![]() Codes and Keys (2011) [ larger cover art ] |
Sleep, sleep with the lights on
Shutter and shades drawn
There's too many windows
Noise, cars on the freeway
Tempting a clean break
There's nowhere left to go
Watching the room tweak
Through cracks in the concrete
Plates they will shift
Houses will shake
Fences will drift
We will awake
Only to find
Nothing's the same
Nothing's the same
Home, home is a fire
A burning reminder
Of where we belong, oh
With walls, built up around us
The bricks make me nervous
They're only so strong, though
They're only so strong, though
Plates they will shift
Houses will shake
Fences will drift
We will awake
Only to find
Nothing's the same
Nothing's the same
Nothing's the same
Nothing's the same
As yesterday
As yesterday
Shutter and shades drawn
There's too many windows
Noise, cars on the freeway
Tempting a clean break
There's nowhere left to go
Watching the room tweak
Through cracks in the concrete
Plates they will shift
Houses will shake
Fences will drift
We will awake
Only to find
Nothing's the same
Nothing's the same
Home, home is a fire
A burning reminder
Of where we belong, oh
With walls, built up around us
The bricks make me nervous
They're only so strong, though
They're only so strong, though
Plates they will shift
Houses will shake
Fences will drift
We will awake
Only to find
Nothing's the same
Nothing's the same
Nothing's the same
Nothing's the same
As yesterday
As yesterday
| britoboy (Sao Paulo, Brazil) | Posted: May 22, 2013 - 16:52 overplayed |
| Proclivities (Paris of the Piedmont) | Posted: Apr 26, 2013 - 06:26 MirageRF wrote: All the teen runaways at the center, get off on this tune! Is that a direct order? |
| MirageRF (Clemmons, NC, USA) | Posted: Mar 27, 2013 - 11:19 All the teen runaways at the center, get off on this tune! |
| DavidS_UK (Central England, UK) | Posted: Jan 04, 2013 - 15:20 I've liked other things I have heard of theirs on RP but this one doesn't grab me, seems complex without catchiness, there's all this stuff going on in the background but it just doesn't gel. |
| justsomeone (Between a rock and a hard place) | Posted: Dec 21, 2012 - 16:11 fredriley wrote: Bill: "Greek island giveaway"! Hey, Bill, I know Greece is in trouble, but not so much trouble that they're giving islands away (yet) :o) But you can go bargainhunting: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2192799/Greece-sell-islands-bid-avoid-bankruptcy.html |
| CurrentlyKelli (Minnesota) | Posted: Dec 02, 2012 - 21:18 stevendejong wrote: If I like this particular track (I do), should I check out the whole album?
Yes! :) |
| Stingray | Posted: Oct 06, 2012 - 07:22 Great Band and Music! Still - neither this song nor the whole album does it for me! |
| stevendejong | Posted: Sep 20, 2012 - 02:38 If I like this particular track (I do), should I check out the whole album? |
| lily34 (lexvegas) | Posted: Sep 13, 2012 - 13:45 i like this one more and more each time i hear it. |
| shellbella (so california) | Posted: Aug 15, 2012 - 15:44 I don't like anything by this band that I have heard... |
| stunix (Narrowboat nr Caen Locks) | Posted: Jun 17, 2012 - 14:46 fredriley wrote: Bill: "Greek island giveaway"! Hey, Bill, I know Greece is in trouble, but not so much trouble that they're giving islands away (yet) :o) how about now? I'll offer £200 for Thassos. |
| gosvimmink | Posted: Jun 06, 2012 - 09:08 I love Death Cab, but this is soooooooooooo boring |
| d48m02h1918 | Posted: Jun 06, 2012 - 09:05 My ears love the haunting and melodic sounds this song brings!! ![]() |
| stevendejong | Posted: May 15, 2012 - 02:51 inindian wrote: And Steven Wilson! Indeed! |
| 84MacGuy (Portland, Oregon) | Posted: May 12, 2012 - 18:36 Saw these boys last night at the Schnitz in Portland. What a great, great show!!! |
| inindian (Sea of joy) | Posted: Apr 03, 2012 - 22:12 comadiviness wrote: I hear Air. And Steven Wilson! |
| comadiviness | Posted: Apr 02, 2012 - 12:01 I hear Air. |
| msymmes (Toronto, CA) | Posted: Apr 02, 2012 - 12:00 Gotta bump this to an 8.4 ! |
| Stingray ("ANONYMOUS INTERNET") | Posted: Mar 14, 2012 - 10:37 Their quality is without any doubt! I am nevertheless disappointed and do not find any entrance into "Codes and Keys". Too complicated for me, I guess, leave alone it does not "rock" at any moment! |
| ziakut (Unmoon) | Posted: Feb 07, 2012 - 16:44 Gurrrreight tune. Really like the atmosphere that's conveyed here. |
| zair99 (In Cognito) | Posted: Jan 30, 2012 - 03:24 I wasn't really a fan of DCFC until Narrow Stairs, which became the soundtrack to a very nice road trip. After that I delved a bit into their back catalog and found that despite my prior ambivalence, I actually really enjoyed a majority of their music. Maybe I didn't like them before because they were so popular (even more so here in the Northwest). Regardless, it's been nice to hear them continue to evolve musically and try new things. They're not getting stale, and that's a great thing! |
| meinthecorner (Past the gravy, far beyond the golden fries) | Posted: Jan 21, 2012 - 23:52 mrcanard wrote: Caught them a week or two ago in Orlando. Great slow. Wow! Must've been good grugs! lol! |
| kaybee (Lost in the Wilds of Toronto) | Posted: Dec 30, 2011 - 19:02 Sorry, but I have a bit of a problem with the guy singing into a jar at the beginning. Otherwise, it's a nice piece. |
| msymmes (Toronto, CA) | Posted: Dec 29, 2011 - 09:10 Agreed - Just raised my rating on this one! Joe_G_Bear wrote: This IS MY FAVORITE ALBUM Of 2011. This Is The First Track Of An Incredibly Stunning Release |
| Joe_G_Bear (Los Angeles, CA) | Posted: Dec 29, 2011 - 09:06 This IS MY FAVORITE ALBUM Of 2011. This Is The First Track Of An Incredibly Stunning Release |
| gemtag (Texas) | Posted: Nov 04, 2011 - 11:25 Not a huge DCFC fan but I like this. Good stuff |
| dkwalika (Upper Midwest) | Posted: Nov 04, 2011 - 11:23 Another great album. My son's girlfriend's recommendation this time. |
| cohifi (Denver) | Posted: Nov 01, 2011 - 22:40 fredriley wrote: Bill: "Greek island giveaway"! Hey, Bill, I know Greece is in trouble, but not so much trouble that they're giving islands away (yet) :o) Hey Fred! Would you fix this euro thing for every body? You rock |
| mrcanard | Posted: Oct 24, 2011 - 03:15 Caught them a week or two ago in Orlando. Great slow. |
| fredriley (Nottingham, UK) | Posted: Oct 24, 2011 - 03:12 Bill: "Greek island giveaway"! Hey, Bill, I know Greece is in trouble, but not so much trouble that they're giving islands away (yet) :o) |
| TimeWaster | Posted: Oct 20, 2011 - 08:05 This album doesn't quite have the same "lyrical imagery" as their previous albums, and it's a little more positive. But I still really like it. |
| TimeWaster | Posted: Oct 20, 2011 - 08:03 linden wrote: Hearing this reminds me of seeing them live in Los Angeles two weeks ago. Awesome show. Yeah, I saw them in St. Paul in August. Awesome indeed! |
| TimeWaster | Posted: Oct 20, 2011 - 08:03 Stingray wrote: Boring neo-folk from a band close to burn-out! |
| Stingray (JULIAN'S NWO) | Posted: Oct 06, 2011 - 04:04 Boring neo-folk from a band close to burn-out! |
| linden (Santa Cruz, CA) | Posted: Sep 02, 2011 - 11:46 Hearing this reminds me of seeing them live in Los Angeles two weeks ago. Awesome show. |
| Darlington (Columbia, South Carolina) | Posted: Aug 26, 2011 - 09:01 Checked this out from my local Library this week. Excellent CD. |
| GuiltyFeat (Ra'anana) | Posted: Aug 24, 2011 - 23:39 First time I've heard this song. It sounds like Wires by Athlete from a few years back. |
| eruwenolorien (SC) | Posted: Aug 15, 2011 - 10:08 dlaumor wrote: I bougth it. really nice, prefer it to the last one. it is less dark ! Thank for the input, dlaumor. I finally did buy it and am really happy with it as a whole. |
| vesta0424 | Posted: Aug 11, 2011 - 08:44 All Death Cab for Cutie songs sound the same. Boring. |
| Andy_B (aboard MV "Horizon," east coast Fla) | Posted: Jul 19, 2011 - 14:02 I gave it a 7 on first hearing it. I like it more as I've been hearing it, and I'm in the high 7's now. |
| cohifi (Denver) | Posted: Jul 15, 2011 - 01:13 Sasha2001 wrote: I'm going to need a little peer pressure from the gallery the help me decide if this song is really good or really pretentious. first listen for me...9 |
| Sasha2001 (Where the last of the union men run free) | Posted: Jun 25, 2011 - 14:54 I'm going to need a little peer pressure from the gallery the help me decide if this song is really good or really pretentious. |
| dlaumor (Nantes - France) | Posted: Jun 23, 2011 - 01:58 eruwenolorien wrote: 6 > 7 The music from this album is growing on me thanks to RP. Perhaps I will purchase the entire album now. I bougth it. really nice, prefer it to the last one. it is less dark ! |
| eruwenolorien (SC) | Posted: Jun 13, 2011 - 09:13 6 > 7 The music from this album is growing on me thanks to RP. Perhaps I will purchase the entire album now. |
| adroc (slightly left of centre) | Posted: Jun 02, 2011 - 07:14 Me likey... much more of a Postal Service feel to this new album, although I've found it to be lacking in the lyrical imagery and storytelling I've come to love from the Transatlanticism, Plans, and Narrow Stairs. |
| Manbird (Santa Rosa, CA) | Posted: May 27, 2011 - 16:37 Second comment EVER posted for this song. |
| eattheMUSIC | Posted: May 26, 2011 - 08:35 |

