Review: Death Cab For Cutie – I Will Possess Your Heart
First off, let me say that I was not expecting something 8:36 long and this is something most bands do not do since they want to get their point across for what the rest of the album sounds like. If I were to take anything from this song and make an album based on just this one song, I would stand by the fact that this album is not upbeat, nor is it going to be over the edge with poppiness or catchy hooks, like many bands do to throttle their stardom. Death Cab, having more than a following may just further showcase each instrument, which is something that has been overlooked on the course of their past two albums.
“I Will Possess Your Heart” would make me look so right if this were the case for Narrow Stairs. The song is really just your classic DCFC intrumental, like that in “Stability” from the Stability EP (which is their longest song – 12:22 to be exact). It only takes a mere four minutes and thirty-six seconds until we hear Gibbard chime in, yet the song still does not pick up.
I’ll get straight to the point – you’ll love this if you’re a DCFC fan, but it is by no means better than FIVE of the songs on Plans. I’ll even name them: “Soul Meets Body“, “Your Heart Is An Empty Room“, “Brothers On A Hotel Bed“, “Summer Skin“, and “I Will Follow You Into The Dark“. For me, Death Cab’s best songs have generally been around three and a half minutes.
I’m not quite sure the purpose of making this song their single, since it ranks up there with other songs I would put at the end of an album (this song falls second in their track listing), but I can appreciate the slowed down instrumentation they used, although it wouldn’t surpass one of my favorites “Transatlanticism”.
The song eventually picks up at 6:46, but alas, it is too long for me. Perhaps their plan is to throw everyone off with this song and leave the true gems on the album to be heard later, afterall, it IS the singles that are killing the artists, isn’t it? Cough, Cough!
“I Will Possess Your Heart” may be the “Yellow” of Parachutes – 6.9 out of 10.
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Lyrics
How I wish you could see the potential, the potential of you and me
It’s like a book elegantly bound, but in a language that you can’t read – just yet You gotta spend some time–love, you gotta spend some time with me
And I know that you’ll find–love, I will possess your heart (x2)
There are days when outside your window, I see my reflection as I slowly pass
And I long for this mirrored perspective, when we’ll be lovers, lovers at last
You gotta spend some time–love, you gotta spend some time with me
And I know that you’ll find–love, I will possess your heart(x2)
I will possess your heart (x2)
You reject my advances and desperate pleas
I won’t let you, let me down so easily, so easily
You gotta spend some time–love, you gotta spend some time with me
And I know that you’ll find–love, I will possess your heart (x3)
I will possess your heart (x2)
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