Bei "The district sleeps tonight" handelt es sich um eines der wenigen Musikstücke elektronischer Provenienz, denen ich etwas abgewinnen kann. Eine einleuchtende Interpretation, die ich dazu im Internet gefunden habe lautet wie folgt: In dem Song versetzt sich Ben Gibbard - seines Zeichens Sänger bei Death Cab for Cutie - in die Lage eines Gefängnisinsassen und richtet sich an seine (Ex-)Freundin: "I'll wear my badge, a vinyl sticker with big block letters / I'm only a visitor", "the guady apartment complex" ist eine weitere Umschreibung für das Gefängnis, "a stranger with the door key" ist der Wärter. Er assoziiert ihn mit dem Barkeeper, der das Licht ausmacht, sich selbst mit D.C. bzw. seinem district. Und er hat er ein Alkoholproblem: "and the only thing keeping me dry is where I am"...
The Postal Service - The district sleeps tonight
Smeared black ink... your palms are sweaty
And I'm barely listening to last demands
I'm staring at the asphalt wondering what's buried underneath
Where I am
Where I am
I'll wear my badge... a vinyl sticker with big block letters adherent to my chest
That tells your new friends I am a visitor here...
I am not permanent
And the only thing keeping me dry is
Where I am
Where I am
Where I am
You seem so out of context in this gaudy apartment complex
A stranger with your door key explaining that I am just visiting
And I am finally seeing
Why I was the one worth leaving
Why I was the one worth leaving
D.C. sleeps alone tonight
Where I am
Where I am
Where I am
You seem so so out of context in this gaudy apartment complex
A stranger with your door key explaining that I am just visiting
And I am finally seing
Why I was the one worth leaving
Why I was the one worth leaving
Where I am
Where I am
Where I am
The district sleeps alone tonight after the bars turn out their lights
And send the autos swerving into the loneliest evening
And I am finally seeing
Why I was the one worth leaving
Why I was the one worth leaving
Why I was the one worth leaving
Why I was the one worth leaving
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