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Title and Registration Lyrics
[Verse 1]
The glove compartment is inaccurately named
And everybody knows it
So I'm proposing a swift, orderly change
'Cause behind its door
[Chorus]
There's nothing to keep my fingers warm
And all I find are souvenirs from better times
Before the gleam of your taillights fading east
To find yourself a better life
[Verse 2]
I was searching for some legal document
As the rain beat down on the hood
When I stumbled upon pictures I tried to forget
And that's how this idea was drilled into my head
'Cause it's too important to stay the way it's been
[Chorus]
But there's no blame for how our love did slowly fade
And now that it's gone, it's like it wasn't there at all
And here I rest, where disappointment and regret
Collide, lying awake at night
[Chorus]
And there's no blame for how our love did slowly fade
And now that it's gone, it's like it wasn't there at all
And here I rest, where disappointment and regret
Collide, lying awake at night
Up all night, when I'm lying awake at night
The glove compartment is inaccurately named
And everybody knows it
So I'm proposing a swift, orderly change
'Cause behind its door
[Chorus]
There's nothing to keep my fingers warm
And all I find are souvenirs from better times
Before the gleam of your taillights fading east
To find yourself a better life
[Verse 2]
I was searching for some legal document
As the rain beat down on the hood
When I stumbled upon pictures I tried to forget
And that's how this idea was drilled into my head
'Cause it's too important to stay the way it's been
[Chorus]
But there's no blame for how our love did slowly fade
And now that it's gone, it's like it wasn't there at all
And here I rest, where disappointment and regret
Collide, lying awake at night
[Chorus]
And there's no blame for how our love did slowly fade
And now that it's gone, it's like it wasn't there at all
And here I rest, where disappointment and regret
Collide, lying awake at night
Up all night, when I'm lying awake at night
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Genius Annotation
The third track off Death Cab For Cutie’s seminal album Transatlanticism furthers the themes of lost love, regret, and sorrow. Ben Gibbard does this by mentioning how a glove compartment is rarely ever used to store gloves, and is instead used to store any manner of things (such as a car registration). It is also not uncommon to have things from past friends, family, or lovers; often bringing us back to a time when someone was in our life, but is now gone for any number of reasons.
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Tiny Telephone - San Francisco, California, The Hall of Justice, Tiny Telephone, Avast! Recording Co., Ironwood Studios, Studio X - Seattle, Washington
Release Date
October 7, 2003
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