced me to this song. Every worry in life was insignificant on powder days with this song.

[@JakobvonRaumer]

Am I the only one that's always disappointed that the upbeat part of 1:50 doesn't come back later in the song? Maybe that's the point, but I always want it to make a second appearance...

[@Ilovepurplethecolor-uw8mk]

Yeah, I agree with you, it would be insane if they added it at the end, like we think it's over then, BAM

[@zachgreen759]

Probably.

[@fullaregrets5015]

I grew up on this song. It really takes me back.

[@Anonymous-pw4tx]

Lyrics - God bless the daylight The sugary smell of springtime Remembering when you were mine In a still suburban town When every Thursday I'd brave those mountain passes And you'd skip your early classes And we'd learn how our bodies worked God damn the black night With all its foul temptations I've become what I always hated When I was with you then We looked like giants In the back of my gray subcompact Fumbling to make contact As the others slept inside And together there In a shroud of frost The mountain air Began to pass Through every pane of weathered glass And I held you closer than anyone would ever guess Do you remember the J.A.M.C. And reading aloud from magazines? I don't know about you, but I swear on my name they could smell it on me But I've never been too good with secrets... ohh... Oh, together there In a shroud of frost The mountain air Began to pass Through every pane of weathered glass And I held you closer...

[@Sn0wman_308]

That last line though.... Absolutely gorgeous.

[@garenevans535]

DCFC got me through the hardest time of my life so i totally agree with you nick

[@nickrandles1102]

garen evans you're one of the good ones then :)

[@MisheruFAD]

A fanfiction story brought me to this song. Not directly but I had long ago read the story years back and not until recently that I listened to this song and thought, 'wow I'm so naive not to realize that the story was based on a song'. Now the story always replays in my mind whenever I listen to this song. Gah. Amazing song too. DCFC is fucking amazing.

[@riotvann]

a fanfiction brought me here as well!

[@TheA1M4fame]

MisheruFAD Can y'all link me? I'm just a DCFC fan, but now y'all got me curious, lol.

[@DarkKar]

Cool!

[@MaudlinBlase]

Me too! Jeez, what a small world. Ff, and DCFC is fucking awesome...

[@kittykaitcandykillet8160]

if you still have it, could you send me the link as well? would love to read the story attributed to the song.

[@therestinghornet6906]

when i was 12 i discovered Death Cab for Cutie, god all the memories. poor little me, this song blew him away in an existential way he couldnt comprehend yet.

[@dariobilanoski837]

Death cab is one of those bands that makes you think about your own experience , they make you feel the music reminding you about how beautiful it is and is one band that you listen with curiosity,

[@rebareebs]

2021 - thanking you for the upload because death cab is always relevant to every lover and hopeless romantic

[@disastergirl888]

I’m not the same person as I was a decade and a half ago, listening to this as a sad, angsty teenager full of ambition and longing. That teenage me would find a lot in common with my current self but also a lot very different. She’d be happy with how some things turned out, and cripplingly disappointed in others. But no matter how different I am now, I’m here listening to this song 15 years later, I’m not who I thought I’d be when I used to listen to this album on repeat, but I’m happy.

[@noooooooooooooo0]

lyrical genius

[@SillyKitty469]

Came here because the csh cover and I think I like this one more

[@FromMars179]

Seeing DCFC live was so amazing. My BEST FRIEND EVER and I won tickets and went and we just held each other and sang and cried. So nostalgic and perfect for a show in Seattle. Saw them at The Paramount in 2018. I want to see them again so bad.

[@The-Jettisoned]

I don't know why but like, this song gets me you know? Like, it has this lonely vibe. Not lonely but wistful maybe? Just the tone and everything speak to me.

[@jacquelinemcgarry9820]

I discovered Death Cab in 2004, just as I was starting college. It will always represent freshman year pf college for me. I wish I could experience that excitement of life and hope again. I wish I could discover myself again.

[@Jhizzy04]

Saw Death Cab perform this last night. It was definitely sublime :D

[@davidmoreno6484]

Lyrics God bless the daylight, the sugary smell of springtime Remembering when you were mine In a still suburban town When every thursday I'd brave those mountain passes And you'd skip your early classes And we'd learn how our bodies worked. God damn the black night with all it's foul temptation I become what I always hated When I was with you then We looked like giants in the back of my grey subcompact Fumbling to make contact As the others slept inside And together there In a shroud of frost, the mountain air Began to pass from every pane of weathered glass And I held you closer than anyone would ever get Do you remember the JAMC? And reading aloud from magazines I don't know about you but I swear on my name they could smell it on me I've never been too good with secrets. No... And together there In a shroud of frost and mountain air Began to pass through every pane of weathered glass And I held you closer...

[@Hess.]

This song is so underrated…but I like it that way

[@Foxmaxter]

uno de mis canciones favoritas de death cab for cutie :)

[@summerofgeorge1327]

Reminds me of „Honestly“ by „American Football“, it’s just as great.

[@imA51ANnbd888]

this is amazing.

[@TheJetfighter666]

These guys destroy me. I still cry every time I play Where soul meets body. My god is has been 17, 18 years!. Only early America comes close.

[@greenwave819]

This song sounds like it's coming through a wintery mountain pass. Cold wind blowing a trampling fog that chills the bone

[@katiem9624]

Originally learned of this song as music in the background of a surf video. Fantastic.

[@Ilovepurplethecolor-uw8mk]

Is it just me or not adding a second "no..." After the "im not good at secrets.. noo.." it would've been good

[@spacebiker69420]

when i was a little kid, i would drop everything i was doing and just listen to just about any death cab for cutie song it fuckin hypnotized me and i can see why

[@RayRae559]

DCFC & The Postal Service. 2 Bands I never thought would be this important to me almost 20 years later.

[@jediloera236]

I remember this song to well , its like a gift to my life and im proud of the person who showed me I was him

[@jimmyyu9872]

such an amazing song

[@SkilletMage]

Full Metal Edges made me the person I am today. I love you DCFC!

[@nickzedreck5137]

Saw this live in Amsterdam a few weeks back, epic.

[@paolafernanda4498]

it always be my favourite song damn it!

[@jx915]

That guitar part

[@kevinbesler9133]

this music is amazing. no doubt.

[@Wvlfmane]

Man this song always made me sad I missed out on my teenage years :/ I’ll never experience anything like this. It always feels like there’s a void I can never really fill from all the stuff I missed out on. Listened to this when was a teenager and dating never worked out and now I’m older than my parents when they started dating and still never had an SO and it only hits harder and harder and makes me more and more depressed every year. And Songs like this only sting worse and worse.

[@TheDeeEll]

Love this song.

[@alyssawestby7154]

This song is so fucking dark and eerie and beautiful at the same time

[@aintnoslice3422]

And together there In a shroud of frost, the mountain air began to blow throughout the vales down below and I held you closer than anyone would ever know

[@DBL304]

Man does this song throw me back

[@nathanhammond667]

Yes, I remember The J., a.M.C. Sweet drop of nectar to ANYONE who truly KNOWS great tunes. Transatlanticism is and forever will be amazing. The innocence, yet revelry, reminds me of my youth in so many ways. Like the first time falling in love, going to a punk show, pulling into a full-on barrel, skating your first 1/2 pipe, meeting someone at a concert and "knowing" them and never knowing them again, full-on ragers at age 18 with 20+ people you have NEVER met, in a home you are merely house-sitting and caring for 4 cats, 3 dogs, and innumerable fish in a pond, meanwhile getting paid $200 per week for nothing but CARING for beautiful animals and attending your college classes. Oh, how I miss those days.😁 Be well, All

[@gottmttunsk3502]

10 years and I still think of her. the pain and joy of teenage love never fades

[@jachin5177]

This song brings so many powerful feelings and memories attached to them. It makes me nostalgic, sad, but also brings feelings of fondness of old times long past

[@ronnieforey2068]

Fine sht,. Barsuck. That's a keeper

[@jediloera236]

My wife told me yrs ago to listen to this song , 😢i remember now even if its to late thank u for being a prt of ny life

[@angillas5699]

This is a masterpiece.

[@erichughes3987]

This band makes me proud to be from Washginton

[@Luke-nu6xv]

That's really strange.

[@erichughes3987]

Why is that strange? I think it's cool that I'm from where they are from.

[@Luke-nu6xv]

Eric Hughes its cool. absolutely..to be proud to have been born somewhere is weird though.

[@erichughes3987]

Luke Well I personally believe that Death Fap for Cutie is a good band with talent and to be from where they're from makes me proud to be from a place with such good music over the years, ie. Nirvana, Jimi Hendrix, Alice in chains, soundgarden, Modest Mouse, Macklemore, Foo Fighters and Death Cab. If you don't have pride for where you live that's ok. Most people do, and the music is just a part of that

[@badgerbadger-badger-Poppy]

SAME!!!

[@Jags2Riches]

Death cab got me through high school

[@lovelyswimmer1]

Same here

[@heybigskoal9519]

best dcfc track

[@udomatthiasdrums5322]

still love it!!

[@AustinSimard]

Ayo I'm glad these young cats finally putting on for the streets of Bellingham out here yo they finna make it out the Whatcom hood

[@dubwiser77]

Used to do a punk reggae cover of this song, way too loud, but no one in the band but me would listen to this song, "ulcer rock", so it would kinda die at the end instead of leaving you to think, best part. I switched it, "do u remember the DCFC, I read about them in fan-zines". Best and last album I still listen to by DCFC, 405 was first song that got me (I thought it was about 405 in LA hearing it on KXLU and then seeing DCFC alone at SpaceLand, "you don't look like you belong here?"). Saw show for this album at Wiltern. Also love that Postal Service is San Pedro guy from Dublab, KXLU again. Now DCFC is KROQ n still super talented, drummer rips, keyboard guy seems arrogant, and I love that the bassist looks like a Hobbit, but I can't do it, I wish they would/could do something like this album again. I wish they were more KXLU, n not so KCRW. Also wish Blake from Jawbreaker was playing still too n not swinging a hammer to pay the bills, but that doc bombed n soon no one will remember, like DCFC, "Do you remember DCFC?"

[@greenwave819]

Music of my youth!!! how you sound so dear

[@bananajoe3461]

This is why Indie rock is the best genre ever

[@caramason56]

Absolute awesomeness 😊❤️🎶😊❤️🎶

[@mannylacayo.poetry]

I love this song... and it reminds me so much of the x-men theme song from the 90's cartoon...

[@ravenecho2410]

i stil miss them, it was a blissful sunset, i do miss the stinging sunshine, and goddamn the black night

[@ericfoster8411]

This track clearly stands out on this album. He not like the rest. It might be my favorite from this one

[@CharlieKnottFilms]

Anyone else here after the Harrisburg, PA performance of this song with the 10 minute improvised interlude?

[@mistyfront]

I sing along to this song in the car like my life depends on it

[@SemiShweet]

It gets tangled up in this movie.

[@DannonLoveland]

Great song! Why is it just being uploaded on to KZbin?

[@dskokos77]

I always loved this song, but hated the repetitive ending that would get in the way of the next song when track down wouldn't work while driving.

[@KZ-hu9uj]

6 comments with 35,000 views. Damn

[@Cooldude-bt4yh]

+Kian Zinzell this is in my playlist i listen to before bed and ive just been staring at this comment for so long

[@alsimmons3617]

Damn, i gotta be 30 to first hear this mastepiece? Shame on me! Great band, great album, great song. Also Tiny Vessels brang me to tears actualy...

[@parkertownsend5688]

02:44 I don't know about you, but I swear on my name they could smell it on mee..,

[@gypsymothgillis3537]

The one you lost .

[@central_scrutinizr]

Makes me cry like a baby remembering the sweet early days of dating my husband…we were just kids then

[@alanrodriguez3705]

2006 🥲 and i'm still here

[@jediloera236]

My wife had an anurizum ( This was the last song she told me to listen to, She had an AVM removal with two rebleeds so there was alot of damage that has been done. I remember when the doctors told me if I was gonna be able to handle recovery.. of course I could she was the love of my life. Well no matter how I felt the person I loved the most decided to cheat twice in 6 months and leave me. She was my bestfriend for 13yrs .. this is being a good human huh

[@RuiLuz]

how ironic, ahahahaha.

[@anthonyharmon9265]

@@RuiLuz is it funny moron?

[@jediloera236]

⁠@@RuiLuz where do u see this as ironic ?, idk u and u don’t know me . Do u think me and u are the same because I we went through something similar ? How do u see irony

[@MrIlninjadidio]

do you remeber the jamc?

[@javeydones5163]

Ilninjadidio and what the hell is that anyway?

[@jennameese8738]

MrsDad it's a band called the Jesus and Mary chain band

[@halllow]

Obviously we do not.

[@davidrangel4794]

Flume You should check them out. Pop noise masters!

[@Speakahfone]

Again

[@thewasatch208]

And I'm right back to college... Go Vandals!! University of Idaho

[@lovelyswimmer1]

When I'm feeling really sad I skip over to the atmospheric part of this song.

[@andrewwhittaker6337]

The woman that knows this song is about her does not tell her husband lol

[@lmnlai5]

Does JAMC refer to the band?

[@biscuitbakerful]

"I've never been too good with Seacrest."

[@Lamp4444]

Underrated

[@jaceykate]

listening to this for the first time in 2024. wow