This indie rock band has some rather sad songs.
- In the Aeroplane Over the Sea is a very emotional album, and is incredibly hard to sit through for some.
- "Oh Comely" has the following lyrics, followed by a repetition of "know your enemies," probably a reference to the neighbor that sold out Anne Frank's family to the Nazis. It's chilling.I know they buried her body with others,
Her sister and mother and five-hundred families
And will she remember me fifty years later,
I wished I could save her in some sort of time machine - However, it can hit you all at once in the last song, "Two-Headed Boy pt. 2". In addition to the song having some of the most blunt and forward lyrics of the whole album, you can practically feel the anguish in Jeff Mangum's voice when he sings it, especially in light of his nervous breakdown he had after completing this album. The song additionally ends with the line "But don't hate her when she gets up to leave," after which you hear Jeff simply get up, set his guitar down, and leave. It's one thing in and of itself, but when you realize that it's the ending of the last song on the last album that he recorded with Neutral Milk Hotel, it can make one feel rather sad.And in my dreams, you're alive and you're crying,
As your mouth moves in mine, soft and sweet,
Rings of flowers 'round your eyes and I'll love you,
For the rest of your life when you're ready
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And when we break, we'll wait for our miracle,
God is a place where some holy spectacle lies
When we break, we'll wait for our miracle,
God is a place you will wait for the rest of your life
- "Oh Comely" has the following lyrics, followed by a repetition of "know your enemies," probably a reference to the neighbor that sold out Anne Frank's family to the Nazis. It's chilling.
- On Avery Island is also sad. "Three Peaches", for example, is about comforting a friend/loved one who attempted suicide and failed. Even worse, Jeff wrote the song about his girlfriend at the time, who actually had attempted; years after the album's release, she made another attempt and passed away.There is no dream,
So wake up
And if the holidays don't hollow out your eyes,
Then press yourself against whatever
You find to be beautiful and trembling with life
Because I'm so happy you didn't die - From the Jittery Joe's variation of "Engine".For I am an engine and I'm holding on.The world is all bending and breaking from me.
