The Postal Service - Clark Gable

[@liammgill]

“I need you to pretend that we are in love again, and you agreed to” is one of the most gut-wrenching lyrics i’ve ever heard

[@scareddoge9942]

You should listen to Elliott Smith!

[@userflyyn]

And I find the line " I am finally seeing why I was the one worth leaving" from The District Sleeps Alone Tonight a total gut punch.

[@sarahl9398]

High school me was in love with this album and this track in particular. I'm thirty now. Thanks The Postal Service. Edit: Finally got to see them tonight (9/19/23) for this album's 20th anniversary. It was everything.

[@OffbeatLiteracy]

I'm right there with you. Nostalgia is overwhelming

[@sarahl9398]

@@OffbeatLiteracy thanks. Especially this year.... At least we have music to reminisce to.

[@plaguerson]

This reminds me of waiting in front of school after 6th period. Waiting for the rest of my friends to walk to the front of the school. And the we would chill and hand out and discuss what we were doing after .

[@sarahl9398]

@@plaguerson what I love about KZbin when it's not infested with an influx of mindless commentary is the genuine fleeting connection that comments on these older songs usually have.

[@tytipp5614]

I’m also thirty now and second your comment lol

[@cterp911]

The year is 2005. I’m coming back to my dorm room around 3am healthily buzzed. Pop my laptop open, load iTunes, and plug my earbuds in. Fade away into blissful sleep jamming to this album with no real wake up time. Take me back.

[@Axelhackson]

Wonderful description.

[@NikoBleau]

I feel like I've died a thousand times to this song playing over my car radio, running into the city on the train to grab some groceries, and sitting outside the bar on a friday night at 4 am. It never runs the same way in my mind, but it always pulls what life I have from my chest and leaves it where I was.

[@CriscDogs22]

Niko Bleau this record was one of my few go-to tripping albums. Whether it was a great trip to make it a little better, or a trip going bad and needing something to pull me out of it or reverse course. Just had to say I know exactly what you’re talking about haha.

[@deniselove209]

I love your comment so much. I read it over and over and i feel the same exact way, I just couldn't put it into words myself 💓 I've loved the postal service for a long time but for some reason I always skipped over this song but a few days ago it played and i finally listened to it and ive had it on repeat since then. I love the lyric "and I want life in every word to the extent that it's absurd"

[@jordanarnold6783]

Holy shit, this was so eloquent, thank you for sharing it with us. I literally saw those moments in my head.

[@ChrisTopheRaz]

I can’t agree more, it happens to me as well. So powerful was my life, and this song when it first came out which has created a relationship with the song that will never end.

[@BENHAYABUSA]

Pfff 😢

[@bakedzale]

" I know you're wise beyond your years, but do you ever get the fear That your perfect verse is just a lie you tell yourself to help you get by"

[@Jahtso]

I thought it was "I know you're wise beyond your years, but do you ever get the feel, that you're perfect versus just a lie you tell yourself to help you get by"

[@amantilla13]

that shit hits like a truck

[@Wallychans]

@@Jahtso The song seems to be about a director (with what seems like compulsive control issues) attempting to create his perfect scene to convince HiMseLF that love can be real. Perfect verse is referring to the script; saying it’s a lie just meaning it’s make believe.

[@deniselove209]

A crush of mine showed me this band in high school. I would always skip over this song but I came across it a few days ago and I just cant get over it. I havent talked to the person who showed me this song in a few years but today I saw them in the grocery store after years of no contact. I feel like its a sign but idk what it means ...

[@SeraSophia646]

What happened?!? Did you start talking again?

[@Melissncammy777]

The universe winked at you.

[@shaky9t]

​@@Melissncammy777 word

[@ericfoster8411]

I feel 16 and transported to 2005 when this song starts up. Maaan. Life really moves along at strange paces and it’s pretty startling when you are listening to something like this and thinking how it doesn’t feel very old. But it’s older that I was when I got into this record…

[@M00nscr1pt115]

Of all the music I have ever listened to, this song has always been my favorite. Probably because I discovered it in such a happy and carefree part of my life. I always feel at peace when I hear it, so thanks for reposting this to KZbin :D

[@phichlejoose6527]

Moon Script I relate so hard to that second part?

[@mcdre1814]

Same goods days i want them back😖

[@Edible_Kittens]

I don't understand how an album that I've heard for the first time can sound so nostalgic...

[@chanuppuluri8726]

He's good at the.

[@bjarki7860]

@@chanuppuluri8726 The.........

[@paulrussell1207]

@@bjarki7860 The unexpected pauses that make you....

[@shannonbayley3684]

Yes.

[@ericfoster8411]

These songs are eternal. So they most likely existed before we did.

[@chiefdom3739]

"I've been waiting since birth to find a love that would looks and sound like a movie...a want so badly to believe that there is truth that love is real, and I want life in every word to the extant that its absurd."

[@nickrandles1102]

love is absurd.

[@moseph8494]

Always loved that part too.

[@mrsuns10]

Frankly my dear I don’t give a damn

[@yellowtelephono]

Listened to this album while taking MDMA when I was 17. Sat with two friends on a trampoline next to the Biloxi coast telling heart-felt stories and crying (happily).

[@chrismcfadden6934]

Jumping on a trampoline while rolling on e ,also very fun.

[@Thanatos138]

" And I know your wise beyond your years, but do you ever get the fear, that your perfect verse is just a lie you tell yourself to help you get by." Damn..

[@possum8723]

One of the best albums of 2003. Makes me want to cry and smile at the same time.

[@katieunger5694]

Did this band change your life permanently? How? This band rocked me to the inner core over a decade ago, and changed me forever!

[@frankmurphy5]

I first heard it shortly after it came out. I was about 21. I listened to it hundreds of times over the next few years with the first real friends I ever had. Probably my best memories and still my favorite album of all time.

[@gustavalbericchidurocher9764]

This band totally changed my life.

[@Axelhackson]

I think it did, yeah. Postal Service and Death Cab. I think they showed me that it was possible to be a geeky wordsmith-nerd and still be cool/ have romantic prospects / etc. "I want life in every word, to the extent that its absurd". -- that was like, a life motto for me after this tune; still is.

[@kathrynszelkowski9716]

one of those songs that even though it's been a million years I get it stuck in my head

[@diariesofadivorceddad5117]

This song makes me cry.

[@Sparta04]

God, what a great song. This may be the best song on one of the best albums ever.

[@sacramentoabolitionist3142]

this album is the best even in 2021.

[@lycheens]

Best song of the album, and it's a kickass album.

[@shanon72327]

agreed

[@nickrandles1102]

They thought it classic. ;)

[@teresaroberts5907]

Yes, great album.

[@gperez805]

Had this cd in high school class of 2005 .2024 now fav track

[@shokoshika]

It doesn't matter what song from The Postal Service I listen to, I cry

[@thatspoonybard8013]

I didn't really appreciate this song until I was at my lowest point, then I saw it in a whole new light, and now it's one of my favorites.

[@ryanarchuleta3754]

37 and going through memory lane here. I love the postal service

[@jordanmurray410]

RIP James, thanks for showing me this album bro

[@Luumenarymusic]

I love everything the postal service makes. I wish i was a teen at the time when they were releasing these songs.

[@mcs6622]

6.20.19 Here from the beginning Soul changing 🎶❤

[@hiteshkay]

This song is a work of unreal beauty.

[@sophistocatedgarbage2623]

I was waiting for a cross-town train in the London Underground When it struck me (when it struck me) That I'd been waiting since birth to find a love that would look and sound Like a movie So I changed my plans, I rented a camera and a van And then I called you I need you to pretend that we are in love again And you agreed to I want so badly to believe That there is truth, that love is real And I want life in every word To the extent that it's absurd I grease the lens and frame the shot using a friend As my stand-in (as my stand-in) The script had called for rain but it was clear that day So we faked it The marker snapped and I yelled, "Quiet on the set!" And then called, "Action!" (And the called action) I kissed you in a style Clark Gable would have admired I thought it classic I want so badly to believe That there is truth, that love is real And I want life in every word To the extent that it's absurd I know you're wise beyond your years But do you ever get the fear That your perfect verse is just a lie You tell yourself to help you get by That you tell yourself to help you get by That you tell yourself to help you get by

[@watchableraven3517]

.@Jonah Rivera We all know how to complain too.

[@gabrielestefanomonti1242]

@Jonah Rivera Did you stop to think this was maybe useful to a lot of people?

[@nolanduarte]

Geeeeetttttt bbyyy

[@nolanduarte]

My mom doesnt know how to copy paste

[@minustaco42zero24]

This song sounds amazing with 3000 watts behind two 12 inch subwoofers. I miss those days

[@Daver2212]

I miss all this music

[@patty109109]

This album was so damn good. True greatness. Please make another!!

[@13donstalos]

So. Much. Nostalgia.

[@antonioaste]

Favorite song of all time...

[@TheScripflipNetwork]

This, skye sweetnam, and MSI were my guilty pleasure cds in highschool

[@98CIAL13]

Jammed to this song on repeat when I was in the military. Very fond memories with my boys.

[@samabate2k]

I looked like a classic scandinavian boy in high school and now i've grown. I was having a strange identity crisis and felt so unwanted and felt like ignoring it all and had only so few healthy days. All i had was my "pimp" tapes and hip hop. I was so lost.

[@TheStickyKey]

Made my mom cry by showing her this bands music

[@thedragonforce10]

epic

[@greigcooper8669]

I kissed you in a style clark gable wouldve admired....

[@nickrandles1102]

i thought it classic.

[@gabrielyedid2687]

I remember hearing this in a college cafe back in 2004 or so, and I thought "is this the second coming of New Order?". I still think it feels more like classic New Order than New Order's own second coming, _Get Ready_!

[@ShaunS0l0]

"I'd been waiting since birth to find a love that would look and sound like a movie"

[@BrknGrnd]

All of the potential, and a Southern Gent Still finds a nomadic life wishing....a home with LOVE

[@SallyPiratin]

This hits hard

[@projectc1rca048]

2020 and still amazing

[@odaymichael]

This is such a sad song. It makes me cry more than any other song I can think of.

[@patrickbowie7082]

The good old days of playing this and your girls melted… ❤

[@chrisavakian3725]

I’m snowed in, remembering when I lived outside of DC. Just reminiscing. This album is winter incarnate to me.

[@mcdre1814]

The song just randomly popped into my head I listen to this song on repeat like 20 times one day lol 2020 still one of the best

[@friendlynightmares]

It is wild that this was like my favorite album during high school, and now my dad is really really into Postal Service / Death Cab for Cutie

[@OurThing1389]

2024 whos still here😁

[@foodforthought247]

Meowdy

[@Kirstyxanette]

❤

[@scottadkinshill2493]

This song makes me think of a lover I never had.

[@MarquelWaiters-j2w]

Postal service your true fans are still there .

[@edwinortega6981]

Beautiful melody ^^

[@lukewolsey]

I've always wondered whether the opening line is a joke - I was waiting for a train, then it hit me. Ouch!

[@pure0awesome]

Awesome.

[@Thanatos138]

God wow just amazing song writing.

[@HoodyBoy85]

The ending of this song live is so much for eminent and magnified

[@mred7924]

LOVE IS REAL... WHEN SHE'S REAL... AND DON'T COME WITH BS.... UNLESS YOU ALLOW IT....GOOD LUCK :)

[@Vectif]

Great song. Remember listening to this all the time as I went to High School back in 2014. Good times then, good times now listening to it again! :)

[@steph909100]

I love so much that album

[@loganmccluskey2861]

2020 and will listen to the day i die this was the first song my dad ever gave to me. He downloaded onto my ds sim card and i listened to it everyday from 2nd to 7th grade. Didn't rediscover it until quarantine, but savoring those times now.

[@xScarletxPhoenix]

Back when Yahoo had games where you could talk to your opponent, I was playing canasta at the time (I know that makes me sound like a dinosaur) But my opponent randomly told me to check this band out. (Again dinosaur) and Kazaa'd the SHIT out of this band. I cannot tell you the deep depression this music helped me with. I will forever be grateful.....

[@internetuser8922]

I used to play the Scrabble clone on there all the time and liked to both suggest music and see what others liked.

[@koirakoira6925]

I love singing along out loud when my husband is not home

[@wormskull2454]

The marker snapped •CLACK!!!• Fucking brilliant.

[@holyeti3553]

What an album

[@DanOfAwsome]

The intro of this song is so goddamn peaceful.

[@big9463]

2019 Anyone still listening?

[@chrisstent3981]

Oh Yeah.. one of the best albums ever!

[@rezataher100]

Absolutely one of the best relatively unknown albums ever!!!!!!

[@OffbeatLiteracy]

I'm still here

[@Brannington]

a friend told me about these guys just last night and i really really dig them so far :3

[@opetrikg]

Decade coming back to my favourite song

[@JenniferChurchman]

I remember I had a burned CD of this album senior year and and a bunch of us went to class after lunch high and English teacher was bad ass and engaged in a talk about how music influenced our work. So instead of her enya, someone vouched for the postal service but nobody had a cd or didnt want to risk leaving class ..so I ran across campus to my car and grabbed my CD...came back and she played it while we worked and she was at her desk. She was a really cool teacher. She knew but we werent acting up. She knew how to work with the different stoner kids. Stoners can be fucking smart.

[@justinheiskary799]

It's so calm it makes you tired

[@daniel2622]

I have a good history with this song, I liked a girl name Bailey that knew it a long time ago. In 2010 I requested on Columbia College radio in Chicago and during the DJ swap they played it for me :) whew

[@inthekitchenwithcheflionel307]

I kissed you in a style Clark Gabriel would have admired. I thought it classic.

[@chiefbighead94]

2021 thank you postal service

[@RunGunGun]

2020 we still here trust me forever will be here since 99 heard this in second grade when we 4 brothers shared a room lolol

[@vict0ree]

I was 19. Amazing time in music during the golden age of the internet.

[@DATONEGAMER25]

This album is Gold!

[@JaneDoe-zc2zn]

This is industrial pop, indie, video game Nine Inch Nails. I want more!

[@JaneDoe-zc2zn]

More Postal Service when?

[@TinaOtto23]

Still come back to this song. 2024

[@thegreygoon1699]

Not an emo song. This beat is extremely high pace. Gigachad material.

[@barelyprotestant5365]

Philosopher James KA Smith uses this song to note the existential emptiness some experience within this age.

[@M00n_pawzz]

I loved this song in high school

[@friendofjesus1680]

best song on give up!

[@tmcabinets7666]

Love this song I wished love was real too 😰

[@justinm4111]

It is :)

[@tmcabinets7666]

+Justin M not for me sadly eventually.....

[@ghosthunter08]

Cool Gange i know that feeling bro.

[@platyben2.024]

Love is real. Sometimes you just have to be patient in waiting for it to show itself. I know I'm still waiting.

[@kylepenna7765]

Your perfect verse is just a lie you tell yourself to help you get by... so melancholy

[@britboyrugby]

This album is my college days.

[@caramason56]

Absolute greatness 😊❤️🎶😊❤️🎶

[@sjminervablue]

One of the only good things to come from the 00’s.

[@nolanduarte]

2020 anyone still looking for a love you're certain only exist in movies?

[@nolanduarte]

2022 when it struck me.

[@BATTLESCARRED72]

I can't believe this only has 717k views.

[@birdsandcatsa]

2020 Anyone listening still?

[@heatherwamsley9117]

Forever listening. 💚

[@danielc755]

I will always come back to this song. And album.

[@kryssybee]

One of my favourite albums of all time. Feeling the nostalgia

[@stormylay2905]

Always

[@raymondesquibel3796]

Duhhhhh lol jk much love

[@jamiekarate6972]

Just a 2023 morning with coffee being nostalgic

[@jessehutchings]

I will die still loving Give Up and Transatlanticism

[@AtreVire]

I just realized that the album cover is looking out of a window.

[@LUk3.M.]

Honestly I didnt realize that either until you just said it. I thought it was just a beige background. Amazing what happens when you open your eyes....

[@ericfoster8411]

Jeez. Me to. In this very moment.

[@adelhausboutique]

Postal service should have never ended!

[@stevenapoli508]

2024 lets go❤

[@dominickontur3622]

Yes!

[@IeldudeI]

This is a Jam! -2023

[@perfectly.done.1]

2024 🎉 😂still goin’ STRONG.

[@atotallyrandomperson3889]

I feel like this is a winter album

[@trenthobson2756]

I discovered it the summer after my 5th grade year. One of the best summers of my life. I can't listen to a single postal service song without being sent back to those golden sunsets with me and my friends playing in muddy creeks on the edge of the forest, and chasing after fireflies. For me personally, all of these older songs are the essence of summer.

[@blondeleogirl]

2024 here ❤

[@124BILLION]

2024 who’s still on it???

[@jakemceachern2995]

On the Cusp of new years 2024 anyone still here?

[@vannambienc3]

Wow.... nostalgia

[@TheMillerMilitia]

Remembering Her.