Death Cab for Cutie - Transatlanticism

The Atlantic was born today, and I'll tell you how
The clouds above opened up and let it out
I was standing on the surface of a perforated sphere
when the water filled every hole
And thousands upon thousands made an ocean
making islands where no islands should go (oh no...)

Most people were overjoyed; they took to their boats
I thought it less like a lake and more like a moat
The rhythm of my footsteps crossing flatlands to your
door have been silenced forevermore
And the distance is quite simply much to far for me to row;
it seems farther than ever before (oh no...)

I need you so much closer...

So come on, come on...


(Ich finde, das ist ein wunderschöner Vergleich, wobei das Lied auch einfach sehr schön ist, wenn nach 3 Minuten bereits dieser ganze Text gesungen ist und die letzten 4 Minuten nur vereinzelt noch die vorletzte oder die letzte Zeile gesungen wird...)