The Dismemberment Plan - Ellen and Ben

[@jamesboyd985]

one of the most under rated bands ever, I see they have some new stuff out these days, not too bad. never thought I'd get to see these dudes live, then one day they did the benefit for Cal, night 2, with A Life Of Possiblities opener, dream achieved.

[@t4guito]

The Dismemberment Plan has the best closers ever. Back and Forth makes me sob and this isn't far behind.

[@333bugfartwa]

two of my all time favorite tracks of theirs!!

[@EminentKnight]

doesn't beat the last line of the last song on their previous album: "you'll always be my hero, even if i never see you again."

[@Mattteus]

it's "will you always be my girl, even if I never see you again"

[@adrianshaw883]

No it's not, he's right

[@333bugfartwa]

hardest hitting line of all time for me

[@TripFontaine1976]

“She stayed up for hours/just watchin’ drunk folks find their taxis/cuz all in all it was a good night...” I’m always happy when this song comes up on shuffle.

[@dolst]

My favorite DP song, hands down. I actually wrote up a treatment for a movie based on it. I'm not saying it was any good... Surf Wisely.

[@mucksavage2]

i love the last line

[@Gigizhvania]

underrated instrumental.

[@ericraymondbabin]

about time someone put this up thaks

[@Mattteus]

How long has it been since this album came out? I'm only realising NOW that during the second and third verses, there's the sound of a ringing cordless phone. It's as if he or any of their friends were trying to contact them. (...Does this mean that the song Life of Possibilities is Ben returning to the scene after ignoring everyone for so long? or is this just Travis being Travis?)

[@dayzeed]

"Change" (2001) came after "Emergency & I" (1999) so the connection to "A Life of Possibilities" is highly unlikely

[@loki3523]

Nah, I think this song is entirely self-contained. Life Of Possibilities, at least to me, is in keeping with the existential young-adult theme that spans the album. Also, regarding what you said about the phone- during the instrumental outro, the little "boop" sounds from the previous verses occur in a sporadic fashion that would seem to imply the dialing of a phone.

[@thedayofthedog6477]

Super fuckin' cool song! How humorless are the 2 people that have this thumbs down? Seriously.

[@HenrySosenite]

Took me way too long to realize Ellen is the narrator's ex

[@midnightmarauder6534]

Reminds me of trocadero