What do you think The New Year means?

Death Cab For Cutie: The New Year Meaning

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Album cover for The New Year album cover

Song Released: 2003


The New Year Lyrics

So this is the new year.
And i don't feel any different.
The clanking of crystal
Explosions off in the distance (in the distance).

So this is the new year
And I have no resolutions
For selfl assigned penance
For problems with easy...

  1. anonymous
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    Jan 1st 2008 !⃝

    This is about how we celebrate every year because in a way it feels like a new beginning. He explains how the reality is different, that nothing really changes. Even though it's a new year, that doesn't mean life is going to be any easier. He wishes that he could believe the illusion like everyone else but can't shake the truth.

  2. anonymous
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    Aug 1st 2006 !⃝

    He's saying that as the new year comes he still feels limited exactly as he did before, and maybe he also misses someone while everyone around him celebrates.


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