Death Cab for Cutie #4

I Will Follow You into the Dark

By Anne Marie Adams

My favorite song by Death Cab for Cutie changes depending on what mood I am in.  Passenger Seat, Little Wanderer, and Soul Meets Body are some of my favorites,  but the one I am almost always in the mood to listen to is I Will Follow You Into the Dark.

I think the reason I love this song so much is because it is so simplistic yet deep.  The lead singer, Ben Gibbard, has a soft voice with nothing but a guitar playing, making the song very poetic.  It alludes to being taught Catholic beliefs about what will happen when you die and being given a set of harsh rules to follow, but depicts someone that does not truly believe what he has been told his entire life.  I can relate to this because I was raised non-denominational but attended Catholic school most of my life.  Because of this, I can’t decide what to and not to believe from each religion.

“Love of mine, some day you will die

But I'll be close behind

I'll follow you into the dark

No blinding light or tunnels to gates of white

Just our hands clasped so tight

Waiting for the hint of a spark”

Here he is talking about his love for a woman being so strong that he is not even scared to die because he will support her through anything. He is strangely comfortable with the unknown. 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NDHY1D0tKRA

"Death Cab For Cutie Announces New Album, Moves on Without Chris Walla." Billboard. N.p., n.d. Web. 27 Mar. 2015.
"Death Cab For Cutie - I Will Follow You Into The Dark +Lyrics." YouTube. YouTube, n.d. Web. 27 Mar. 2015.