8-6-11 - "I Will Possess Your Heart" ~ Death Cab For Cutie

Just got back from a pretty sweet show on the North Shore of Pittsburgh, featuring Frightened Rabbit and Death Cab.  I'll be honest, I was there primarily for FR, but DC was also pretty good.  They're just one of those bands whose catalogue I just haven't had a chance to fully take in, so I only knew like half the songs.  It's tough when you're getting into a band that's been around for a decade or so - you have to put in a lot more work to make up for lost time.

They opened with this song, complete with the long intro... it's pretty driving and has some chilling piano riffs which set the tone for the lyrics to come.  It boils down to unrequited love, but Gibbard just knows if he can only convince his love interest to "spend some time" with him, he can win her over.  It seems he's obsessed to the point of stalking her, desperate to make it happen.

Here's the "radio edit", if you don't think you can handle the long intro:

"I won't let you let me down so easily..."
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EDIT 8-7-11: forgot to mention that DCFC kicked off their encore by playing the Batman theme song (from the old TV show), in homage to the fact that The Dark Knight Rises is filming in Pittsburgh and was in fact filming at Heinz Field right next door to the venue earlier in the day.  Here's a vid from their soundcheck (warning - audio is not great):