Portable Television
from Codes and Keys by Death Cab for Cutie
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Portable television shrouded in snow
In a raggedy van on the side of the road
The night it had frozen through my little bones
So you took me in your arms
you squeezed out the cold
Upstate New York
Autumn brightly colored leaves
Oh, the hills were on fire
They burn for you and me
And where we were going it was built like a lie
But as sacred as the Bible
So we didn't question "why"
They sodded the soil just recently
Where the rows of teeth they grow in fields of infinite green
And here laid the father
And here stood the son
Where the road meets the horizon for everyone
Portable television take us away
From this burden of reflection we've carried today
Oh the generator's running but there's nothing on the air
But the static is a comfort so we huddled round and stared
In a raggedy van on the side of the road
The night it had frozen through my little bones
So you took me in your arms
you squeezed out the cold
Upstate New York
Autumn brightly colored leaves
Oh, the hills were on fire
They burn for you and me
And where we were going it was built like a lie
But as sacred as the Bible
So we didn't question "why"
They sodded the soil just recently
Where the rows of teeth they grow in fields of infinite green
And here laid the father
And here stood the son
Where the road meets the horizon for everyone
Portable television take us away
From this burden of reflection we've carried today
Oh the generator's running but there's nothing on the air
But the static is a comfort so we huddled round and stared
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from Codes and Keys,
released May 31, 2011
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Death Cab for Cutie Seattle, Washington
Death Cab for Cutie is an American alternative rock band formed in Bellingham, Washington in 1997. The band is composed of Ben Gibbard, Nick Harmer, Jason McGerr, Dave Depper, and Zac Rae. They have been nominated for eight Grammy Awards. The band’s tenth studio album ‘Asphalt Meadows’ is out now. ... more
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